XLV National Congress of the Italian Society for the History of Physics and Astronomy

Astronomy as Cultural Heritage: Educational Engagement Across Generations at the Regional Astronomical Observatory of the Antola Park

11 Sept 2025, 16:50

25m

Aula 605 (DIFI - Università di Genova)

Dialogo tra storia, didattica e divulgazione in fisica e astronomia / Dialogue Between History, Teaching and Dissemination in Physics and Astronomy

Speaker

Monticelli, Moreno (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))

Description

Astronomy has always had a big charm on people of all ages and it is therefore a discipline well suited to draw them closer to science. In this talk, we'll present an initiative in which university students organize and carry on in first person dissemination and didactic events for kindergarden kids to high school students to third-age people by joining the StarAntola association of volunteers and conducting astronomical observations at the Regional Astronomical Observatory of the Antola Park, near Genova. Examples of some didactic experiences that were recently carried on will be presented.