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Astronomy, an Amazing First Contact with Science for High School Students

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 December 2021

Vinicius de A. Oliveira Open the ORCID record for Vinicius de A. Oliveira [Opens in a new window]
Vinicius de A. Oliveira*
Affiliation:
Space Geoscience and Astrophysics Laboratory (LaGEA), UNIPAMPA, Campus Caçapava do Sul, Brazil email: [email protected]
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Abstract

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The contact with science is very important to the development of a conscious citizen, even if he, or she, never work with. Astronomy is an excellent way to do this approximation, simply because everyone can see the sky and has questions about it. This project aims to use observational night to discuss the classroom situations. We have made interventions in a rural local school in Caçapava do Sul (Brazil) during five years which we explain what we will see and, after that, we observe it. Since 2018, we have used the Caçapava do Sul Meteorite, that available a direct contact with a real space rock, when everyone can test the resistance and the weight of this meteorite. During this time it was almost 2 000 people has been attending by us and we noted that the students had increased their notion and comprehension about science in general.

Keywords

AstronomyEducationScientific Divulgation
Type
Poster Paper
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 15 , Symposium S367: Education and Heritage in the Era of Big Data in Astronomy , December 2019 , pp. 439 - 441
Copyright
© The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of International Astronomical Union

References

Achel, G.; Nardi, R. 2011, Análise do impacto de um curso de astronomia na formação continuada de professores da educação básica. In: VIII ENPEC, v. 01. p. 1–12Google Scholar
Oliveira, V.A. 2016, Astronomy like the First Contact with Sciences, IESRJ, v.2, issue 8 Google Scholar