Astronomy for Science in Tanzania

House of Astronomy, Heidelberg Germany 2013

www.unawetanzania.org

Astronomy to Inspire and Educate Young Children

EU-UNAWEInternational Workshop

UNAWE-Tanzania School Network

# of Schools=20# of Regions = 6# of Trained teachers= 17

How do we serve the Children?

We work closely with teachers

Through regional and national coordinators

Tools and Tools and ResourcesResources

In Partnership with EU-UNAWE, Telescopes to Tanzania, Astronomers

Without Boarder, Portland Astronomical Society of Maine USA and OAD.

To ensure the material are understandable we developed a guiding document in Swahili for

teachers and club leaders

We have manage to gather resources to serve our schools network

Activities of 2012 and 2013Activities of 2012 and 2013

Up Coming Plans and Events

Challenges Challenges •Communication With Teachers due to sense of inferiority on understanding Astronomy

•Inability to Integrate of Astronomy in Teaching Plan

•Luck of Fund and Getting Local Partners to Work With

•Recruitment of Local Volunteers to Work With

Support NeededSupport NeededTogether with our Partners we welcome you to support

the establishment of center for science with an observatory through:

AWB Telescopes to Tanzania page

Where you Can support our initiative, Donate Telescopes as well as Eclipse Glasses for November

3rd Eclipse

Thank You &

Let’s Work Together

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