The mayor stressed that Augustine Flames for the first time, sessions are offered in English or French.
March 7, 2012.
Councilman Youth council of Lorca, Augustine Llamas, reported this morning that from before yesterday and ending Monday, 14 more than a thousand students from nine primary schools in the municipality will pass through the Mobile Planetarium this municipal area has been installed in the Pavilion San Jose, offering the opportunity to attend this installation by using the transport of 'Kilometer Zero' to move to this activity.
Llamas has stressed that for the first time, the Consistory offers the option of the sessions, which vary in duration from 35 to 50 minutes, are taught in English or French to supplement training in these subjects.
The Mobile Planetarium is an invaluable tool to teach and learn three-dimensional shape some aspects of our sky, such as understanding the reasons for the seasons, the magnitudes of the solar system, which are the constellations, the stars of our Galaxy, etc. .
Thus, the planetarium becomes something practical that will serve to introduce students to the knowledge of astronomy.
The activity "Mobile Planetarium" will take place throughout a school day per site, in which groups of about 30 students entering the interior of the planetarium.
The planetarium is an inflatable dome inside which show images projected across the dome (full-dome) generated by astronomical software Stellarium, Celestia or other simulations presented in motion day and night sky as viewed from different places and at different times.
A monitor directs each session (according to the needs of each school group) meeting that will address the audience and seek possible solutions to their questions.
The sessions are fun, participatory and very educational.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca