PRAGSAC and GSSTI will be having a Virtual Launch on Wednesday 2nd December 2020 at 1pm GMT
You are all invited to join the Virtual Launch on Zoom.
You are all invited to join the Virtual Launch on Zoom.
- Meeting ID: 862 2737 8433
- Passcode : PRAGSAC
Day 2: Sessions were on the EM Spectrum, Telescopes and Satellites.
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…
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.
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 presentation started around 9 am. About 150 students and 5 teachers were present, including the Head of Dormeabra Methodist School 1. The presentation was on “The importance of astronomy to Ghana. The presentation was well received with a lot of questions from the students and teachers.
Club monitoring and evaluation The PRAGSAC team visited St. Martha’s Catholic Basic B school in the Central Region of Ghana during their club session.