attivamente. an amazing trip to the moon with galileo and phineas&ferbs

Valeria Cappelli | INAFCAP 2010 – March 16th 2010

Attivamente

An amazing trip to the Moon with Galileo

and Phineas&Ferb.

May 2009 – June 2010

25 science centers, museums and astronomical observatories

30.000 children involved

We are pleased to introduce you the actors:Phineas& Ferb

The others:

Galileo and the Telescope

...and the Moon!

easy to observe, easy to teach, connected to Galileo

The setting: the board gameTo conquer the Moon!

And suddenly the Sky changed!Galileo, the Starry Messanger

Learning to observe: are you able to catch the Moon?

Moon Identity Card and a Mooncatcher

Fit the Moon in one card:three “S” to communicate with children

Simplicity, Synthesis, Stylistics

20thJuly 1969, the first man put foot on the Moon. True or false?

True! Astronauts Armstrong and Aldrin landed on the lunar surface aboard the "Eagle", a small half that broke away from the artificial satellite "mother" Apollo 11, which had brought them from the Earth to the Moon.

Have you ever seen… a surfer on the Moon?

The challenge:

strike a balance

between

entertainment and

education of

astronomy

Some lessons learned…

• different media to communicate with children

• the possible tradeoff between education and entertainment

• observation: the best “tool” to bring children closer to astronomy

V. Cappelli, L. Benacchio, C. Di Benedetto

INAF * Observatory of Padova

in collaboration with Disney Television Italy

QUESTIONS?

valeria.cappelli@oapd.inaf.it