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Hands-on Universe/Europe Ana Inés Gómez de Castro Universidad Complutense de Madrid www.euhou.net [email protected] ¿What is EU-HOU? European Union- Hands-on the Universe is an educational project to bring frontline astronomy (concepts) and instrumentation in the classroom (14-17 years old students) Objectives: Renovate scientific education methods Bringing the excitement of scientific discovery into the classroom to motivate scientific/technical studies among teenagers At European-wide scale www.euhou.net [email protected] BASICS: Project based on Astronomical Research because relevant discoveries can be made with rather unexpensive instrumentation and basic scientific knowledge. Project Milestones: • • Provide instrumentation to the School System Students carry out and process their own astronomical observations obtained either at the classrooms thanks to either a global system of robotic telescopes controlled through the internet or small telescopes and tools developed for the project (webcam systems, small radiotelescopes) Exercises and Projects Pupils are introduced into open research problems associated to the European Research Space. www.euhou.net [email protected] INSTRUMENTS FAULKES Telescopes: Two 2m optical telescopes located at profesional observatories and dedicated to educational projects in United Kindom. Pilot Schools participating in the project enjoy observing time at this facility during the duration of the project. SALSA-ONSALA The Onsala Space Observatory (Chalmers Technological University, Sweden) has develop a prototype of small radiotelescope that has been made available to the Pilot Schools to carry out real time observations through the internet. www.euhou.net [email protected] WEBCAMs for small telescopes The Center for Theoretical Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences has designed a cheap and easy to use system to record electronically astronomical observations obtained with small telescopes or efficient photographic elements. This allows students to process the data and understand some very basic technological problems. Projects are related with variable stars, planets and simple geometric calculations. The EU-HOU team has bought 160 (optics+electronic) equipments for the European Pilot Schools. www.euhou.net [email protected] SOME EXERCISES: 1. To observe the highly collimated jets from young Solar Systems and determine the characteristic ejection time. How planets can be formed in such an active environment? Is the Sun a “normal” star? 2. To observe and determine how the Sun orbits around the Galactic Center. 3. Are the planetary systems detected by now alike our Solar System?, if you could travel among them… which one would you pick up? How could you minimize the travelling time among many systems? 4. To sail into Space. Why are there launching windows for space missions? What is the effect of Solar radiation in Solar sails? Are rigging relevant? (Solar Systems “America’s” cup) www.euhou.net [email protected] INSTRUMENT: FAULKES TELESCOPE DATA PROCESSED WITH SALSAJ EXERCISE 1: Observing jets from young Solar Systems. Determining time scales: a 10 years long monitoring! www.euhou.net [email protected] EXERCISE 2: To detect/study the rotation of the Sun around the Galactic Center. Velocity=220km/s (792.000km/h) www.euhou.net [email protected] EXERCISE 3: How do planetary systems look like? If you could travel among them? Which ones would you pick-up? Why? www.euhou.net [email protected] EXERCISE 4 The rotation stream!!! Sailing into Space. Why it is better to delay the launching of a Space mission to certain launching windows? How solar radiation may assist the navigation of Space Ships? V V It takes much energy to sail against the stream! Vr www.euhou.net [email protected] SOLAR RADIATION PRESSURE… The COSMOS-I project …modifies the radial component of the velocity S cos() ur S Incident Radiation www.euhou.net [email protected] F THE LARGEST THE SURFACE THE LARGEST MANOUEVERING POSIBILITIES!!! How many hexagons are you able to fit in? www.euhou.net [email protected] ORGANIZATION: Both tools and exercises are free and available in the project web: www.euhou.net.. There is a coordinator per country who, in addition to develop resources coordinates the implementation in the local educational system. There are European-wide training sessions for the Teachers in the Pilot Schools. We are testing levels and methods in Secondary/High School across Europe. English is the basic language though tools manuals and exercises are being translated to all languages. www.euhou.net [email protected] THE FUTURE: COMENIUS Network of Pilot Schools: funding training & meetings MINERVA – IMAGING processing and testing (extending to biology) MINERVA – Global Positioning (extending to Geographic coordinates) SEEKING for Virtual Environments where students can meet to work together on scientific problems PROBLEMS: •Language •Not enough funding to keep teams at work on several years scales. www.euhou.net [email protected] THE EUROPEAN TEAM Es-HOU : Pr Ana I. GÓMEZ DE CASTRO Universidad Complutense de Madrid, España F-HOU : COORDINADORA Dr Roger FERLET - Dr Anne-Laure MELCHIOR Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Francia Gr-HOU : Dr Margarita METAXA Arsakeio High School, Grecia It-HOU : Alessandra ZANAZZI Fondazione IDIS-Città della Scienza, Italia Pl-HOU : Pr Lech MANKIEWICZ Center for Theoretical Physics, Polonia Pt-HOU : Dr. Rosa DORAN NUCLIO, Núcleo Interactivo de Astronomia,Portugal Se-HOU : Dr. Cathy HORELLOU Onsala Space Observatory, Suecia UK-HOU : Robert HILL Armagh Planetarium, Reino Unido www.euhou.net [email protected] INSTITUTOS/COLEGIOS PARTICIPANTES Colegio BASE Colegio Brains Colegio Joyfe Colegio Los Peñascales Colegio Retamar Colegio San José del Parque Colegio Santa María del Pilar Colegio Valdeluz IES Fortuny IES José Churrigura IES Isabel la Católica IES Marqués de Suances IES Mirasierra IES Pío Baroja IES Rafael Alberti IES Ramiro de Maeztu IES San Juan de la Cruz COORDINACIÓN HOU-ESPAÑA Ana Inés Gómez de Castro Facultad de Ciencias Matemáticas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Plaza de Ciencias 3; E-28040 Madrid, ESPAÑA www.euhou.net email: [email protected] [email protected] Tfno/FAX: 913944615