The COST example for outreach to the general public: I love my Sun

Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate

Desanka Sulic²  Aleksei Parnowski¹  Stijn Calders⁵  Ersin Tulunay³  Norma Bock Crosby⁵  Yurdanur Tulunay⁴ 

[1] Space Research Institute NASU & NSAU,Kyiv,Ukraine;Faculty of Ecology and Environmental Protection, University Union – NIKOLA TESLA,Belgrade,Serbia;Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, METU,Ankara,Turkey;Department of Aerospace Engineering, METU,Ankara,Turkey;Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy,Ringlaan-3-Avenue Circulaire,1180 Brussels,Belgium

关键词: Sun;    space environment;    education;    outreach;    space weather;   

Others  :  800655
DOI  :  doi:10.1051/swsc/2013026

 received in 2012-06-07, accepted in 2013-01-09,  发布年份 2013

【 摘 要 】

It is important to educate children about the important role that the Sun has in their lives. This paper presents an educational outreach tool entitled “I Love My Sun” that has been developed for school children in the approximate age range of 7 through 11 years. The main objective of this tool is to make children aware of space weather, the Sun, Sun-Earth relations and how they, the children, are part of this global picture. Children are given a lecture about the Sun. The lecture is preceded and followed by the children drawing a picture of the Sun. In this paper the background behind the “I Love My Sun” initiative is given and it is described how to perform an “I Love My Sun”. The main results from events in Turkey, Belgium, Ukraine and Serbia are presented.

【 授权许可】

   
© Y. Tulunay et al., Published by EDP Sciences 2013

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