Promoting radio astronomy in Ghana through school visits and Astronomy Clubs

dc.contributor.authorForson, A
dc.contributor.authorProven-Adzri, E
dc.contributor.authorAhenkora-Duodu, K
dc.contributor.authorKalognia, J
dc.contributor.authorAndorful, F
dc.contributor.authorOkwei, E.T.O.
dc.contributor.authorAbotsi-Masters, S.
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-08T14:44:22Z
dc.date.available2023-03-08T14:44:22Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.descriptionResearch Articleen_US
dc.description.abstractAbstract The Promoting Radio Astronomy in Ghana through School visits and Astronomy Clubs (PRAGSAC) project was an intervention to promote astronomy education in schools in Ghana. It was initiated by a group of enthusiastic students who were trained in radio astronomy and astrophysics under a Royal Society/Newton Fund UK project termed Development in Africa with Radio Astronomy. The team’s aim is to expose school children to astronomy and to increase their interest in the sciences. Approximately 800 school children from seven junior high schools were positively impacted by this project. Astronomy clubs were formed in the selected schools with practical astronomy lessons taught. The kids visited the largest single radioen_US
dc.identifier.issnhttps://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6552/ac832b
dc.identifier.urihttp://ugspace.ug.edu.gh:8080/handle/123456789/38743
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherPhysics Educationen_US
dc.subjectPromoting radio astronomyen_US
dc.subjectGhanaen_US
dc.subjectSchoolen_US
dc.subjectastronomyen_US
dc.titlePromoting radio astronomy in Ghana through school visits and Astronomy Clubsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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