by cmas | Nov 3, 2009 | News, Projects
The Dark Sky Awareness (DSA) and the Galileo Teacher Training Program (GTTP) are cornerstones of the International Year of Astronomy. The main goal of DSA is to raise the level of public knowledge about adverse impacts of excess artificial lighting on local environments and help more people appreciate the ongoing loss of a dark night sky for much of the world’s population. GTTP’s goal is to create a worldwide network of teachers trained in the effective use and transfer of astronomy education tools and resources into classroom science curricula.
Both programs decided to launch a joint effort: “Dark Skies Ranger Program”, for the new school year joining both cornerstones goals. Students will enhance their awareness of the growing light pollution problem, learn how to assess this problem and at the same time engage in the use of the science research method and techniques to evaluate it.
by cmas | Oct 20, 2009 | GTTP Sessions, News
Leilak Education and the Faulkes Telescope Project invite London-based teachers of science at secondary school to register to attend a Galileo Teacher Training Program Taster-Day Workshop to be held at The Royal Astronomical Society, London, on the 26th October 2009. A limitednumber of places are available for this hands-on workshop.
Limited places – register now
by cmas | Oct 1, 2009 | News, Projects
My Moon Campaign is the first joint effort of the Galileo Teacher Training Program (GTTP), one of the cornerstones of IYA2009, and World Space Week Association (WSW), globally celebrating space 4-10 October every year.
Our goal is to engage students in the study of several different aspects of the Moon, using whichever means they have available to reach this purpose: naked eye observations, small telescopes, binoculars, astrophotography, robotic telescopes, webcams, image databases, imagination, creativity, etc. and submit a report, present a project, an essay, anything that will make our natural satellite worthy of being called “My Moon” by the student.
by cmas | Sep 25, 2009 | Fundamental Astronomy, Resources
A large collection of hands-on and web based resources from the Astronomical Society of the Pacific.
by cmas | Sep 25, 2009 | News, Reports
One of the first US Galileo Teacher Training Program (GTTP) sessions for teachers was held in San Francisco on September. The workshop took place in the wake of the Astronomical Society of the Pacify (ASP) meeting on Science Education and Outreach.
The GTTP 1 1/2 day workshop was attended mostly by teachers but also by other astro ed professionals.
