Programme
16.00 – Introductory Presentation by Oriel Marshall (Astrophysics and Education Researcher)
16.20 – Guest talk from an exoplanet researcher
16.40 – Question and Answer session
16.50 – Break
17.00 – Pedagogical background
17.10 – Lesson run through
17.40 – Experiments
18.10 – Questions and Feedback
The project
Exoplanets clouds is an exciting current research field in astrophysics. There are clouds on the majority of planets in our solar system, and scientists are currently making computational models and observations to look for clouds on exoplanets (planets outside of our solar system). This two-hour lesson for 15 – 18 year-olds will introduce this topic to students, and then provide the opportunity to use hands-on learning and experiments to create their own clouds in the classroom. During this lesson, students will learn about exoplanets and cloud formations as well as getting the opportunity to develop their scientific method skills.
This lesson was developed as part of a PhD research project investigating the translation of scientific concepts into teaching materials as part of the CHAMELEON Marie Curie Innovative Training Network for European Joint Doctorate. This project is funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant No 860470.
Practical
When? 8th March 2023, 16.00h – 18.30h
Where? AP Hogeschool, Campus Noorderplaats (Noorderplaats 2, 2000 Antwerpen), room NOO 04.006, the geography class. See location in Google Maps.
Lecturers: Exoplanet researchers from the CHAMELEON network (TBD), lesson content by Oriel Marshall
Number of participants: up to 40
Target Audience: Secondary school physics/Geography or STEM teachers.
Language: English (trainer is native speaker).
Register (Inschrijven)
Participation is free for in-service en pre-service teachers. We don’t reimburse your transport expenses.
If you want to join, you need to register here. The confirmation of your registration will not happen automatically. You will get an email later by ESERO Belgium. If you have any doubts, just contact us by phone or email. You can register until 07/03/2023.
ESERO Belgium offers all activities for free to teachers. however, our budget is limited. It is important that your show up for activities for which you have registered. If you cannot be present unexpectedly, please let us know as fast as possible you want to cancel. If you don’t show up without communicating your cancellation, ESERO Belgium can charge you for the expenses made.
ESERO Belgium offers all activities for free for teachers, but we have a limited working budget. Therefore, it is important to be present for all activities that you have registered for. If you have to cancel your participation unexpectedly, please let us know as fast as possible. ESERO Belgium can charge you for the expenses made when you don’t show up without communicating about your cancellation.
Personal data. ESERO Belgium will not save the data you enter in the registrationform if you answer “no” to the question wether you want to recieve the newsletter. To the trainer (Oriel) we only send the names of the participants, not the email addresses.