Astronomy & Education » schools http://astroed.edublogs.org Astronomy, education and some skepticism Mon, 14 Sep 2009 22:28:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 Science Week in Geraldton http://astroed.edublogs.org/2009/08/17/science-week-in-geraldton/ http://astroed.edublogs.org/2009/08/17/science-week-in-geraldton/#comments Sun, 16 Aug 2009 21:22:50 +0000 astroed http://astroed.edublogs.org/?p=119 I’ve got a busy week ahead of me. I’m flying over to Geraldton in Western Australia for a series of events as part of National Science Week. Tomorrow I’m giving several talks to students at Nagle Catholic College in the afternoon followed by some professional development for teachers in the region and, hopefully, a viewing night.

The following morning I’ll be up bright and early as I have an on-air lesson about telescopes with students from the Meekatharra School of the Air. After that I drive out a few hours to Yalgoo (the first town in the Outback) where I’ll be taking part in a viewing evening for students from three schools, Yalgoo, Pia Wadjarri and Sandstone, who have come together for a few days for their athletics carnival. I’ll be joined by Megan Argos from Curtin (AstroMeg). We plan on getting the students to take part in the Big Aussie Star Hunt, the national project for Science Week.

On Thursday I’m giving a public talk about the life and work of Galileo at 7.30pm in the Queen Elizabeth Theatre prior to Theatre Eight’s production of Brecht’s The Life of Galileo.

It should be a busy but fun and rewarding week. Hopefully I’ll get some photos and more information up about the various events later.

]]> http://astroed.edublogs.org/2009/08/17/science-week-in-geraldton/feed/ 0 Some great ‘Sleek Geek’ science videos. http://astroed.edublogs.org/2008/08/21/some-great-sleek-geek-science-videos/ http://astroed.edublogs.org/2008/08/21/some-great-sleek-geek-science-videos/#comments Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:16:00 +0000 astroed http://astroed.edublogs.org/?p=51 This week saw the annual Eureka Prizes for Science awarded. Part of the awards are sponsored by the University of Sydney and hosted on the ABC’s website: The Sleek Geeks Science Eureka Schools Prize. Check out some grat videos produced by school students. There is a lovely video by a very passionate four-year old volcanologist, Aydin Neighbour.

From an astronomy perspective there is the winner in the Secondary Schools section about the Copernican revolution. The winner in the University section is also a favourite.

Happy viewing.

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