This presentation summarise our 2 years of comenius project: "European Collaboration of Students through the Study of the Sun". This presentation was made by Leonarda Fucili.
1. COMENIUS PROGRAMME 2007-2009
European collaboration of students
through the study of the Sun
Partnership:
Partnership
• Scuola Secondaria 1’ grado "G.G.Belli“, Rome, Italy
• Lycee Charlie Chaplin, Lyon, France
• Mehmet Akif Ersoy İlköğretim Okulu, Merkez, Malatya, Turkie
17 -20 June 2009
Final Meeting in Rome
2. THERE IS NOTHING
quite like
the study of astronomy
to capture the imaginations
of our students, to make them
understand phenomena, and
introduce them to the
fundamental ideas of science and
mathematics and to the methods
of science in general.
3. Aims
The aims of the COMENIUS project:
• To promote European co-operation between pupils
(ages 12 to 18) from different schools in the area of
(solar) Astronomy
• To undertake experimental work that can be shared
and used by pupils to enrich their understanding of
the role of the sun in their daily lives and in the use
of solar energy
• To develop linguistic and communication skills of
the participating pupils through a variety of means,
including the use of ICT
• To enhance awareness of the role of the Sun in our
common culture
4. Activities
constructing models of the local horizon to investigate the motion of the
Sun in the sky
observing the transit of the sun on the local meridian
determining the latitude of the school by measuring the altitude of the
Sun during solar noon and by measuring the altitude of the Polar star
determining the longitude of the school using GPS and maps
orienteering
determining the difference between solar noon and 12.00 a.m
investigating the equation of time
determining the duration of the day and the night and how it varies at the
different seasons
constructing different types of sundials
using the sundials to investigate the apparent motion of the Sun
monitoring the sun through a solar telescope
constructing and using spectrometers
studying the path of the Sun through some ancient “solar” monuments
drawing comics about the myths of the sky
writing a science-fiction novel about the Sun and the Cosmos
… and MUCH MORE!!