Khagol 119

| KHAG L | No. 119 - JULY 2019 | 11 Special Events Outside IUCAA Workshop on Basic Astronomy for Educators, at Agastya Foundation, Kuppam, Andhra Pradesh During the two-week long training programme for educators at Agastya Foundation, Kuppam, Andhra Pradesh, a two day Workshop on BasicAstronomywas organised duringMay 10 - 11, 2019. About 50 educators in and around Mumbai were invited to participate in the programme. Sonal Thorve, Tushar Purohit, Rupesh Labade and Maharudra Mate were the resource persons. In this workshop, there were hands-on sessions on basic astronomy concepts, and the participants learnt about our universe. They made hands-on astronomy models like sundial, CD-spectroscope to learn and teach the concepts of time, and light. Along with the properties of light, and how to demonstrate these using simple, readily available low-costmaterials, they also learnt the basics of telescopes. Inclusive Astronomy Workshop, at Smt. Patashibai Lunkad BlindSchool, Bhosari, Pune On April 26, 2019, a workshop on basic astronomy was conducted at Smt. Patashibai Lunkad Blind School, Bhosari, Pune. About 40 blind students from classes VI to VIII enjoyed learning about our solar system and the universe. They could visualise the scales of the planet sizes using inclusive model of the solar system. Neha Deshpande and Sonal Thorve were the resource persons.