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Asteroid Day: a vehicle for raising public awareness of astronomy and space exploration among primary students in Ireland

Cardinot, Adriana
; 
Shearer, Andy
; 
Fairfield, Jessamyn A.
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10.13025/S82D1M
Publication Date
2018-03-24
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Asteroid Day, Ireland, Primary students
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Cardinot, Adriana, Shearer, Andy, & Fairfield, Jessamyn A. (2018). Asteroid Day: a vehicle for raising public awareness of astronomy and space exploration among primary students in Ireland. Paper presented at the Communicating Astronomy with the Public Conference CAP 2018, Fukuoka, Japan, 24-28 March, DOI: 10.13025/S82D1M
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Asteroid Day is a global awareness campaign which takes place annually to learn about asteroids, their impact and to increase awareness on how we can protect the Earth from future asteroid impacts. At the event students tested their own hypothesis and carried out investigations to discover new concepts in Astronomy. The activities encouraged learning and promoted positive attitudes towards Astronomy.
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CAPES-Brazil
Centre for Astronomy, School of Physics, NUI Galway
Marketing and Communications Office, NUI Galway
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NUI Galway
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