INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION
1919 - 2019
ArAS Astronomy Teacher Training Program
(ArAS ATTP)
The ArAS Astronomy Teacher Training Program aims to provide secondary and high school Palestinian science teachers with modern training in Astronomy teaching. Participating teachers will learn to describe and explain the celestial sphere and astronomical observations, they will understand the different types and uses for various telescopes, and how to use observe and locate planets in the sky.
Country/Region
Palestine – West Bank – Ramallah
Organizers
Project coordinator
Full name: Dawoud Basem Duab Tarawa
Nationality: Palestinian
partners involved:
AydaYousef Sayaed Ahmed: High school physics teacher, a member of the directorate of education / South of Hebron – Ministry of Education
Raid M Suleiman: Professional Astronomer, Co-I TEMPO Project
NASA, Research Scientist at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, USA
ZouhairBenkhaldoun: Professional Astronomer, Director of Oukeimdn Observatory, Professor at Al-Cadi Ayyad University
IsmaëlMoumen: Professional Astronomer, PhD Student at Université Laval / Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope, Canada
Sihem Kali: Professor at Mohamed Boudiaf University, M'sila –Algeria
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