Poster

Qatar Astronomy Olympiad for Schools

Poster
Student competitions
3rd Shaw-IAU Workshop
Wednesday Oct. 13, 2021
UTC: 6 a.m. - 7:30 a.m.
, Thursday Oct. 14, 2021
UTC: 3 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

In our talk, we are going present a summary of “Qatar Astronomy Olympiad for Schools” and its different projects, which were carried out in different editions of the Olympiad. We will show the positive impact, as students were involved in the work. We will also show how we could utilize these events to create a community of amateur astronomer descending from different nationalities who are living in the State of Qatar.

Biography:

MSc Astrophysics, Al-Albayt University, Jordan
founding member of Arab Union for Astronomy & Space Sciences
Researcher in the origins of star names.

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