Bridges Between Cultures: Activities and Meetings About Cultural Astronomy (NASE)

Title: 
Bridges Between Cultures: Activities and Meetings About Cultural Astronomy (NASE)

Presenter:
Beatriz Garcia (NASE, Spain)

Colaborator:
Ricardo Moreno (NASE)
Rosa M. Ros (NASE)
Ederlinda Viñuales (NASE)

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).

To commemorate the UNESCO International Day of Light, NASE proposes to all its participants, instructors and referents to carry out simple experiences but of great educational interest. Although the day of light is May 16, the activities can be done from the March to the September equinoxes. The idea started in 2018, inviting people to measure the invisible, performing the Herschel experiment to detect the infrared, and continuing each year until now with different topics. connecting Astronomy and everyday life. This new approach to concepts of Cultural Astronomy has permitted 2 meetings each year, the “Bridges Between Cultures” and “NASE+”. We present here some results of these activities and will show how simple experiences can transform the life of a lot of people on the Globe.

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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