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Description
In this presentation, we will share the first results of our project to reach underrepresented school children with our interactive planetarium shows. The NOVA Mobile Planetarium project started in 2010 and has reached approximately 500,000 school children to date. However, data collected over the period 2010-2023 showed that certain regions and groups were underrepresented. Therefore, in 2024 we started offering free school visits to regions outside the Randstad and to underserved neighborhoods in large cities. We have also developed and tested an innovative training course for our planetarium staff to make their teaching more responsive to the wishes and needs of more diverse audiences. The project is funded by the NWA. In addition to representatives of the astronomical institutes, our main project partner is the IMC Weekend School Foundation.
| Talk category | Communication & education (contact H.M.Baan@uva.nl) |
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| Preference for a talk or poster | Talk |
