With the aim of bringing Astronomy and science to students in the school stage, in 2010 the University of Heidelberg, through the Heidelberg Center for Latin America, the Haus der Astronomie, the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile and the Metropolitan University of Education Sciences, organized the conference "Astronomy, between research and school." This initiative, based on the German project "Science for school" (WIS) and which has produced educational material for high schools considering current topics of astronomy research, gave way to Universe workshops in the Classroom.
The program seeks to provide tools to foster interest in the astronomy of schoolchildren and includes talks by astronomers, practical workshops to develop teaching materials - used in the teaching of space science - and a visit to the Santa Martina Teaching Observatory of the UC. Since its inception, hundreds of elementary and middle school teachers have been trained throughout Chile.
The uninterrupted realization of the workshop has also allowed the creation of the Astro Network for Teachers, a communication initiative that promotes work related to promoting the good teaching of astronomy in teachers.
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Contact: Carol Rojas difusion.fisica@uc.cl Tel. + 56 2 23549792