ASTRONOMY COMPETITION OF SOUTH-EAST EUROPE REGION
This will take place in Serbia, 6-9 September 2007. For further details see HERE.
SYUZO ISOBE
We regret to announce the death of Dr Syuzo Isobe on 31 December 2006, President of Commission 46 2000-2003. Accounts of his life and work appeared in the March 2007 edition of the C46 Newsletter.
JENAM-2007
JENAM-2007 will take place in Yerevan ( Armenia ) on 20-25 August 2007. It will consist of 6 plenary sessions (invited reviews on hot topics of
modern astrophysics ) , 8 EAS Symposia, and 7 Special Sessions (SPS).
SPS5 is devoted to Astronomy Education in Europe .
It will take place on 20-22 August 2007.
Conveners:
Hayk Harutyunyan ( Armenia ), Areg Mickaelian ( Armenia ), Magda Stavinschi ( Romania ).
Topics:
- International astronomy education and development
- Effective teaching and learning at the university level
- Development of astronomy curriculum for schools
- Education research
- Planetariums and science
- Amateur astronomers and astronomy education
- Multicultural astronomy
Learn more from the website http://www.aras.am/JENAM-2007/index.htm
TEACHING INTRODUCTORY ASTRONOMY TO NON SCIENCE MAJORS, 3-5 AUGUST 2007, USA
Cosmos in the Classroom 2007, a three-day, hands on symposium on teaching astronomy to non science majors, will be held from August 3 - 5, 2007 at Pomona College in Southern California . The meeting is sponsored by the Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP), with co-sponsorship by a range of astronomical and educational organizations.
For updated information and to get on the mailing list for the meeting, please go to http://www.astrosociety.org/events/cosmos.html
1ST ANNOUNCEMENT
THE 1ST INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIAD ON ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS
Chiang Mai, Thailand, Nov. 30 - Dec. 9, 2007
The Promotion of Academic Olympiad and Development of Science Education Foundation (POSN) was founded in 1999 under the patronage of Her Royal Highness Princess Galyani Vadhana Krom Luang Naradhiwas Rajanagarindra, the elder sister of His Majesty King Bhumibol. To commemorate His Majesty the King's 80th Birthday and Her Royal Highness's 84th Birthday in 2007 The Royal Thai Government has authorized the POSN Foundation to host The First International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics (IOAA) during the period of November 30 to December 9, 2007, in the scenic city of the fabulous northern province of Chiang Mai, Thailand. Since this is the first competition of the IOAA there will be no registration fee. Once the delegation arrives in Thailand, we will cover the expenses for meals, accommodation and transportation during the event. The only responsibility of each delegation is round-trip traveling expenses.
The purpose of the IOAA is to promote interests and educations on astronomy and astrophysics of high school students. By participating in the competitions, students will have opportunities to meet fellow students of the same interests and make friends. This will lead to good understanding among countries and hence collaboration in future researches.
See http://www.ioaa.info for more information.
SPECIAL C46 SESSIONS AT THE IAU GENERAL ASSEMBLY
14-25 August 2006, Prague, Czech Republic
Two special sessions, proposed by members of Commission 46, were held at the IAU General Assembly held in Prague in August 2006. The officers of the C46 Organising Committee offer their congratulations to those who have worked on these successful proposals, and in particular the SOC chairpersons.
SPS2, INNOVATION IN TEACHING/LEARNING ASTRONOMY METHODS
Duration, 2 days
SOC Chairpersons, Rosa M Ros, ros@mat.upc.es,
Jay M Pasachoff, jay.m.pasachoff@williams.edu
Editors of the Proceedings, Rosa M Ros, Jay M Pasachoff
For further information please click here.
SPS5, ASTRONOMY FOR THE DEVELOPING WORLD
Duration, 2 days
SOC Chairperson, John B Hearnshaw, john.hearnshaw@canterbury.ac.nz
Editors of the Proceedings, John B Hearnshaw and Peter Martinez, peter@saao.ac.za
For further information please click here.
INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF ASTRONOMY, 2009
The first meeting for the national Single Points of Contact (SPoCs) has taken place with 63 SPoCs identified out of 80 IAU countries (an excellent return). The webcast and all presentations are available at ...
http://www.communicatingastronomy.org/iya_eso/programme.html
An "activities bank" is now being compiled at ...
http://www.astronomy2009.org/content/view/122/50/
The next major event for IYA2009 is a meeting, CAP2007, to be held in Athens (Greece), 8-11 October 2007. See ...
http://www.communicatingastronomy.org/cap2007/index.html