An Educational Project With An Astronomical Network Juan Ángel Vaquerizo Gallego on behalf of CESAR Team Centro de Astrobiología (CSIC-INTA) AstroRob 2013 III Workshop on Robotic Autonomous Observatories

CESAR, an educational project with an astronomical network AstroRob 2013 Outline The Project The Astronomical Network The Educational Approach The Observational Programs Current Status Conclusions

CESAR, an educational project with an astronomical network AstroRob 2013 The Project Optical AstronomyRadio Astronomy CESAR Cooperation through Education in Science and Astronomy Research Solar Astronomy

CESAR, an educational project with an astronomical network AstroRob 2013 The Astronomical Network Optical AstronomyRadio Astronomy CESAR Cooperation through Education in Science and Astronomy Research Solar Astronomy

The Astronomical Network AstroRob 2013 CESAR, an educational project with an astronomical network

The Astronomical Network AstroRob 2013 CESAR, an educational project with an astronomical network

Cebreros Optical Telescope  Robotic operation  Queue-based mode AstroRob 2013 CESAR, an educational project with an astronomical network The Astronomical Network

Robledo Optical Telescope AstroRob 2013 CESAR, an educational project with an astronomical network  Remote & Robotic operation  Real-time observations  Queue-based mode The Astronomical Network

ESAC Radio Telescope AstroRob 2013 CESAR, an educational project with an astronomical network  Remote operation  Real-time observations The Astronomical Network

PARTNeR Radio Telescope (collaboration) AstroRob 2013 CESAR, an educational project with an astronomical network  Remote operation  Real-time observations The Astronomical Network

ESAC Solar Telescope AstroRob 2013 CESAR, an educational project with an astronomical network  Remote & Robotic operation  Real-time observations  Queue-based mode The Astronomical Network

Educational Approach  The project is mainly devoted to High School and undergraduate levels, allowing teachers and students: To remotely perform astronomical observations from their Schools or Universities. To schedule robotic astronomical observations. AstroRob 2013 CESAR, an educational project with an astronomical network

Educational Approach The project is mainly devoted to High School and undergraduate levels AstroRob 2013 CESAR, an educational project with an astronomical network  The main objective is to train students in both general science and engineering basics providing them with firsthand experience in astronomy in an IBSE learning environment, having the opportunity to use Internet and computer technologies in conducting observational programs and in generating valuable scientific data.

Educational Approach The main objective is to train students in both general science and engineering basics providing them with firsthand experience in astronomy in an IBSE learning environment AstroRob 2013 CESAR, an educational project with an astronomical network The project is mainly devoted to High School and undergraduate levels  Observations allow students to learn, with first-order scientific tools, the basics of an astronomical research, aiming to arouse scientific careers and to get interested in science. They are learning science by doing science.

Educational Approach The main objective is to train students in both general science and engineering basics providing them with firsthand experience in astronomy in an IBSE learning environment AstroRob 2013 CESAR, an educational project with an astronomical network The project is mainly devoted to High School and undergraduate levels Observations allow students to learn, with first-order scientific tools, the basics of an astronomical research, aiming to arouse scientific careers and to get interested in science. They are learning science by doing science.

Educational Approach Pros  Remote Access to observatories  Free Access to scientific instrumentation  Neither time nor space limits Cons  Non-tangible instrumentation  Virtualization of the procedures  ICT dependent activity AstroRob 2013 CESAR, an educational project with an astronomical network Remotely controlled observatories

Educational Approach  IBSE (Inquiry-Based Science Education) approach  Teachers Training Program  Classroom resources  Observation procedures and scheduling protocols  Support astronomer during real-time observations  Data analysis in a VO environment – VOPlot, VOSpec, SalsaJ AstroRob 2013 CESAR, an educational project with an astronomical network

Observational Programs AstroRob 2013 CESAR, an educational project with an astronomical network Optical Astronomy  Photometric Detection For Existing Exoplanets  Supernovae in Nearby Galaxies Monitoring  Minor Planet Lightcurves and NEO Confirmation

Observational Programs AstroRob 2013 CESAR, an educational project with an astronomical network Radio Astronomy  Spectral Index of a Radio Source  Jupiter’s Magnetosphere Study  Follow up of X-Rays Binaries Outbursts

Observational Programs AstroRob 2013 CESAR, an educational project with an astronomical network Solar Astronomy  Sun morphology and dynamics  Solar Activity  Sun – Earth interaction  The Sun as a star  Past and future of the Sun  The Sun as a source of energy

Current Status AstroRob 2013 CESAR, an educational project with an astronomical network  Commissioning of the telescopes  Common User Interface for remote operation  Lesson-plans  Database  Data analysis tools – VO compliant  Website – Beta Version  First Teacher Training Course – Next Academic Year Ongoing activities

Conclusions  Interest in science, presented as an open activity  Teamwork: involvement, organization, decision  Development of a real scientific research  Access to first-class worldwide astronomical instrumentation  Scientific relevance of data AstroRob 2013 CESAR, an educational project with an astronomical network

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