Beyond IYA2009 Updates

3 December 2010

The Google Science Fair is coming …
On the 11 January 2011 Google is launching the inaugural Google Science Fair. More information: http://www.astronomy2009.org/news/updates/1116/

2011 ASP Education and Public Outreach Conference: 30 July - 3 August  2011, Baltimore, USA: http://www.astronomy2009.org/news/updates/1114/

Presentation: From Earth to the Universe: Distributed curation and global to local methodology:
http://www.astronomy2009.org/news/updates/1112/

ESO's Online Store is Open with free educational material for educators: http://www.astronomy2009.org/news/updates/1117/

Adventure Astronomy: Archaeoastronomy and Modern Astronomy Travel
The tours are accompanied by experts in their fields, including Prof. Clive Ruggles, chair of the IAU’s Working Group on Astronomy and World Heritage and co-author of the thematic study on the Heritage Sites of Astronomy and Archaeoastronomy. More information: http://www.astronomy2009.org/news/updates/1110/

BBC School Report the overall winner in the MEDEA Awards 2010
BBC's highly engaging project School Report which gives 11-14 year-old students in the UK the chance to make their own news reports for a real audience was a popular overall winner of this year's MEDEA Awards. More information: http://www.astronomy2009.org/news/updates/1115/

Summary of International Year of Astronomy 2009 Released

The Executive Summary, print-ready files and source files are available for download here:http://www.astronomy2009.org/summary/


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ESO AAS INSU CAS STRW NOVA STFC SCNAT SPA NRC MEC CNES DLR ESA JAXA NAOJ APL PS ESF ISRO ICRAN NLSI NOT U Cluster NASAEAS ASI NRAO CEA  KASI EAE SPA AUI CROSCI



The International Year of Astronomy 2009 is endorsed by the United Nations and the International Council of Science.