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The IAU Office of Astronomy for Education is the International Astronomical Union’s office dedicated to astronomy for primary and secondary education.
OAE Objectives
Professionalize astronomy education
Help astronomers, astronomy educators and teachers world-wide to gain the skills they need in order to communicate about astronomy in primary and secondary schools in a professional and effective manner.
Provide access to good resources
Make available excellent and effective resources for teaching about astronomical topics, internationally, under open licenses, and easy-to-find.
Promote astronomy in curricula
Support efforts to include more astronomy in national or regional curricula.
OAE Networking
Create, maintain and grow a network of associates in support of the OAE mission.
Spread the news
Inform all relevant stakeholders and communities about OAE activities, and about ways of collaborating with us.
Collaborate with us
Interested in working with the OAE Office of Astronomy for Education? Then get in touch.
Latest OAE News
Registration and abstract submissions are now open for the 4th Shaw-IAU Workshop “Leveraging the Potential of Astronomy in Formal Education” which will be held from the 15th to the 17th of November.
The first STEAM–Med Workshop on Astronomy for Education took place on the island of Lampedusa from 4 to 8 July 2022.
OAE Mailing List
If you want to stay up to date with the activities of the IAU Office of Astronomy for Education, and receive our announcements about projects, opportunities for collaboration, and events, please subscribe to our mailing list.
The Office of Astronomy for Education is hosted by the Haus der Astronomie on the campus of the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy in Heidelberg. The Office of Astronomy for Education is an office of the International Astronomical Union, with substantial funding from the Klaus Tschira Foundation and the Carl Zeiss Foundation. The Shaw-IAU Workshops on Astronomy for Education are funded by the Shaw Prize Foundation.
