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A team of four Universe Awareness Student Ambassadors from Leiden University developed a project to implement a series education and public outreach activities in Timor-Leste on the occasion of a rare astronomical event: the transit of Venus 2012, the last in our life time. This project aimed to start an on-going collaboration between EU-UNAWE and Timor-Leste and to engage the Timor-Leste children with science and technology and broaden their horizons. The 5-day long programme included children’s activities, teachers training workshop, public talks, public exhibition and a massive public observing event of the transit of Venus. This experience brought to light many lessons on organising such event of this scale in a developing country, and we present the funding experience during this talk.
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A Universe Awareness Student Ambassador Project
Ainil Abdullah, Cindy Gunwan, Carla Natario, Jaya Ramchandani, and Pedro Russo
What can a student ambassador do?
What can a student ambassador do?
Workshops
What can a student ambassador do?
Workshops
EducationalResources
What can a student ambassador do?
Workshops
EducationalResources
Online Communication
What can a student ambassador do?
Workshops
EducationalResources
Online Communication
National and Global Projects
What can a student ambassador do?
Workshops
EducationalResources
Online Communication
National and Global Projects
Global Visibility of 2012 Transit of Venus
Global Visibility of 2012 Transit of Venus
Global Visibility of 2012 Transit of Venus
Use the occasion of the Transit of Venus 2012 to start an on-going collaboration between UNAWE and Timor-Leste for inspiring children with our wonderful cosmos.
Use the occasion of the Transit of Venus 2012 to start an on-going collaboration between UNAWE and Timor-Leste for inspiring children with our wonderful cosmos.
Dates: May 31 to June 8, 2012
The experience of organizing from far and how we raised funds
The LU Team in Timor-Leste
The LU Team in Timor-Leste
Children’s activities +
Assisting whoever
needs it
The LU Team in Timor-Leste
Children’s activities +
Assisting whoever
needs it
PR, Logistics,
Administrative, Media,
Advertisement
The LU Team in Timor-Leste
Children’s activities +
Assisting whoever
needs it
PR, Logistics,
Administrative, Media,
Advertisement
University exhibition
+ talks
The LU Team in Timor-Leste
Children’s activities +
Assisting whoever
needs it
PR, Logistics,
Administrative, Media,
Advertisement
Funding +
Resources +
Teacher training
University exhibition
+ talks
The LU Team in Timor-Leste
Overall PM +
Public Event
Children’s activities +
Assisting whoever
needs it
PR, Logistics,
Administrative, Media,
Advertisement
Funding +
Resources +
Teacher training
University exhibition
+ talks
May 31Getting Organized
June 1Astronomy Activities
June 2Teacher Training Workshop
June 3More Preparations
June 4University Exhibition on Astronomy
June 4…followed by talks
June 4…and demonstrations
June 5More Astronomy Activities
June 6Transit of Venus Observations
June 7Discussing the Future
A B C D E
Developing Understanding Connect Practice Identifying
InformalContact
Passive Participation
ActiveParticipation
Collectors& Analysts
AmateurResearchers
Engagement
Russo & van den Broek, Engagement levels in astronomy communication, CAP2013, Warsaw
A B C D E
Developing Understanding Connect Practice Identifying
InformalContact
Passive Participation
ActiveParticipation
Collectors& Analysts
AmateurResearchers
Hard to estimate
Engagement
Russo & van den Broek, Engagement levels in astronomy communication, CAP2013, Warsaw
A B C D E
Developing Understanding Connect Practice Identifying
InformalContact
Passive Participation
ActiveParticipation
Collectors& Analysts
AmateurResearchers
Hard to estimate
3800Public
Engagement
Russo & van den Broek, Engagement levels in astronomy communication, CAP2013, Warsaw
A B C D E
Developing Understanding Connect Practice Identifying
InformalContact
Passive Participation
ActiveParticipation
Collectors& Analysts
AmateurResearchers
Hard to estimate
3800Public
800 Children30 Teachers
Engagement
Russo & van den Broek, Engagement levels in astronomy communication, CAP2013, Warsaw
Behind the scenes…
Government Level Contacts
• Cabinet of the Minister of Education
• Cooperation Affairs Adviser, National University of
Timor-Leste
• Portuguese Embassy
• Ministry of Tourism
• European Delegation
Contacting the Local Teachers
• School: Science Teacher, Ana Bessa, from Escola
Portuguesa de Díli shows interest
• University: Teresinha Soares, Head of Physics
Department, happy to include us
Funding Sources
• LKBF (Travel Grant): €2000
• HE Space: €1000
• Astron: €400
• Crowdfunding: €888
• EU-UNAWE: €3072
About €7,500
Expenses
• Tickets: €4,745.39
• Lodging (hotel in Jakarta): €455.20
• Others (food, visa, airport tax): €1,050.06
• Solar googles + activities materials: €447.61
• Printing costs: €662.42
About €7,500
Plenty In-Kind Contributions
• Escola Portuguesa de Díli• University of Timor-Lorosae• Camões Institute• Foundation Oriente• Portuguese Astronomical Society• Baader Planetarium• IAU Office of Astronomy for Development• EurAstro• AstroBook Drive/ Boston University• PCs4kids• NASA Sun-Earth Connections• Berkeley Science Education Centre• ESO• Bosscha Observatory, Bandung Institute of Technology• Art Sorrisus -Dental Implant Institute, Alverca, Portugal.• Sália Pharmacy, Setúbal, Portugal• Alola Foundation, Timor-Leste• UN Peacekeeping programme
Plenty In-Kind Contributions
• Escola Portuguesa de Díli• University of Timor-Lorosae• Camões Institute
• Foundation Oriente• Portuguese Astronomical Society• Baader Planetarium• IAU Office of Astronomy for Development• EurAstro• AstroBook Drive/ Boston University• PCs4kids• NASA Sun-Earth Connections• Berkeley Science Education Centre• ESO• Bosscha Observatory, Bandung Institute of Technology• Art Sorrisus -Dental Implant Institute, Alverca, Portugal.• Sália Pharmacy, Setúbal, Portugal• Alola Foundation, Timor-Leste
• Telescopes• Books• Accommodation• Transportation• Educational material• Laptops• Solar Glasses• Time• People
Logistical Arrangements
• Escola Portuguesa de Díli
• University of Timor-Lorosae
• UN Peacekeeping Programme
Ongoing Collaboration
• Skype Teleconference
• Universe in a Box Localisation and Teacher Training
starts in November
Take Home Messages
Take Home Messages
• Students can contribute a lot to outreach
Take Home Messages
• Students can contribute a lot to outreach
• Focus on people, not resources
Take Home Messages
• Students can contribute a lot to outreach
• Focus on people, not resources
• More local contact beforehand
Take Home Messages
• Students can contribute a lot to outreach
• Focus on people, not resources
• More local contact beforehand
• Crowdfunding is a great idea for small projects
Take Home Messages
• Students can contribute a lot to outreach
• Focus on people, not resources
• More local contact beforehand
• Crowdfunding is a great idea for small projects
• In-kind contributions can take you a long way
