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Check Out The Inpe Openings For Free Courses Targeted At Teachers And Science Communicators In The Online And E-Learning Modality. Registration Will Be Available Until June 20.
The National Institute for Space Research (Inpe) is offering spots in free online and E-learning courses for the 21st Introduction to Astronomy and Astrophysics Course (CIAA). Topics of the free courses include: celestial bodies, such as stars, comets, star clusters, galaxies, planets, and nebulae, as well as phenomena that occur outside the Earth’s atmosphere.
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Get To Know The Free Courses In Astronomy And Astrophysics
With activities taking place in the E-learning modality, the free courses will occur on August 9, 11, 13, 16, 18, and 20, and registrations for the spots will be open until June 20. The free E-learning course spots are targeted at high school and elementary school teachers involved in the sciences, covering subjects such as: physics, biology, chemistry, geography, mathematics, and history.
University students from the third semester in exact sciences may also participate, as well as other professionals directly linked to science communication and education. The online and E-learning astronomy courses this year aim to receive students from other Portuguese-speaking countries.
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To register, CLICK HERE to access the INPE website
Understand How The Classes Of The Free Courses In Astronomy And Astrophysics Will Be Taught
The astronomy and astrophysics courses will be transmitted only to those selected through Webex Meetings, a digital platform, in a private virtual environment.
Students of the E-learning astronomy and astrophysics courses can present all their teaching experiences in roundtable discussions, an extra activity of the course. The course load is 25.5 hours, which will include, in addition to classes, activities such as roundtables, presentations, and lectures.
The courses have been organized by the astrophysics division of Inpe since 1998, and since then, about 1,200 students have gone through the courses, including university students and formal education teachers from various regions of Brazil.
Words From The Master In Astronomy From USP
In addition to discussing everyday astronomy, the free E-learning courses also cover the solar system, galaxies, stars, astrobiology, cosmology, high-energy astrophysics, and gravitational waves, says André de Castro Milone, Master in Astronomy from the University of São Paulo (USP).
The initial topics are directly linked to the National Common Curricular Base for High School (BNCC, MEC 2018) and have also been included in the contents of elementary education.
He states that everyday astronomy involves topics such as days and nights, solar calendar, seasons of the year, phases of the moon, ocean tides, lunar and solar eclipses.
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