Abstract
Stargazing Live! aims to capture the imagination of learners with a combination of live and interactive planetarium lessons, real astronomical data, and lessons built around interactive knowledge representations. The lessons were created using a co-creation model and tackle concepts in the pre-university (astro)physics which students find difficult to grasp with traditional interventions. An evaluation study in 9 Dutch classrooms showed that learners are inspired and engaged by the planetarium lessons but are not always able to link the content to the classroom. Pre- and post-tests showed that the accompanying star properties activity significantly increased learners’ understanding of the causal relationships between mass and other properties (such as luminosity, gravity, and temperature) in a main sequence star.
| Original language | English |
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| Publication status | Published - 14 Aug 2024 |
| Event | Astronomy Education 2023: Bridging Research & Practice - University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada Duration: 10 May 2023 → 12 May 2023 https://astroeducon.org/2023/ |
Conference
| Conference | Astronomy Education 2023 |
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| Country/Territory | Canada |
| City | Toronto |
| Period | 10/05/23 → 12/05/23 |
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