Universe Awareness for Young Children – Newsletter
December 2008
COUNTRY NEWS Welcome UNAWE Brazil The Louis Cruls Astronomy Club was established in May 26 1996. In twelve years of activity they have organized many events around Astronomy and Astronautics popularization. They work in partnership with the CEFET/Campos observatories in Campos dos Goytacazes, a city of Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil. Their blog can be found at http://calc.zip.net with information and images about the activities they run, of the observatories and of the public activities they organize. The Louis Cruls Astronomy Clube joins UNAWE looking forward to exchange experience with others astronomy clubs and develop projects in partnership with other clubs. They have a weekly column in a regional newspaper and a weekly TV Program about Astronomy and Astronautics on a regional cable TV network. The program this year will celebrate five years of existence. The name of the program is "Um Passeio pelo Céu" and means "A walk in the sky". The website of UNAWE Brazil is http://unawe.passeiopeloceu.org/. UNAWE Kenya at Ray of Hope Community Centre in the slums of Kawangware How do you sensitize and excite children between the ages of five and eleven in Astronomy? Jonah from UNAWE Kenya came up with a wonderful idea; why can’t the children build up the solar system from clay. This idea provided us a channel to effectively communicate to the children on our planet and galaxy. We knew we had exactly three hours at the school so we were challenged in designing activities that would last just that long. Many more things happened that day.
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