Shaw-IAU Workshops by the OAE

Under the affiliation to Qatar Astronomy Olympiad for School 2024, educators have gone through a unique activity that allows students to get a good idea about sunspots and the solar cycle activity. In that aspect, schools were asked to purchase (or borrow) telescopes to be used for sunspots observations. Educators have formed an Astronomy Team at each school, this team has received the basic training about the project and how to convey it to other students at their school. Between 200-300 students from each school (69 schools) have attended the activity which was divided into two parts; observing sunspots via projection method, and listen to an interactive "lecture" from "All" team members. More than 10,000 students have gone through this project in less than two weeks.

Biography:

Hani Dalee, a Jordanian amateur astronomer, holds a Master degree in Astrophysics, nominated as NOC- Qatar, and has been the organizing the Qatar Astronomy Olympiad for Schools since 2016. Volunteers as an astronomy educator and lecturer, specializes in Origins of Star Names.