About

The Observatory of Astronomy of Unesp is composed by volunteers from differents areas of professional action: teachers of elementary school, teachers from high school, students of graduation, students of Masters and PhD in Science Education and a professor at University “Julio Mesquita Filho” (Unesp). We realized activities with teachers and students (formal education) and general public (informal education).

Past Activities

The Didactic’s Observatory of Astronomy develops a vast amount of activities to aware about light pollution. The actions involves regular school (teachers and students) (3 times) and informal activities. We conduct classroom or after-class educational activities (1), organize teacher training (1), participate or advertise dark-sky campaigns, give presentations on light pollution (4 leactures), writing academic articles and give presentations in Science education’s events (4). We goal to aware people about losing a human right: to contemplate the dark skies. So, when we work with teachers and students from brazilian schools, we structured the didacts sequences based in Science education’s theoretical approach. On the other hand, the informal actions has another methodical approach because we attend people from different regions of Bauru and different ages.