Universe Awareness:An Educational Astronomy and Space Sciences Global Project

Paper number

IAC-11,E1,8,10,x9605

Author

Mr. Pedro Russo, Universe Awareness, The Netherlands

Year

2011

Abstract

Universe Awareness (UNAWE) is, an IAU-endorsed programme that uses the beauty and grandeur of the Universe to encourage young children, particularly those from an underprivileged background, to have an interest in science and technology and foster their sense of global citizenship from the earliest age. Although UNAWE was only founded five years ago, it is already active in 40 countries and comprises a global network of almost 500 astronomers, teachers and other educators. 
The project includes organising teacher-training courses and developing hands-on material for children. In the long term, UNAWE aims to help produce the next generation of European engineers and scientists and to make children from underprivileged areas realise that they are part of a much larger European community. Recently UNAWE received a 1.9 Million Euros grant from the European Union. 

During this talk we will present the first results of the implementation of Universe Awareness programmes in six countries: Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, South Africa and Spain

Abstract document

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