Khagol # 125 - Jan 2020 - Eng & Hindi

| KHAG L | No. 125 - JANUARY 2021 | 09 Zilla Parishad (ZP) School Ternanager, Osamanabad; and Latur Science Center, in Maharashtra, organised a Workshop on Telescope Making for ZP school teachers at Kasbe, Tasa, Wala, Osmanabad, on December 18, 2020. Seventy teachers participated, and 26 teachers made small refractor telescopes under the guidance of Tushar Purohit. Theworkshopwas followed by a skywatching programme through the telescopesmade by the teachers. Astronomy and Telescope Handling Workshop Workshop on Telescope Making Discovery Science Centre, Kerwadi, Parbhani; Government Ashram Shala, Osmanabad; and Government Ashram Shala, Jintur, in Maharashtra have set up small science centres at various schools in different regions. They organised teachers training programmes at Ashram School, Osmanabad, on December 23, 2020, and at Ashram School, Akali, Jintur, on December 24, 2020. Tushar Purohit was invited to conduct the Astronomy and Telescope Handling Workshop. In total, about 20 teachers from each place participated, and theywere fascinated by themoon-watching session through a telescope. The necessary precautionswere taken due the Corona pandemic situation. The primary goal of the International Astronomical Union Symposium 367 (IAUS 367) held online during December 8 – 12, 2020, was to give a global vision of Education and Heritage in the frame of the goals of the IAU. This was taken into account the Plan 2020 – 2030, and to propose an eventual 'next steps' road map and a global astronomy education agenda for the next decade, while honouring the education from the past. Sonal Thorve presented a poster titled: Involving Experiential Learning in Astronomy Classroom - Why Not? , under the section “State of the Art of Astronomy Education” on December 8. Rupesh Labade presented a poster titled: Use of Technology in Science Teaching , under the section “Literacy in Astronomy” onDecember 10.