Unawe tanzania 2013-Germany workshop presentation in october
1. Astronomy for Science in Tanzania
www.unawetanzania.org
Astronomy to Inspire and Educate Young Children
EU-UNAWE
International Workshop
House of Astronomy, Heidelberg Germany 2013
3. How do we serve the Children?
We work closely with teachers
Through regional and national coordinators
4. Tools and Resources
In Partnership with EU-UNAWE,
Telescopes to Tanzania, Astronomers
Without Boarder, Portland Astronomical
Society of Maine USA and OAD.
We have manage to gather resources to
serve our schools network
To ensure the material are
understandable we developed a
guiding document in Swahili for
teachers and club leaders
7. Challenges
•Communication With Teachers due to
sense of inferiority on understanding
Astronomy
•Inability to Integrate of Astronomy in
Teaching Plan
•Luck of Fund and Getting Local Partners to
Work With
•Recruitment of Local Volunteers to Work
With
8. Support Needed
Together with our Partners we welcome you to support
the establishment of center for science with an
observatory through:
AWB Telescopes to Tanzania page
Where you Can support our initiative, Donate
Telescopes as well as Eclipse Glasses for November
3rd Eclipse