GAM 2018 Blog
- Published: Tuesday, April 17 2018 09:00
By Álvaro Folhas
The Global Science Opera “Moon Village”, inspired by the European Space Agency’s vision of a village in the Moon. The opera "Moon Village" was created by schools, universities and art institutions in 27 countries. “Moon Village” is about human society on the Moon and begins in the year 2040. A community of scientists, artists, farmers, teachers and engineers live on the Moon Village, and so the first children in space begin to be born. Robi the Robot is their nanny, and while Robi takes care of the babies, Gravity plans to make life difficult for them. As the children grow up, they explore Space and learn about problems on Earth. Some of them decide to return to Earth, but others stay and become more curious about Space, realizing that they need a school on the Moon. The story goes on addressing many interesting points about creative education.
Portuguese participation included musical compositions by students from Silva Monteiro Music Class in Porto and babies from AFA Nursery in Fermentelos.
Acknowledgement: Teresa Direitinho, Oded Ben-Horin, and Rosa Doran, and Thilina Heenatigala.
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Álvaro Folhas teaches Physics and Chemistry in a secondary school and is a member of NUCLIO - Núcleo Interativo de Astronomia, a non-profit association of Astronomy and Education, and NGO for Development. With NUCLIO, Álvaro has participated in many international science teaching projects. He is also a researcher in the fields of Educational Sciences and Didactics of Science and Astronomy and a teacher trainer in these areas. Álvaro uses new teaching approaches with his students, such as the use of telescopes and radio telescopes in real-time and considers that new projects and challenges are essential in science teaching in order to prepare students for the future. |
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