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Telescopes to Tanzania – The First Journey
From mid June to early July Chuck Ruehle, a Racine Astronomical Society member, traveled from Wisconsin to Northern Tanzania in East Africa.
One of his activities included sharing telescopes and his love of astronomy with secondary students and village communities on Mt. Meru. Traveling and living between six and ten thousand feet the eight member mission delegation stayed in the villages of Mulala, Kilinga, and Kyuta. From their location on the side of Mt. Meru (4,566 meters) the delegation enjoyed viewing the dark skies, especially objects like the Jewell Box in the Southern Cross. They also arranged for stops at Ngarenanyuki, and Songoro secondary schools.
GTTP Chile 2012
Held in Calama, Chile, from January 9th to 14th, 2012 this edition of GTTP@Chile had 47 teachers participating. Teachers attended from all around Chile (Arica to Puerto Williams). Representing 18 cities (some of them are part of the American Corners net: Arica,...
GTTP@ESA Workshop 2012
This year's joint ESA and GTTP training workshop took place at ESA's European Space Astronomy Centre (ESAC) in Spain. We had 20 secondary school teachers coming from 15 European countries. During the event participants had the opportunity to learn how to use ESA...
Global Astronomy Month 2012
Global Astronomy Month 2012 (GAM 2012) in April is the world’s largest global celebration of astronomy since the unprecedented International Year of Astronomy 2009. Organized yearly by Astronomers Without Borders (AWB) since 2010, GAM 2012 brings new ideas and new opportunities, and again brings enthusiasts together worldwide, celebrating the AWB motto of “One People, One Sky.”
How about a little trip to the Moon?
With the support astronomy artist Daniela de Paulis together with a team of radio amateurs at Dwingeloo radio telescope in Holland we will have the opportunity to MoonBounce images produced by schools. The campaign will take place during the Global Astronomy Month 2012. If you want to take part on this adventure join us !!
NUCLIO & GTTP Comenius and Gruntvig Training Courses 2012 – Second Call
We are announcing 4 new Comenius and Gruntvig training events
© Babak Tafreshi (TWAN)
Mysterious Skies – Astronomy and Astro-Art (in partnership with TWAN)
Bridges – Bridging the skies, the earth and the human beings
Universe Quest – Building Games for Education (in partnership with Learnit3D)
Astronomy@MyBackPack.