Shaw-IAU Workshops by the OAE

Engaging students with science and its complex terminologies through traditional teaching methods can be challenging. This paper recounts our collaborative e Twinning project involving 3rd and 4th Junior High School students in Glyfada, Athens, Greece, and the Primary School of Apostle Lucas in Strovolos, Cyprus. Our primary aim was to familiarize them with Light Pollution, a topic often overlooked in our school curricula. Additionally, we aimed to break away from traditional classrooms, fostering cooperative skills, intensifying interest in extracurricular learning, and addressing societal challenges through research and innovation. The conclusion underscores the importance of broader public awareness and governmental action, advocating for a future with darker and starrier skies!

Biography:

Ekaterini Maria Rozi, a Geology graduate from the University of Athens, specialized in Structural and Applied Geology and is proficient in English, French, and German. She has participated in multiple research programs and gained experience as a substitute computer science teacher at private educational institutions. In 2007, she achieved the top national position in the competition with the Greek Supreme Council of Personnel Selection for the Greek Ministry of Education. Since then, she has worked as a public educator at the 3rd Junior High School of Glyfada, where she manages the school’s natural sciences laboratory, coordinates the Science Theater Group, and contributes as a teacher-trainer in the new Geology and Geography curriculum.