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The IAU Office of Astronomy for Education

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The OAE at IAU GA2022
Find out more about the OAE's sessions at the IAU GA 2022.
4th Shaw-IAU Workshop
4th Shaw-IAU Workshop
The IAU OAE will host the 4th Shaw-IAU Workshop on Astronomy for Education from the 15th to the 17th of November. The theme of this workshop is "Leveraging the Potential of Astronomy in Formal Education".
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Find your local NAEC team
We have a network of National Astronomy Education Coordinators (NAECs) in over 110 countries and territories. Find your local NAEC team here.
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OAE Centers and Nodes
The IAU OAE has a network of "branch offices" located in different countries. You can browse these here.
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astroEDU
Browse the IAU's repository of peer-reviewed classroom activities for primary and secondary school.
A brief overview of astroEDU can be found here
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Big Ideas in Astronomy
What should all citizens of our planet know about Astronomy? The Big Ideas in Astronomy project presents eleven key ideas that cover the basics of astronomical knowledge. Available in seven different languages.
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Astrophotography Contest winners
Like the astronomical images used in our booth display? They are all winners from our 2021 astrophotography contest. View all the winners here.
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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.