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GalileoMobile, sharing astronomy with students and teachers around the world

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 October 2016

Sandra Benitez-Herrera
Affiliation:
Museum of Astronomy of Rio de Janeiro, Rua General Bruce, 586, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil email: sandraherrera@mast.br
Patricia F. Spinelli
Affiliation:
Museum of Astronomy of Rio de Janeiro, Rua General Bruce, 586, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil email: sandraherrera@mast.br
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GalileoMobile is a non-profit, itinerant, science outreach initiative that brings Astronomy closer to young people in areas with little or no access to outreach programs. We perform astronomy-related activities in schools and communities we visit and encourage follow-up activities through teacher training workshops and the donation of telescopes and other educational resources. GalileoMobile also extends its impact to a worldwide audience through deliverable products. Our work is shared worldwide through the production of documentaries, books and a wide range of Internet resources (OfficialWebsite - www.galileo-mobile.org - and Blog, Facebook page, Google+,Twitter, Youtube and Vimeo). GalileoMobile is an unprecedented initiative promoting science knowledge and the interaction beyond borders through Astronomy while raising awareness for the diversity of human cultures, conveying the message of “unity under the same sky”. We take advantage of the local astronomical culture of the visited communities to establish a dialogue between different ways of understanding the world and to share different types of knowledge (historic, scientific, anthropological . . .), encouraging a process of mutual learning.

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Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2016