July 17, Online

Workshop Overview & Target Audience

Under the Project iSTEAM Moon Over Us, students aged 8-16, learn about the Moon: Phases and the geographical dimensions of the Moon, and how the Moon looks from different places on the Earth. Students are encouraged to describe the Moon poetically, artistically, culturally, historically and scientifically using STEAM tools. Participants get exposure to intercultural exploration of the Moon and take a statistical pre & post-project survey to analyse the progress towards astronomical aptitude.

Online Workshop Layout: (Zoom Meeting Platform)

• Introduction to the phases of moon – 10 Minutes
• Do the hemispheres have different moon phases? 15 Minutes
• Hands on activity with Mirco Observatory. 15 Minutes
• Zoom Breakout rooms (help desk activity) 20 Minutes

Note:
Prerequisites: Survey form submission.
Post action workshop: iSTEAM Cosmic MVA International Moon Day 2022 Padlet activity submission
Total time duration: 1.5 hours approx

Date / Time

17 July 2022, 17:00GMT 

Prerequisites

Registration Link

TEAM MEMBERS

• Bonnie B.Thurber: she/her, USA, Director & Project Developer
• Hongfeng Guo: she/her, China, Teacher
• Lynn Zelinski: she/her, USA, Manager & Vice-President National Space Society USA, Teacher and
• visually impaired
• Gayle Greenwald: she/her, USA, Teacher
• SN Sugumar Iyer: he/him, India, Science Communicator
• Rayan Khan: he/him, Pakistan, STEM Educator
• Dr. Suresh Iyer: he/him, India, Scientist
• Amritanshu Vajpayee: he/him, India, Amateur Astronomer
• Boros Bianca: she/her , Romania, Teacher
• Vikky Cheng: she/her, USA, Tech-Manager
• Chitra Singh: she/her, India, Teacher
• Ms. Geetanjali Nair: Female, India, Hearing Impaired Instructor

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