GENERAL MEETING CERN, 10-12/10/2017 WP 5 CREATIONS Implementations Vetenskapens Hus (HoS), KTH Summary of Demonstrators
• Aspects of Venus • Features of the Sun • Stockholm Pi-Day • Stockholm Master classes in Particle physics • Technology Eight 2017 Stockholm – Class project
Drafts: • Astronomy Day and Night in Stockholm • Space art
CREATIONS 5th Meeting – CERN October 10-12, 2017 Sweden Solar System
The world’s largest model of our planetary system.
The Sun is represented by the Globe in Stockholm, the largest spherical building in the world, and the planets are lined up in direction north from here.
Distances and sizes are scaled according to 1:20 million. http://www.swedensolarsystem.se
CREATIONS 5th Meeting – CERN October 10-12, 2017 Sweden Solar System as a pedagogical tool
• Sweden Solar system can be used as a tool for teaching: • Scale • The size of the universe / emptiness of space • Facts about objects in the solar system • Art
• School subjects involved: • Mathematics • Physics (including astronomy) • Chemistry • Technology • Languages • Art (”Bild” and ”Estetisk kommunikation”)
CREATIONS 5th Meeting – CERN October 10-12, 2017 Venus at Vetenskapens Hus (HoS)
• Inaugurated May 9 2016. • Artist: Peter Varhelyi • 62 cm diameter, covered with sparkling acrylate. • Surrounded by five slabs illustrating various aspects of Venus.
CREATIONS 5th Meeting – CERN October 10-12, 2017 Venus at Vetenskapens Hus (HoS)
CREATIONS 5th Meeting – CERN October 10-12, 2017 Venus at Vetenskapens Hus (HoS)
CREATIONS 5th Meeting – CERN October 10-12, 2017 Two demonstrators: Aspects of Venus and Features of the Sun
Theme: Combining art and science – using art as a tool to understand science
Learning goals: • increased understanding of sizes and distances in the solar system • improved factual knowledge about Venus / the Sun • greater self-confidence in using different artistic tools for illustrating scientific concepts
CREATIONS 5th Meeting – CERN October 10-12, 2017 Aspects of Venus
Year group: 4th to 6th grade
The activity consists of four parts: 1. An artistic activity centred on the model of the planet Venus situated at Vetenskapens Hus in Stockholm 2. An inquiry based activity focusing on some common misconceptions regarding motions and observations of planets and the moon. 3. A guided tour of the observatory 4. Short lecture and final reflective summary
CREATIONS 5th Meeting – CERN October 10-12, 2017 Aspects of Venus
Workshop: why does Venus have phases?
Workshop: modelling Venus Lab exercise: Studying planetary motion
CREATIONS 5th Meeting – CERN October 10-12, 2017 Features of the Sun Year group: 7th to 9th grade
The activity consists of three parts: 1. An artistic activity centred on the model of the Sun represented by Globen situated in central Stockholm with the aim to illustrate a feature of the Sun (sunspots, prominences, colour, solar wind, solar eclipse, Aurora and space weather). 2. An inquiry based activity at research center: observing the surface of the Sun and/or using astronomical pictures for analyse. Lecture and discussions. 3. An inquiry based activity in the classroom: Observing the solar surface during a period of 1-2 weeks.
CREATIONS 5th Meeting – CERN October 10-12, 2017 Features of the Sun
Globen, which represents the Sun in Sweden Solar System
Safe The solar telescope at observations Vetenskapens Hus of the Sun.
CREATIONS 5th Meeting – CERN October 10-12, 2017 Features of the Sun
Stars and their colors
Aurora and space weather
Solar wind and magnetic fields
CREATIONS 5th Meeting – CERN October 10-12, 2017 Astronomy Day and Night at Vetenskapens Hus
A part of the national event ”Astronomy Day and Night” .
In 2017 it took place in about 40 different locations all over Sweden.
CREATIONS 5th Meeting – CERN October 10-12, 2017 Astronomy Day and Night at Vetenskapens Hus
Target group: general public (age 2 - 90 years)
Hands-on astronomy activities. For example: • Go to space with Kerbal Space program • Discover the solar system with planetarium models • Build your own solar system and space art • Take the temperature of the Sun • Discover planets around other stars
Lectures by university astronomers Guided tours to the university telescope Quiz
CREATIONS 5th Meeting – CERN October 10-12, 2017 Astronomy Day and Night at Vetenskapens Hus
Space art
CREATIONS 5th Meeting – CERN October 10-12, 2017