Enhancing Student Impact Through Innovative Astronomy Teaching Methodologies

This is a poster presented at the 6th Shaw-IAU Workshop on Astronomy for Education, organised by the IAU Office of Astronomy for Education (OAE, http//astro4edu.org).

Title: 
Enhancing Student Impact Through Innovative Astronomy Teaching Methodologies

Presenter:
Adriana Victoria, Araujo Salcedo (Centro de Estudios en Astrofísica, Gimnasio Campestre)

Astronomy builds bridges between mathematics, physics, statistics, and nowadays data analysis. Astronomy allows us to create awareness of our environment, especially the physical-chemical reasons that allow life on Earth. Teaching astronomy as part of the vertical axis of the curriculum has been implemented since a few years ago at the GC school in Bogotá. Through the center of studies in Astrophysics and the Astronomical Observatory of the school, a subject called "Explora" has been developed, facing astronomy's basic concepts, history, and even exploration of topics in astrobiology, exoplanets, and planetary sciences. This talk will summarize the activities, the corresponding data on published articles in the area, and the number of students impacted by this methodology at the school.

About the 6th Shaw-IAU Workshop:

The 6th Shaw-IAU Workshop took place:12 - 15 November 2024. The Shaw-IAU workshops focus on astronomy education for primary and secondary school students and teacher training both in universities and in service. This year's workshop featured two special topics: an exploration of the first two years of the James Webb Space Telescope for the scientific topic, and the crucial aspect of evaluation in educational contexts as the non-scientific topic.

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