Category Archives: TF2 funded projects

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Project title: Modern Astronomy: Science/Technology Transfer in the SEA-ROAD Region Project leader: Mr. Martin Callaway Website: http://www.narit.or.th/en/index.php/narit-oad The aim is to conduct a 2-day seminar in Chiang Mai, Thailand and on Doi Inthanon at the Thai Natiolnal Telescope to introduce about 30 senior secondary school students from the South-East Asia (SEA-ROAD) region to the ways in […]

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Project title: Astro party Project leader: Mr. Ivo Jokin “Astroparty” is held every year and its ninth edition was held in this year. The first Astroparty was held in 2005, when it was organized at regional level, but this year its range has become wider. More and more people are showing interest. Thanks to it […]

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Project location: Mongolia Project leader: Tuguldur Sukhbold, sukhbold@ucolick.org In Mongolia, astronomy is not part of the standard high school curriculum and only a few schools even address it as part of the physics class. In the whole country only a few schools have telescopes, but almost all of them are too old and unusable. Therefore, in order to promote the teaching […]

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Project title: Astronomical kit for the visually impaired, Spain Project leader: Dr. Amelia Ortiz-Gil Follow the project here: http://astrokit.uv.es/ The goal is to develop a kit with different astronomical activities to help communicators and teachers in reaching children with visual impairments. The kit will consist of: (a) “The sky in your hands“, a planetarium program […]