Project leader: Sachin Bahmba, cmd@space-india.com Project location: India Project Description: ‘The Sky on a Bike’ is an Astronomy Outreach programme which will introduce the wonders of the night sky to identified groups of economically disadvantaged and uneducated population in Indian villages with the aim of creating a scientific temper. Telescopes will be carried on bicycles […]
Monthly Archives: December 2015
Project leader: Areg Mickaelian, aregmick@yahoo.com Project location: Armenia, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Turkey, United Arab Emirates Project Description: People usually travel to get acquainted with culture, history, art and architecture of a country or a city. Why not add an Astronomy context to tourism? Why not visit observatories, laboratories, science museums, planetariums and archeoastronomy sites? South […]
Project leader: Angela Pérez, angela.perez@parqueexplora.org Project location: Colombia Project Description: ‘Astronomy with all senses’ is a traveling exhibition, specially designed for people with physical disadvantages in order to let them know about astronomy and other space science and inspire them with the wonders of the universe. For people with normal abilities, it highlights the importance […]
Project leader: Yabebal Fantaye, yabebal@gmail.com Project location: Ethiopia Project Description: AstroBus-Ethiopia is a mobile astronomy outreach program that will be carried out by driving a motor vehicle – bus – to different locations in Ethiopia. The project aims to promote astronomy Education and Public outreach (EPO), and stimulate a culture of scientific thinking through the […]
Project leader: MJ Schwartz, mj.scienceguy@gmail.com Project location: South Africa Project Description: The Solving Problems and Cosmic Exploration (S.P.A.C.E) is a programme in which participants ‘journey’ to various locations in our universe and are introduced to different scenarios. Each scenario will pose unique problems and challenges to the participant. It is the role of the participant […]