• Hands-on activities in schools and in the research centres of the participants.
• Open days at the installations of the institutions involved in the project.
• Participation in European and international outreach initiatives such as the “International Sun-Earth Day” (ESA and NASA), “European Week of the Science” (EU), etc.
A list of such activities implemented by the Team members, namely some of the actions focus on outreach and disseminations to schools and the public in general, on science topics associated with the project, are listed here.
Media:
- “Debate sobre o espaço em Portugal”, Festival Europeu de Documentário Científico de Lisboa, Margarida Cunha, 2016/12/02
- “A música das Estrelas”, article published in the magazine Visão Junior (pp 42-43), 2016/11
- “Sismologia do Sol e das estrelas distantes discutida nos Açores”, press release on the SPACEINN conference, 2016/07/11
- “Sons do Cosmos”, radio interview for programa Rádio Fluxos by Carlo Patrão da Antena 2, Mário Monteiro, 2016/06/26
- “90 Segundos de Ciência”, rádio interview for RTP, 2016
- “Johannes Kepler, Music of the Spheres”, Donald Kurtz, BBC TV2 (broadcast in 2015), 2015/11/25
- “Le coeur magnétique des géantes rouges”, CEA press release related to a Science article, Rafael Garcia, 2015/10/25
- “IAC Investiga – Física Solar” (video of the IAC), including helioseismology, Pere Pallé & Teodoro Roca, 2015/07/31
- Radio interview (Mézrádió, Veszprém, Hungary), Róbert Szabó, 2014/04
- TV interview at Porto Canal, for program “Mentes que Brilham” by Cláudia Fonseca, Mário Monteiro, 2014/04/01
- Astronoticia, a web report describing the outcome of the first year of activities of the SPACEINN project for a wider audience (in Portuguese)
- Outreach press-release published by INAF, based on the Science paper. The material is available online.
- Variable Stars with the Kepler Space Telescope, L. Molnár, R. Szabó, E. Plachy: article published in JAAVSO, 44, 2, 2016
- etc
Hands-on and Other initiatives:
- “Ignite IAstro”, tour around the country with short presentations on several topics, including stars and the sun, Mário Monteiro & Margarida Cunha & Angela Santos & Paola Quitral, 2016 (several editions)
- “Summer Camp on Helio and Asteroseismology”, Pere Pallé & Antonio Eff-Darwich, El Teide Observatory – Tenerife, 2015/07
- “L’Odyssée de la Lumière”, CEA contributed with two videos, Rafael Garcia, 2015/03/19
- “Open Doors: visits at the hosted Helio (BiSON, GONG) and Asteroseismology (SONG) facilities”, Obsertvatorio del Teide – Tenerife, June-July every year
- “Helio and Asteroseismology: From resonant tubes to spheres”, an exhibition module to study waves and show at schools, IAC, Pere Pallé & Antonio Eff-Darwich, 2015
- “SolarLab”, IAC project to visit all islands (for teachers and students), IAC, Pere Pallé & Antonio Eff-Darwich, 2015
- ASTROKIDS – Public activities in bookshops, “The colors of the Sun”, Maria Pia di Mauro, 2014
- “The colors of the Sun and the light”, Maria Pia di Mauro, Week of Science and Research’s Night, Frascati Scienza Association, 2014 and 2015
- etc
Booklets and others:
- “SPACEINN Poster“, SPACEINN Board, 2013
Public Talks:
Only some representative public talks are listed. Many more have been presented over the full period of the project by the researchers involved in the project.
Title | Speaker | Location/Audience | Date | Country |
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Portugal e o Espaço: A aventura científica na ESA | Mário Monteiro | Colégio de Ermesinde, Valongo | 2016/10/18 | Portugal |
Asteroseismology and SONG | Hans Kjeldsen | Public Talk | 2016/10/04 | Denmark |
Outras Terras no Universo | Pedro Figueira | SPACEINN School, Biblioteca Pública e Arquivo Regional, Faial - Açores | 2016/07/21 | Portugal |
Portugal e o Espaço: A aventura científica na ESA | Mário Monteiro | Integrated in the SPACEINN Conference, Universidade dos Açores, Angra do Heroísmo/Terceira | 2016/07/12 | Portugal |
The Sun: Inside and Out | William Chaplin | Cheltenham Science Festival | 2016/06/10 | United Kingdom |
Stars, Planets and the Universe | Hans Kjeldsen | Upper Secondary school | 2016/04/29 | Denmark |
The Sun and Space Climate | Maria Pia di Mauro | Circolo of Banca d’Italia | 2016/04/09 | Italy |
Alla scoperta delle stelle | Monica Rainer | Soroptimist Como | 2015/12/09 | Italy |
New results from Kepler/K2 and future prospects for TESS and PLATO | William Chaplin | Heart of England Astronomical Society, Coleshill | 2015/11/26 | United Kingdom |
Astroquímica das Estrelas | Mário Monteiro | Escola Profissional de Felgueiras | 2015/10/09 | Portugal |
Basic science - astronomy from space | Robert Szabó | MANT Space Academy for young researchers and stakeholders | 2015/08/08 | Hungary |
La música de las Estrellas: Desde el sol ao corazón de las gicantes rojas | Rafael Garcia | Real Sociedad Económica de amigos del Pais de Tenerife, La Laguna | 2015/05/18 | Spain |
Stars and Planets | Hans Kjeldsen | Public lecture | 2015/05/07 | Denmark |
Asteroseismology | Donald Kurtz | Hebden Bridge Astronomical Society, Yorkshire | 2015/02/11 | United Kingdom |
Astroquímica das Estrelas | Mário Monteiro | Escola Secundária Padre Benjamim Salgado, Famalicão | 2015/01/08 | Portugal |
Asteroseismology: A New Keplerian Revolution | Donald Kurtz | Cambridge University Astronomical Society | 2014/11/10 | United Kingdom |
New insight into Stellar Properties from Kepler Asteroseismology | Jørgen Christensen-Dalsgaard | Public lecture | 2014/10/02 | Denmark |
Space telescopes discoveries - Hungarian participation in the Kepler program | Robert Szabó | Researchers Night, Budapest Planetarium | 2014/09/26 | Hungary |
Agência Espacial Europeia: Novos desafios nas Ciências do Espaço | Mário Monteiro | Etapa Regional das Olimp ́ıadas Nacionais de F ́ısica 2014, Porto | 2014/05/03 | Portugal |
Using Sound to Image the Interiors of Stars | William Chaplin | South Cheshire College, Crewe | 2014/03/03 | United Kingdom |
Astroquímica: Do Big Bang às Estrelas | Mário Monteiro | Dia Aberto do Departamento de Física e Astronomia, Porto | 2014/02/13 | Portugal |
GAIA e la misura dell'Universo | Monica Rainer | Biblioteca Berio di Genova | 2014/01/24 | Italy |
Music of the Stars | William Chaplin | Association for Science Education Conference, Birmingham | 2014/01/10 | United Kingdom |
Sounding Stars and the Search for New Planets | William Chaplin | Castle Rushen High School, Birmingham | 2013/12/05 | United Kingdom |
Precise Photometry from Space - Asteroseismology | Robert Szabó | Amateur Variable Star, Observers' annual meeting | 2013/10/05 | Hungary |
Songs of the Stars, the real Music of the Spheres | Donald Kurtz | International Astronomical Union Symposium 301 invited public talk | 2013/08/22 | Poland |
Our Sun and the Billions of Stars in the Milky Way | Jørgen Christensen-Dalsgaard | Public lecture | 2013/08/07 | Denmark |
A Química das Estrelas | Mário Monteiro | Dia Aberto do Departamento de Física e Astronomia, Porto | 2013/02/15 | Portugal |
SONG and Kepler | Hans Kjeldsen | High School Talk | 2013/01/29 | Denmark |