Last April, Douglas Alan Ferrari (UNAWE Brazil) and Ernani Luiz Fazolo of Grupo De Astronomia E Fisica Concordia (GAFC), realised the first activity of the UNAWE partnership with GAFC, in Escola Básica Municipal Concórdia in Concórdia city, Santa Catarina, Brazil, called "GAFC at School".
Using the materials provided by Universe Awareness (Universe in a Box) and activities from the Universe in a Box Activity Book, they presented general knowledge of astronomy about our solar system to groups of children. They also played the UNAWE solar system card game from Universe in a Box, and used models to demonstrate the movement of Moon and Earth around the Sun. During the activities, they also talked about rockets and the children participated in simple activities with rockets.
The activities were carried out during the morning and afternoon with 4 classes of children aged 9 to 10 years old. "As the first performance in astronomy education for children and in partnership with UNAWE, it was very rewarding, I was surprised with the interest of children" reports Ernani L. Fazolo, GAFC member.
"The event was very satisfying, we got a very positive feedback, children interacted very much and were very interested in astronomy" says Douglas A. Ferrari, President at GAFC and UNAWE coordinator of the Concordia region in Brazil.
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