Teaching Through the Use of SalsaJ Software: John Carlos Mora at the OAE’s 4th Shaw-IAU Workshop
0Title: Teaching astronomy, physics and mathematics through the use of SalsaJ software.
Summary: Teaching Astronomy, Physics and Mathematics through the use of SalsaJ software in Spanish.
This was a talk given at the 4th Shaw-IAU Workshop on Astronomy for Education, organised by the IAU Office of Astronomy for Education (OAE, http//astro4edu.org).
SalsaJ allows students to analyse and explore real astronomical images in the same way as professional astronomers do, it allows scientific analysis with data extracted from the images. It introduces photometry workshops, spectra analysis, and sunspot measurements in the classroom activities. In this contribution we demonstrate the use of SalsaJ software.
About John Carlos Mora:
Director of the Astrophysics and Space Science Research Group Astrophysics and Space Sciences Research Group Expoastronomy, a specialist in the management of Remote Telescopes at international level, his research is focused on the study of astrophysical phenomena his research focuses on the study of astrophysical phenomena associated with the variability of main-sequence stars variability of main sequence stars supported by the network of robotic telescopes of the Cumbres Observatory LCO. The Cumbres Observatory LCOs located around the planet in countries such as Australia Australia, South Africa, the Canary Islands, Chile, the United States and to the and to teacher training in schools and universities in Colombia and South America.
About the 4th Shaw-IAU Workshop:
The topic for this year’s Shaw-IAU Workshop on Astronomy for Education is ‘Leveraging the potential of astronomy in formal education’ and is scheduled to run 15 to 17 November 2022 as a fully virtual event on Hopin as in previous years. This year’s Shaw-IAU Workshop focuses on the role of astronomy in the core regions of formal, primary and secondary, education: How do we teach astronomy as its own subject? What is the role of astronomy in teaching physics or chemistry – or in communicating such a central future topic as climate change? In sessions marked with a * we aim to hear specifically from teachers. We also address the question of how to approach those who set the framework for teaching: How can you get your administration, or at a much higher level: your education ministry, to listen to you? Last but not least we look at how to bridge the divide between the fundamentals that are commonly taught in school and results from cutting-edge research, which tend to be fascinating to students and the general public alike. he workshop was organised by the IAU Office of Astronomy for Education (http://astro4edu.org). More details can be found on: https://astro4edu.org/shaw-iau/4th-shaw-iau-workshop/
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