EduCosmos, la recherche dans la salle de classe
Abstract
EduCosmos is a singular citizen science project that allows high- and medium-school students to participate in scientific research. The classes participating in this program perform astronomical observations remotely, from their schools. They use a 1-meter telescope belonging to the Observatoire de la Cote d'Azur (OCA - Nice, France), located at the Plateau de Calern (alt. 1280m), 70 km away from Nice. Students get involved in the study of asteroids, observing mainly light curves that will be used by the OCA scientists to complete their research. A 2-day teacher-training is proposed to teachers involved in this program, and is carried out in partnership with the local education authorities. Teachers are formed to the scientific project, the observations and the data reduction. During the school year, the participating classes have the opportunity to meet the OCA scientists that will introduce them to the scientific program
- Publication:
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SF2A-2019: Proceedings of the Annual meeting of the French Society of Astronomy and Astrophysics
- Pub Date:
- December 2019
- Bibcode:
- 2019sf2a.conf..411S
- Keywords:
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- outreach;
- education;
- teaching skills;
- astronomy activities