Look at the Sky - Scoala I.G.Duca Petrosani

An event called Look at the sky from the Physics lab -Petrosani University was organized by the I.G.Duca School and the Petrosani University in Romania. This was a project of I.G.Duca School in Petrosani and involved directly 100 students, and by video and by the the event’s website we are planning to involve about 1000 pupils and the parents.
The activities included observations with telescopes, screenings of videos, a seminar and lab activities.
These activities were coordinated by Prof. Dr. Stanoi Camelia, with the participation
and support of the Petrosani University.
The students and teachers visited the Physics Lab and The Topograhy Lab to learn more about the techniques of space science.
In Petrosani University the students and teachers got acquainted with space telescopes and lasers and the radiation counter Geiger Muller, and microscopes.. We celebrated WSW 2010 participating at a seminar and talk show on astronomy providing information about different applications of space technologies and space science.
.The result was posted on the newly created website http://www.igducapetrosaniwsw.blogspot.com/
The project took advantage of the expertise of scientists and engineers from the Petrosani University: Prof. Dr. Ioan Dumitrescu, Prof. Dr. Otavian Herbei, Engineer Nelu Stefan, Phys. Radu Bobar, Prof. Dr. Aurora Stanci. Pupils learned about current applications of space technology and exploration.
The group of children responded enthusiastically, asking lots of questions.
From I.G.Duca School participated: Prof. Ing. Demeter Nicoleta, Prof. Elena Girjob, Prof. Valeria Buiama, Ing. Nicolae Kando.

Prof. Dr. Stanoi Camelia