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EUNAWE -- European Universe Awareness Building on the International Year of Astronomy: Making young children aware of the Universe · Project name EUNAWE -- European Universe Awareness: Making young children aware of the Universe

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Authors George Miley, Carolina ædman (UL& SAAO), Pedro Russo, Frederiek, van Holthe (UL) Andreas Quirrenbach, Cecilia Scorza (HU) Rosa Ros (UPC) Franco Pacini, Lara Albanese, Alessandra Zanazzi (INAF) Kevin Govender (SAAO) Mark Bailey (Armagh) Institutions Leiden University, The Netherlands (UL), Heidelberg University, Germany (HU), Universitat PolitÕcnica De Catalunya, Spain (UPC), INAF-Arcetri Observatory, Italy (INAF), South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO), Armagh Observatory, UK (Armagh) Abstract Thinking about the Universe and space fascinates children. European Universe Awareness (EUNAWE) is a programme that uses the beauty and grandeur of the Universe to encourage young children, particularly those from an underprivileged background, to have an interest in science and technology. With a focus on the wonder and excitement of astronomy and space sciences, EUNAWE broadens children's minds, awakens their curiosity in science and stimulates internationalism and tolerance. Although UNAWE, the international project, was only founded four years ago, it is already active in 40 countries and comprises a global network of almost 500 astronomers, teachers and other educators. EUNAWE is a three-year project in six countries -- Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Northern Ireland, South Africa and Spain. The project includes organising teacher training courses and developing hands-on material for children. In the long term EUNAWE aims to help produce the next generation of European and South African engineers and scientists and contribute to the integration of underprivileged communities. The EUNAWE goals are to:

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1. Train and empower primary school teachers to include space topics in the classroom. 2. Develop and translate hands-on material over the partner countries. 3. Provide a network for the exchange of expertise and material between educators of very young children in EU member states, Associated Countries and International Cooperation Partner Countries 4. Help stimulate the production of the next generation of European engineers and scientists, particularly girls. 5. Contribute to the integration of underprivileged communities in participating countries. 6. Strengthen collaboration between Europe and South Africa over mutually beneficial scientific, technological, educational and social topics. 7. Lay the groundwork for expansion during FP8 to all EU member states and additional countries in Africa and Asia.
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Work programme, methodology, milestones. The tasks that will be carried out to accomplish EUNAWE are the following. Associated Work Packages Train and empower primary school teachers in each partner country to WP5 provide inspiring lessons to young children, involving the Universe and space. Develop, translate and disseminate hands-on and inquiry-based WP7, WP8 educational resources in each of the partner countries, emphasising European and South African science and technology. Provide a network for the exchange of expertise and material between WP2, WP3, educators of young children in EU member states, Associated WP4 Countries and International Cooperation Partner Countries. Expose substantial numbers of young children in the 6 participating WP5 countries to awareness of the Universe, emphasizing astronomy and space sciences for developing perspective and an appreciation of the rational method. Foster interaction and exchange of best practice between professional WP5, WP6, scientists and primary level educators. WP7 Develop indicators and evaluation instruments for the programme and WP9 evaluate EUNAWE. Tasks

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These tasks have been divided into several work packages and relevant milestones have been specified to ensure that the goals are achieved and the tasks are fulfilled in a timely fashion. · Partnerships and collaborations. The following are UNAWE partner organisations not included in the EUNAWE Consortium. INSTITUTE(S) Institut d'Astronomie et d'Astrophysique, UniversitÈ Libre de Bruxelles Koninklijke Sterrenwacht van BelgiÊ Brussels Planetarium Luis Cruls Clube de Astronomia, North Fluminense State University, Campos de Goytacazes. ISCA Faculdades - Instituto Superior de CiÉncias Aplicadas, Cruz do Padre European Southern Observatory (ESO). Universidad Metropolitana de Ciencias de la EducaciÑn Beijing Planetarium Science Museum Maloka, Bogota Planetarium, Local astronomy clubs Planetarium of the Library of Alexandria Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala, Universidad Rafael Landivar Liceo Javier StjÆrnuskoÏun, Amateur Astronomical Society Tamil Nadu Science Forum (Tamil Nadu), Vigyan Prasar (Indian Government science popularization), Pratham (Mumbai & other cities), AID India (Chennai) Institut Teknologi Bandung, Bosscha Observatory Blackrock Castle Observatory, Irish Astronomical Society
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COUNTRY Belgium Brazil Chile China Colombia Egypt Guatemala Iceland India Indonesia Ireland


Kenya Malta Mozambique Portugal Romania Sri Lanka Tanzania Tunisia Turkey Uruguay United States Venezuela

UNAWE Kenya and Cosmos Education University of Malta Eduardo Mondlane University Nuclio, Astronomy education organisation Bucharest Astronomy Club Sri Lanka Astronomical Association Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro Science City in Tunis, Children's and Youth Clubs (government informal education programme) Astronomical Society of Turkey Departamento de Astronomia, Instituto de Fisica, Montevideo Moulton School, Des Moines (Iowa), Riverside Country Library System (California) Centro de Investigaciones de Astronomia, Merida, UNESCO Associated Schools Network (ASPNet)

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Expected results The outcome of EUNAWE will have an impact in several areas.

1. Impact on Society: EUNAWE will spread awareness of astronomy and space to a broad segment of society. By training teachers EUNAWE will reach a large number of children and the age group of the children is such that parents and families will necessarily also be exposed to the programme. 2. Form a recruitment base for the next generation of scientists and engineers: EUNAWE educational resources emphasise learning methods that have demonstrably engaged young children in science on the long term. Furthermore, the EUNAWE approach is tailored to encourage girls to take up science, through role models and gender-balanced representations of scientific professions. 3. Value added for European Astronomy and Space expenditure: European astronomy and space achievements will feature prominently in EUNAWE educational resources. In addition to increasing general awareness of European science and technology, EUNAWE will provide schools and teachers with opportunities to learn more about the European astronomy and space programmes by e.g. visiting scientific facilities or following the news. 4. Legacy for science education: EUNAWE will develop innovative teaching methods for a new group of children. Targeting very young children, a group that has been neglected in previous astronomy and space outreach programmes guarantees that it will be an extremely visible programme and that it will have maximum impact both on intermediate and long timescales. The evaluation of the programme will serve as reference for further development of science education at the primary school level. 5. Potential for long-term continuation: Active efforts will be made to seek continued support and expand the programme in EU member states, Associated Countries and International Cooperation Partner Countries. This will guarantee that the future impact of EUNAWE will extend beyond the present partner countries and have an impact throughout the wider UNAWE network of more than 40 countries.

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Conclusions: In the last 5 years UNAWE developed from an idea into a programme that is active in more than 40 countries, with a network of more than 500 experts. UNAWE was a cornerstone project of the UN-ratified International Year of Astronomy and is now an official activity of the International Astronomical Union and a component of the IAU Decadal Strategic Plan "Astronomy for the Developing World"1. EUNAWE builds on the UNAWE accomplishments to (i) enable a full UNAWE programmes to be carried out in 6 countries and (ii) lay the groundwork for the further expansion of UNAWE within the EU and within Africa.

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