Paulo Bretones: GHOU in Brazil

GHOU in Brazil

Global Hands-On Universe Conference 2015

University of Hawaii Institute of Astronomy

Paulo S. Bretones (DME/UFSCar & IAU Com. C1)

Porto Alegre (RS): July, 22-27/2009

Rio de Janeiro (RJ): August, 08-09/2009

São Carlos (SP): March-July/2010

Campos dos Goytacazes (RJ): April, 22-23/2010

Porto Alegre (RS): July, 14-16/2010

Pelotas (RS): November, 02-05/2011

Gramado (RS): October, 23-26/2012

Florianópolis (RS): November, 25-29/2013

Report of activities of the

Global Hands-On Universe (GHOU) Project held in Brazil.

Most of the activities Related to the

Galileo Teacher Training Program (GTTP) held since 2009.

Teacher Training Courses

Porto Alegre (RS): July, 22-27/2009 - 30 participants

São Carlos (SP): March-July/2010

15 paticipants

Campos dos Goytacazes (RJ): April, 22-23/2010 - 30 participants

Porto Alegre (RS): July, 14-16/2010 - 25 participantes

Pelotas (RS): November, 02-05/2011 – 30 participants

Gramado (RS): October, 23-26/2012 - 27 participants

Florianópolis (RS): November, 25-29/2013 – 8 participants

Resources

GTTP training session should address topics of astronomy and

have 3 types of tools:

* hands on activities

* New technologies

* Observations

Galileo Ambassadors: promote training sessions approved by

"Task force" of GTTP.

Galileo Teacher: participants of the training course that prove the

use in the classroom of the learned resources

Public: - 60% school teachers

- 10% professors

- 30% of undergraduate students

Other Activities Observations of Equinoxes and Solstices:

International project of Brazil-Uruguay-Argentina for joint

observations, measuring the shadows cast by several gnomons

Evaluation:

- Active participation of teachers and future teachers in the

sessions

More prepared and motivated teachers

… But ...

- Activities held only in the South and Southeast regions of Brazil

- Few teachers

- Few apply (or communicate that applied) in the classroom the

new features

learned.

- Lack of structure to follow the teachers after the courses

- Up to the moment, the multiplier effect is small.

Dr. Gustavo Rojas and students of UFSCar:

In two observational campaigns participants identified

known asteroids, and gave two important contributions:

the discovery of asteroid 2009 SZ33 and

recovery of asteroid 2008 CN1.

The Moon Over Us: Faces and Phases

Figure 1 - Aspects of the Moon in the sky with the horizon for

northern hemisphere (cf. Lorenzoni, 1988)

Figure 2 - Aspects of the Moon in the sky with the horizon for

the southern hemisphere (adapt. Lorenzoni, 1988)

http://www.erea.ufscar.br

Regional Meetings of Astronomy Teaching

EREAs

From 2009 to May 2015 were organized

57 Regional Meetings of Astronomy Education (EREAs)

with approximately 120 participants on average per event.

This leads to a total of about 6,700 participants and most

teachers of the school network of cities and regions in which

the events occurred.

Federal Institutes

~100 Telescopes

Improvements are suggested considering

the regions of Brazil, institutions and resources

New Perspectives:

Projects of COMED/SAB:

- Training of Teachers in the initial formation

- There are about 100 telescopes donated to the Federal Institutes

(Ifs) with resources of the IYA

- Proposal of courses to use the telescopes which programs have:

- Contents/methods of Astronomy teaching

- hands-on activities

- Use of new technologies

- Observations with telescopes

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