Design of a Tourist Trip to Somewhere in Space. Mixing Knowledge With Fantasy

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Design of a Tourist Trip to Somewhere in Space. Mixing Knowledge With Fantasy

Presenters:
Cuauhtemoc Mendez (Tec de Monterrey / TRIBU Cultura Astronómica, Mexico)

This was a poster presented at the 5th Shaw-IAU Workshop on Astronomy for Education, organised by the IAU Office of Astronomy for Education (OAE, http//astro4edu.org).

The final work of the Tec de Monterrey Astronomy course has been the elaboration of a fantasy trip tos pace. The students show what could be tourist attractions of places in space seen in the course, and also use their knowledge of Biology, Chemistry, Physics, and Astronomy, to produce unreal situations base don their learnings, be it the appearance of posible inhabitants, or the typical food of the place. Student´s presentations are regularly beyond what is necessary for the course, which is a sample of the engagement achieved in it, according to the bibliography consulted for the evaluation of engagement in the course.

About the 5th Shaw-IAU Workshop on Astronomy for Education:
This year’s Shaw-IAU Workshop on Astronomy for Education focuses on two themes: one special practical astronomy education topic and one scientific topic. The special topic is astronomy education outside the classroom, looking at how astronomy can be taught in a diverse range of environments such as science centers, planetaria and youth clubs. The scientific topic is planetary atmospheres, both in the solar system and exoplanets as well as our own Earth. The workshop was organised by the IAU Office of Astronomy for Education (http://astro4edu.org). More details can be found on: https://astro4edu.org/shaw-iau/5th-shaw-iau-workshop/schedule/

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