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Telescopes to Tanzania UNAWE Collaboration

How You Can Collaborate With Telescopes To Tanzania Telescopes to Tanzania at Discover the Cosmos Conference In July, the Ruehles attended the Discover the Cosmos conference in Volos Greece. They received an enthusiastic response to their efforts in teaching astronomy as a gateway to science, technology, engineering (STEM) in Tanzania. Read more about the project and the plans for creating a Center for Science Education and Observatory here. Every donation helps a teacher in Tanzania grow in his/her teaching capacity…and every teacher that “catches the light” influences hundreds of students. Click Here to read the full abstract Students benefit from teacher's training. A total of 65 students of standard five from Ilboru primary school participated in the interactive learning of the Solar System topic together with other objects found in the sky. Read the article (pdf) Scope Restoration and Observatory for the Center for Science Education Recently, A 12 inch Cave Cassegrain telescope made the first leg of its journey – traveling from Streamwood, IL to Racine, WI it logged 85 miles of its 8500 mile trip to Tanzania. The Scope will be the main instrument in a roll-off observatory being built as part of a Center for Science Education in northern Tanzania. The Center will enable teachers and their students to participate in hands on science exploration and learning. Now, it's time to carry out the restoration strategy. From mirrors to tube, from mount to motors, from gears to focuser cleaning, repairing, rewiring, polishing and painting are needed. And thanks to the... Read More..