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The three mobile planetariums operated by the Netherlands Research School for Astronomy (NOVA) are a highly effective and successful way of introducing astronomy to school students in a live and interactive way. Our mission is to let every school kid experience the thrill of discovery once in their school career. Since the start of the project, it has reached over 600,000 children. However, there are some ‘blank spots’ on the map of visited schools we update every year since 2010. The underserved communities are certain neighborhoods in the big cities and small schools in the countryside. With an NWA-grant from the Dutch organization for science funding NWO, we are running a project with a societal partner (an educational organization) to make our mobile planetarium project more inclusive. We present the preliminary results.
| Talk category | Splinter 3: Innovative teaching in astronomy and public engagement |
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