The School on Wheels Project
PosterAstronomy education in low-tech environments: Challenges and solutions
2nd Shaw-IAU Workshop
Wednesday Oct. 7, 2020
UTC: 5:25 p.m. - 6:55 p.m. America/New_York: 1:25 p.m.- 2:55 p.m.
, Thursday Oct. 8, 2020
UTC: 10:25 a.m. - 11:55 a.m. America/New_York: 6:25 a.m.- 7:55 a.m.
Elisabeta Ana Naghi
(Education Ministry)
Main objective
The sky seen through astronomical instruments (telescope)
Target group
- students from rural areas, who do not have internet access in Suceava County
Activities
During a week (annually in August) four volunteer professors of the Cygnus Scientific Society, with their own cars, with 4 telescopes, crossing 6 distant Romanian villages, .80 children.
a. the optical instruments, their utility were presented
b. astronomical observations were made identifying palnets, constellations, other celestial objects
Results
-development key math and science skills
- development of teamwork and communication
Biography:
Advisor in Control Department, Ministry of Education, with attributions for coordinating mathematical discipline at national level (2018-2019, 2019-2020), member of the Romanian National Astronomy Committee, mathematics teacher and member of the national coordination team for the Astronomy and Astrophysics Olympics, the resource person for the partnership between the Ministry of Education and the Romanian Space Agency
