Category Archives: Asteroids workshop: A rocky adventure (Taller de Asteroides: Una aventura rocosa)

Chilean Workshop Improves Student Learning

The project implemented the workshop “Crea tu propio asteroide” (Create your own asteroid) in a diverse collection of schools and locations. Most of the schools were public and located in small communities and towns along Chile, where astronomy is not a common topic in the scholar curriculum. Twenty public schools and 8 subsidized schools were selected […]

AVERO Asteroids Workshop: “Crea tu propio asteroide”

On June 30, #AsteroidDay, OAD project AVERO organized a workshop for teachers.   They have published a video on “Create your own asteroid” (in Spanish). This video contains a short introduction to asteroids as well as a hands-on activity, to be done in the classroom or at home. Interpretation in Chilean Sign Language is included […]

Overview: Asteroids workshop: A rocky adventure (Taller de Asteroides: Una aventura rocosa)

The aim of this project is to bring astronomical material to students and teachers from less favored Chilean public schools in the frame of Asteroid Day 2021. We plan to create and distribute an educational kit in different schools along Chile.In our experience doing outreach with our initiative “Star Tres”, we noticed that many teachers […]