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With Covid-19: Attempt of learning to observe the moon using a telescope at home

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 December 2021

Hidehiko Agata Open the ORCID record for Hidehiko Agata [Opens in a new window]
Hidehiko Agata*
Affiliation:
National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, 2-21-1 Osawa, Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan email: h.agata@nao.ac.jp
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Abstract

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Students took an assembly-type telescope kit from a public elementary school and brought it to their homes in 2019. Three classes attempted to observe the Moon at home using the Kaifu-NAOJ Telescope Kit. As a result, all children observed the Moon at home using the kit. From their observations, around 90% identified the existence of craters and understood the reflection of sunlight on the Moon’s surface. As Covid-19 prevention measures in education, we propose the introduction of at-home telescopic observations for STEAM activities.

Keywords

telescopeMoonsociology of astronomyActive LearningSTEAM
Type
Poster Paper
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 15 , Symposium S367: Education and Heritage in the Era of Big Data in Astronomy , December 2019 , pp. 379 - 380
Copyright
© The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of International Astronomical Union

References

Agata, H. 2020, JSEPA, 32(5), 4 Google Scholar
NAOJ, 2020, Kaifu-NAOJ telescope kit, https://www.nao.ac.jp/study/naoj-tel-kit/en/ Google Scholar