Project leader: Marcela Canada-Assandri, micanada03@casleo.gov.ar Project location: Argentina Project Description: The project will develop two different games that allow kids to learn about Planetary Systems. The first one, meant for younger children, consists of a board game based on the voyage of the New Horizons spacecraft. By playing the game, students will learn basic concepts […]
Category Archives: TF2 funded projects
Project leader: Shahjahan Mridha, s_mridha238@yahoo.com Project location: Bangladesh Project Description: A pilot astronomy project will develop an Astronomy Outreach Center in Bangladesh. The Center will be the first of its kind in Bangladesh and aspires to fulfill two goals cited in the IAU Strategic Plan: – the role of astronomy in promoting global tolerance and […]
The following article is from the website of University of California Santa Cruz, where one of the project coordinators is completing his graduate studies in astrophysics. By Peggy Townsend If not for a down-on-his luck Mongolian astronomer with a penchant for drinking, 44 schools in that rugged country might not have telescopes with which to peer […]
Project leader: Douglas Arion, darion@carthage.edu Project location: Boston, New York, Philadelphia, U.S.A. Project description: Carthage College and the Appalachian Mountain Club will deliver astronomy and nature education and outreach through the Youth Opportunities Program, which addresses underserved inner city youth in poorer areas of the northeast US. This is an important audience, as their home […]
Project leader Bonnie Thurber, b-thurber@northwestern.edu Project location: Digital: Chile, China, Nepal, Russia, South Africa, and the United States Project description: Using only the sunlight striking the Earth and a wooden dowel, students can measure the circumference of the earth. Eratosthenes did it over 2,000 years ago. In Cosmos, Carl Sagan shared the process by which Eratosthenes […]