Miradas al cielo: 20 años de enseñanza y difusión de la astronomía para todas las edades

Abstract

Looks to the sky is an extension program whose main goal is to teach and diffuse astronomy throughout proposals related to the observation with the naked eye of the sky. It is carried out jointly between the National University of Río Negro and the Institute of Continuing Teacher Training of El Bolsón, developing its activities based on a work team made up of teachers and middle-level students called Osiris Astronomical Group, which works in the towns of El Bolsón and Bariloche, Río Negro. This group meets after school hours to learn about astronomy and, at the same time, to organize activities aimed at other students and the community in general. As part of the program, educational materials are produced, school projects are implemented, and research and publications on astronomy didactics are carried out. At the same time, workshops are held in schools, talks for all audiences, educational videos, mobile planetar-ium shows, teacher training courses, Young Astronomers Meetings, sky observations, andpublic conferences related to solar eclipses are made. The project began in 2005 and has reached more than 60,000 people, having obtained different distinctions. Here is a sum-mary of what has been done and an evaluation of the achievements.