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IAG concorre a prêmio da HP

O Instituto de Astronomia, Geofísica e Ciências Atmosféricas (IAG) da USP disputa o prêmio HP EdTech Innovators com o projeto Universo na Escola, que promove a divulgação das Ciências da Terra e do Universo em escolas do Ensino Médio e Fundamental.

Com o prêmio, a HP visa incentivar instituições de ensino a promover as melhores práticas de difusão científica. Até 10 instituições receberão recursos de US$ 40 mil para implantar seus projetos.

Para conhece e votar no projeto, é necessário primeiro se registrar no site aqui.

"Basta clicar em "Register" e fornecer seu email, no qual sera recebida a confirmacao (imediata) e um novo link para criar a password (leva alguns segundos para a nova tela de login aparecer). Uma vez feito o login, procure nosso resumo D346 (na janela de busca no topo do site) e clique na flecha do lado direito que indica 'Votes'. Pode parecer complicado, mas nao se gasta mais que três minutos no processo. O premio vale a pena! Vote no IAG!!", afirmou Jane Gregorio-Hetem, chefe do Departamento de Astronomia, do IAG-USP.

Saiba mais sobre o prêmio aqui.

Resumos

The project Universo na Escola (UnE - Universe in the School) aims to assemble educational activities related to the 3 areas of our Institute: Astronomy, Geophysics and Atmospheric Sciences.

Based in the same structure of the project Telescópios na Escola (TnE - Telescopes in the School), which enable students of all levels to explore science by obtaining and analyzing images of celestial objects in real time through robotic telescopes, we aim to develop two others: Geofísica na Escola (Geophysics in the School) and Meteorologia na Escola (Meteorology in the School).

These projects may be understood under the concept of WebLabs: laboratories where a remote controlled laboratory can be accessed through the Internet. These projects will allow teachers and their students to have direct access to scientific instruments (a telescope, a seismograph and a weather station) and to the data produced by them to develop small scientific and educational projects under the assumption that one learns science by doing science. At this stage we want to provide a unified portal for TnE, MnE and GnE- the UnE- as well as to explore new ways to convey our educational material to the classrooms.

The HP EdTech Innovators Award rewards best practices from education institutions that have successfully put technology to innovative use inside and outside the classroom.

A jury will select 10 winners who will receive an HP technology grant worth approximately US$ 40,000 (HP list price) as well as access to a vibrant social network that will include support, training, and other features intended to help grantees move their innovations fully into practice.

If you would like to learn more or have a best practice you would like to submit, go to www.hp.com/go/edtech