The teaching radio interferometer project was presented at the Botswana International University of Science and Technology and the project leader contributed to erect one at the University. A lot of students and staff, were all very keen to help and participate to the project. A long list of contacts were collected that will contribute as […]
Category Archives: Sub-Saharan Africa
The AstroBus-Ethiopia project is fairly well following the proposed timeline. For most of the time since February 2016, the group regularly held skype meetings and developed a system that helps organize the different activities. We used wiggio.com to manage our unstructured conversations among the group and google docs for documenting all structured tasks. As a […]
Through the generous support of the Office of Astronomy for Development (OAD), Astronomy for Literacy (AFL) is working to enhance literacy, numeracy and other foundational skills among struggling junior secondary school students in Sierra Leone. The AFL project has developed detailed, highly structured lesson plans that enable relatively low-skilled teachers with limited subject knowledge to […]
The Solving problems and cosmic exploration (S.P.A.C.E.) is a programme that aims to develop problem solving skills and stimulate creativity through various challenges that are presented within an astronomy context. The S.P.A.C.E. programme includes workshops, science shows, games, public busking etc. Please note that the programme is still on-going. Some of the highlights of the […]
The final report of the project is available. Project material can be downloaded here
