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!!

5. GLI SCAMBI

6. ROMA
12 -16 MAGGIO 2008
La visita dei partner
francesi e turchi

7. L’ACCOGLIENZA

8. LA CERIMONIA INAUGURALE

9. IL TERRAZZO
ASTRONOMICO

10. IL WORKSHOP del “BELLI”
“building an equatorial sundial”

11. LA COOPERAZIONE

12. MERIDIANE AL SOLE

13. LE OSSERVAZIONI SOLARI

14. Osservare il sole
dentro il Pantheon
sul terrazzo
astronomico

15. IL WORKSHOP della TURCHIA

16. IL WORKSHOP condotto dagli studenti francesi

20. “COFFIE-WORKSHOP”

21. G…ASTRONOMIA!

22. PERCORSI SCIENTIFICI A ROMA

23. LA VISITA AL
PANTHEON

24. PALAZZO SPADA

25. PIAZZA S.
PIETRO

26. I LABORATORI

27. CAMMINARE A PASSI DI SOLE

28. MISURARE L’ALTEZZA DEL SOLE
DURANTE TUTTO L’ANNO
DAL
SOLSTIZIO
D’INVERNO
EQUINOZI
AL
SOLSTIZIO
D’ESTATE

29. MERIDIANA DI S. MARIA DEGLI ANGELI

30. LABORATORI 1

31. LABORATORI 2

32. IL TRANSITO
DEL SOLE

33. UN SOLE PER OGNI STAGIONE
SOLSTIZIO D’ESTATE
SOLSTIZIO
D’INVERNO EQUINOZI
15 MAGGIO

34. L’OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO

36. La visita della III H
a Lione
18 -23 novembre 2008
(SCIENCE WEEK)

37. THE VISIT OF
THE CITY

38. LECTURES

39. SCIENCE EXHIBITS

40. WORKSHOPS

41. PRESENTATIONS & COOPERATION

42. LANGUAGE
EXCHANGES
INTERVIEWS

43. SURPRISING
EFFECTS!

44. Meeting in MALATYA
TURKIE
26 MAY– 3 JUNE 2009

48. NEMRUT: SOLAR TEMPLUM

65. FRIENDISHIP, COOPERATION AND HAPPINESS
UNDER THE SUN…
OUR COMENIUS PROJECT!

66. UNDER THE SAME SUN…
Un intreccio di diverse culture
per conoscere e
per costruire insieme un mondo
di bellezze , di cooperazione e di pace