Ghana is taking a bold step to make astronomy education more inclusive for exceptional learners. Educators working with students facing diverse learning challenges including those with visual or hearing impairments and learners from underserved communities are often left without accessible resources or specialised training to teach core science topics like the Earth, Sun, Moon, Solar…
PRAGSAC in collaboration with the Department of Earth Science University of Ghana and Development in Africa with Radio Astronomy (DARA), presents the Fireside Skywatch Festival 2024.
Due to the relentless pursuit of modernization and the encroachment of light pollution; families, tribes, and communities who once gathered around firesides in the evening to marvel at the skies and learn from ancient African knowledge no longer do so.
A heartfelt thank you to Achimota School that welcomed us with open arms for the Empowerment for Girls in Astronomy and Space Science program and our exciting Star Gazing event!
This is a friendly reminder to join us for our upcoming seminar:
Topic: The EduSpots Story – Empowering Communities with Hands-on STEM
PROMOTING ASTRONOMY IN GHANA THROUGH SCHOOLS VISITS AND ASTRONOMY CLUBS (PRAGSAC) IN COLLABORATION WITH THE GHANA SPACE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE (GSSTI) OF THE GHANA ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION (GAEC) PRESENTS: OAD-OAE TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAM 2023 FOR TEACHERS FROM THE SCHOOLS OF THE BLIND AND THE DEAF IN GHANA SUMMARY: Teaching astronomy to exceptional individuals, including…
AstroPhy Ghana 2023 was a one-week, residential radio astronomy training school in Ghana. It focused on Astronomy Instrumentation and Observations Techniques targeting undergraduate and graduate university students. Its objective was to equip students with skills in Python programming, astronomical technical instrumentation, data reduction, analysis, and observational techniques. The primary aim of AstroPhy was to introduce students…
Part I: Inter-schools Astronomy Quiz Competition The Astronomy in Ghana project climaxed with a quiz competition amongst the six clubs formed, where St. Martha’s Catholic Basic “B” School emerged as the winners. As part of the Inter-School quiz competition, an exhibition was held to assess students’ creative skills in modeling the 32-meter Ghana radio telescope….
Club monitoring and evaluation 2 The PRAGSAC team visited St Mary’s Anglican Basic A&B school in the Central Region during their Astronomy Club Session.