Our Horizon As A Calendar: Proposals For Teacher Training And Teaching At The Primary Level
TalkAstronomy Education in Schools in Practice (Primary Schools)
7th Shaw-IAU Workshop
Tuesday Nov. 18, 2025
UTC: 11:25 a.m. - 11:35 a.m. America/New_York: 6:25 a.m.- 6:35 a.m.
Wednesday Nov. 19, 2025
UTC: 9:25 p.m. - 9:35 p.m. America/New_York: 4:25 p.m.- 4:35 p.m.
Fernando Ariel Karaseur (Universidad del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires)
We present two teaching proposals about the Sun's movement designed from the analysis of the azimuths of its rises and sets along the real local horizon. The first, intended for teachers, proposes the resolution of problems around the pre-Inca monument “Thirteen Towers of Chanquillo”, along with journalistic notes that highlight the supposed astronomical orientation of constructions designed by a famous architect from Buenos Aires, Argentina. The second, intended for students in grades 4 and 7 at the primary level, develops a sequence aimed at the construction of a "horizon calendar" in the playground of the students' own school. We discuss the relationship between both proposals and their interdisciplinary potential from the perspective of teacher training and teaching practices.
About Fernando Ariel Karaseur
Fernando Ariel Karaseur is a Professor of Secondary and Higher Education in Physics (School of Exact and Natural Sciences, University of Buenos Aires) and is currently pursuing a PhD in Science Teaching (Universidad del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires) supervised by Dr. Gangui, head of the Didactics of Astronomy group to which he belongs since 2011. He has been working in primary schools for eleven years and in teacher training for four years.
