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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
or
Thank you !
