Teachers from five countries embark on a new astronomical adventure in the Canaries

16/07/2019 
From 15th to 19th June 2019 the headquarters of the IAC, and the Guajara lecture theatres of the University of La Laguna will host the V International Summer Course “Astronomy Adventure in the Canary Islands", whose aim is to convey the passion for astrophysics, and to give secondary school teachers the knowledge and resources relevant to astronomy so that they can use them in the classroom, and can give a more practical and stimulating scientific and technical education to their students. In this edition the theme is “ The Message of Light” which is the leitmotiv of the lectures and workshops which have a highly participative style. During the course the teachers wil learn, via active experiment-based practice, collaborative workingk and a multidisciplinary approach, the way we use light to understand the universe. The training also includes the use of a variety of tools and educational technology, such as robotic telescopes, on-line laboratories, and access to the data bases of scientific archives. Activites outside the lectura room included in the programme are a training visit to the Teide Observatory (Tenerife) and an optional visit to the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory ( La Palma). >> Read more