NUCLIO | Núcleo Interativo de Astronomia e Inovação em Educação

Núcleo Interativo de Astronomia e Inovação em Educação

Innovating in Education for a Better Future

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Training

Certified teacher training courses addressing cutting-edge methodologies and tools.

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Projects

Active participation in relevant international institutions and projects in the field of education and development.

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Outreach

Outreach and non-formal education activities, because scientific literacy is essential for understanding our role in the future of our planet.

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Development

Participation in projects for development, because education is the key to personal, social, and economic development.

NUCLIO coordinates several international initiatives

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Highlights

CliC-PoLiT Summer School 2023

Dates: 4-8 September 2023
Venue: Alqueva Lake Observatory, Monsaraz, Portugal

Develop hands-on activities, discuss concepts on climate change, urban sustainability and light pollution monitoring and mitigation, at the heart of the Alqueva Dark Sky Reserve.

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Apply for ESIA Training Courses 2023

Registration is open for the 2023 Training Courses of the European School Innovation Academy’s (ESIA), a partner of NUCLIO.
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D.O.M.E Summer School 2023

Dates: 9-14 July 2023
Local: Marathon, Greece

The course will introduce teachers to the creation of DIY cardboard planetaria, their pedagogical relevance, and will provide a toolkit to support the authoring of planetarium shows for their students.

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Learning from the Extremes: A Rural Schools Innovation Roadmap

Dates: 2-7 July 2023
Venue: Marathon, Greece
Organised in the framework of teacher training activities of ESIA.

This course will present how rural schools can become hubs of learning and innovation in their communities.

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NUCLIO signs a protocol with the Portuguese National Council of Education within the framework of the DICA project

It was with great honour that NUCLIO signed a collaboration protocol with the Portuguese CNE, within the scope of the DICA project (Disseminate, Innovate, Collaborate, Learn).

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inSTEAM: an example of good practices of Erasmus+ projects

The inSTEAM project has been selected as an example of good practices of Erasmus+ projects by the Spanish webpage SEPIE, the portal of the Spanish Service for the internationalization of Education!

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NASA Missions Study What May Be a 1-In-10,000-Year Gamma-ray Burst

On October 9, 2022, a pulse of intense radiation swept through the solar system. GRB 221009A was likely the brightest gamma-ray burst to occur since human civilization began.

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Webb spots swirling, gritty clouds on remote planet

Webb helped scientists to identify water, methane and carbon monoxide in silicate cloud features in a distant planet’s atmosphere, and even find evidence of carbon dioxide. This is the largest number of molecules ever identified all at once on a planet outside our Solar System.

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Blast from the Past!

The traces of the first-ever supernova recorded in history, that burst more than 1800 years ago, in the new Space Scoop!

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Astronomers find missing link for water in the Solar System

Gaseous water has been detected in the planet-forming disk surrounding the star V883 and the chemical signature explains the journey of water from star-forming gas clouds to planets.

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