3. THE SKY IN YOUR HANDS – PLANETARIUM SHOW
Takes the audience on a journey
through different constellations:
- Visual projection;
- Special soundtrack;
- Tactile support.
Credit: Navegar Foundation, Portugal
Credit: Amelia Ortiz-Gil, Spain
4. TACTILE EXIHIBITIONS
An Exhibition was designed with more than 20
tactile pictures about astronomy dealing with
the most diverse and fascinating objects that
we find in the night sky.
Credit: Planetário Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal
5. TACTILE MOON MODEL & TELESCOPE OBSERVATIONS
The exhibition also included a model of the Moon with features in
high relief of craters and maria that dazzled the audiences.
We have since then expanded this activities into observations
through telescope of our natural satellite and exploring the main
features of the telescope through touch.
Credit: ACAPO, Portugal
Credit: Amelia Ortiz-Gil, Spain
6. A TOUCH OF THE UNIVERSE KIT
The kit contains:
- Planetarium program “The Sky in Your Hands”
- Tactile Moon
- A set of 3 3D constellation models
- Activity book
- “From the Earth to the Universe (FETTU)”
- “The Little Moon Phase Book”, by Noreen Grice
- Guides about the planetarium show, the tactile Moon and the FETTU prints.
Credit: Amelia Ortiz-Gil, Spain
7. A PLANETARIUM IN YOUR CLASSROOM!
Give visually impaired
children a sense of
what we experience in
terms of shape when
we’re at a planetarium
and showing the
constellations as well.
Credit: Dr. Kalpana Kharade from K.J. Somaiya College, Mumbai
Credit: Samir Dhurde, The Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune, India
8. A PLANETARIUM IN YOUR CLASSROOM!
Credit: NUCLIO & José Fanica (teacher), Portugal
9. WHERE ARE YOU? - DISTANCES IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM
Using low cost materials we build a tactile models so
that the students can learn about the distances
within the solar system.
10. REAL TIME TELESCOPE OBSERVATIONS
Moimenta da Beira hosted the 4th Telescope Gathering, the largest gathering of
telescopes in Portugal. The event had a record of nearly sixty telescopes from around the
country, taking advantage of the uniqueness of the night sky.
Three telescopes dedicated to a pioneering experience in Portugal: to have real time
telescope observations for visually impaired audiences.
11. REAL TIME TELESCOPE OBSERVATIONS
Faulkes Telescope offers a database of astronomy images as well as the
opportunity for students to remotely operate the telescope and to take their own
pictures of the cosmos.
Since Astronomy is a very visual science most often visually impaired sudents are
cast aside from these activities, so the question is: how can we engage visually
impaired students in such activities while promoting collaborative work with their
peers?
12. MEET OUR NEIGHBOURS!
13 tactile schematic images of
the main objects of the Solar
System;
Built with low cost materials
through hands-on activities;
For visually impaired children
and their non-visually
impaired peers;
Promote interactive activities
between all groups of children.
13. Visually impaired children and their sighted peers are
encouraged to explore the tactile images and do some
research on our celestial neighbours.
MEET OUR NEIGHBOURS!
14. The children choose from the
tactile images explored their
favorite object and then build
them with the help of the
educators.
They try to understand
which textures they’ll
need to build them.
MEET OUR NEIGHBOURS!
15. The children then choose from the different materials
available to build their favorite celestial object.
MEET OUR NEIGHBOURS!
16. The children explain the main
features of the celestial
object, guiding their friends
through the different tactile
features.
MEET OUR NEIGHBOURS!
18. MEET OUR NEIGHBOURS!
All textures and materials were sent to educators and tactile
materials experts in various countries so that they could provide
feedback and suggestions regarding all resources produced to
increase the overall quality of the schematic tactile images.
24. CONHEÇA NOSSOS VIZINHOS CELESTES!
SUSTAINABILITY & INCLUSION
>> Use recycled materials and/or
other low cost textures, native to
each community,
>> To support educators, materials
such as "The scientist explains" are
available online,
>> A tutorial with content on how the
objects are built.
All materials are available for free at:
http://nuclio.org/astroneighbours/
25. SHARE IDEAS & COLABORATE!!
• We find that are people doing and imagining amazing things!
• The world becomes a much more awesome place.
• Make many good friends along the way.
