Observational astronomy school for upper secondary school students
PosterEducation Focus Session: Teaching with Authentic Data
7th Shaw-IAU Workshop
Tuesday Nov. 18, 2025
UTC: 5:30 p.m. - 7 p.m. America/New_York: 12:30 p.m.- 2 p.m.
, Wednesday Nov. 19, 2025
UTC: 8 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. America/New_York: 3 a.m.- 4:30 a.m.
, UTC: 4:30 p.m. - 6 p.m. America/New_York: 11:30 a.m.- 1 p.m.
, Friday Nov. 21, 2025
UTC: 8 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. America/New_York: 3 a.m.- 4:30 a.m.
Pasi Nurmi
(University of Turku)
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The observational astronomy school called NOT Science School aims at promoting natural sciences among upper secondary school students (16-18 yrs) both by offering them a chance to work at a large professional telescope, analyse the data and learn about astronomy in general. During the school we use the 2.56 meter Nordic Optical Telescope that is situated at the La Palma Island. The NOT Science School has been organised successfully 15 times since 2007. The number of participants has varied between 30 and 80. During the last years the school has been organised both as a remote observing course and in-situ visits. The course has always been a great success, and the school has now become national having participants from all over South-Finland.
Biography:
Dr. Pasi Nurmi is the head of Science Centre and LUMA-unit at the University of Turku (UTU). The Science Centre is currently running several science education projects in Finland and the unit acts as a link between the UTU and schools. Dr Nurmi has a background in astronomy with 87 science articles, and he has gained a good experience in science education and popularizing science. He is the ESON representative of ESO in Finland and National Outreach Coordinator (NOC) and National Astronomy Education Coordinator (NAEC) of IAU. He is also actively participating to different ERASMUS+-projects.
