PRAGSAC Patrons, ERNEST and CATHERINE educating the astronomy club members about parts of the Radio Telescope, our solar system and comparison of the planet sizes and distances from the sun during their astronomy club session at Kutunse M/A schools at Kutunse. Well done Ernest and Catherine ????????
As part of their end of year project set aside by the young astronomers from Katapor, they have decided to build the Prototype of the Radio Telescope in Kutunse, Ghana. Below are the technical team(Katapor Patron, Cephas and the astronomy club members) working on their project.
PRAGSAC patron, ISAAC ARMAH having an astronomy club session with the club members/pupils at Gbawe Islamic school complex, within the Weija /Gbawe Municipal. The club members learnt how to identify radio telescopes and state the functions of it’s parts. Good job Isaac ????????
PRAGSAC PATRONS, PATIENCE AND DEBORAH educating the radio astronomy club members about HOW TO DETERMINE THE DISTANCES FROM THE SUN TO EACH PLANET during astronomy club session at Kutunse M/A BASIC 3 & 4 Kudos Patience and Deborah ????????
PRAGSAC patron, CEPHAS made a Teaching Learning Material (TLM) – Manila card to teach the astronomy club members about THE FUNCTIONS OF PARTS OF RADIO TELESCOPE during astronomy club session at Katakpor D/M Basic School in Katakpor near Pokuase.. Well done Cephas ????????
Prof. Benjamin Stappers, a Professor of Astrophysics in the Jodrell Bank Center for Astrophysics(The University of Manchester) and Ahenkorah Duodu Kingsley a PhD student of the University of Leeds interacted with the PRAGSAC club members at Kutunse M/A basic 1,2,3 and 4 students today to inspire them about Radio Astronomy.
The PRAGSAC team took part in the Eratosthenes’s experiment March, 2019 (measure radius of the Earth using the sun’s shadow) with Jerremite International School, West Legon and Unity Baptist Academy School, Achimota Ghana astronomy club members in a worldwide experiment.
Springwell school from Kokomlemle Accra visited the Ghana Radio Astronomy Observatory at Kutunse. The PRAGSAC team took the students around and also did some presentations.
The PRAGSAC Outreach team had a special Girls only Astronomy club session on Friday 15th February at the Kuntunse cluster of schools. Theme : Let’s inspire our young women to reach for the stars!
The PRAGSAC team visited 2 JHS (Junior High Schools) in Accra where we have already established astronomy clubs, to show them videos of astronauts in the ISS, and then initiate discussions on the benefits of astronomy and space science to the lives of those on Earth in celebration of IAU100 Questions and interactions time with…
