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The ESO Educational Office Reaches Out towards Europe`s Teachers
December 17, 2001ESA/ESO Astronomy Exercises Provide a Taste of Real Astronomy
The European Southern Observatory (ESO) has been involved in many
Europe-wide educational projects during the past years, in particular
within European Science Weeks sponsored by the European Commission (EC).
In order to further enhance the significant educational potential inherent
in the numerous scientific endeavours now carried out by Europe`s
astronomers with ESO front-line telescope facilities, it has been decided
to set up an Educational Office within the ESO EPR Department.
It will from now on work closely with astronomy-oriented teachers, in
particular at the high-school level, providing support, inspiration and
new materials. Much of this interaction will happen via the European
Association for Astronomy Education (EAAE)
In this context, and in collaboration with the European Space Agency
(ESA), the first instalments of the "ESA/ESO Astronomy Exercise Series"
have just been published, on the web (http://www.astroex.org) and in print
(6 booklets totalling 100 pages; provided free-of-charge to teachers on
request).
They allow 16-19 year old students to gain exciting hands-on
experience in astronomy, making realistic calculations with data
obtained from observations by some of the world`s best telescopes, the
NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope (HST) and ESO`s Very Large Telescope
(VLT).
ESO Press Release 29/01 on these matters is a joint Press Release with
the Hubble European Space Agency Information Centre. It is available,
with one photo, at:
http://www.eso.org/outreach/press-rel/pr-2001/pr-29-01.html
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