PETeR

Start year
2005

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    General
    Description

    The Educational Project with Robotic Telescopes (PETeR) is an online laboratory that aims to engage Spanish students in science and technology and to foster the acquisition of STEM skills through their active participation in real scientific research using robotic telescopes.

    Through the project's website, the educational community has access to state-of-the-art robotic telescopes and can request astronomical observations and develop scientific projects. The website also offers educational resources on different astronomical topics adapted to primary and secondary school curricula, allowing students to familiarise themselves with scientific practice and with programmes for visualising and analysing astronomical images.

    PETeR is a project of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), launched at the end of 2005 and managed through its Outreach and Press Unit. The coordinator of the project manages the observation time with different robotic telescopes allocated to PETeR and the implementation of the project in schools, and offers advice to users on scientific, technical or didactic aspects.

    Principal investigator
    Project manager
    Project staff
    Centros educativos participantes
    Collaborators
    Oswaldo González - Museo de la Ciencia y el Cosmos Tenerife
    Ignacio Martínez - webmaster
    Dr.
    Ulrich Kolb

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    • Poster AEACI 2022
      VIII Astronomy Education Adventure in the Canary Islands
      The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), together with other scientific and educational institutions, organises the eighth edition of the international school for teachers "Astronomy Education
      “Sala Grande” of the IACTEC building (July 24-28) Parque Tecnológico y Científico de las Mantecas 38320 San Cristobal de La Laguna, Santa Cruz de Tenerife IAC headquarters (July 29) C/ Vía Láctea, s/n
      Spain
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      Past
    The IAC is celebrating 10 years of Educational Adventure in Astronomy
    The IAC brings astronomy closer to the young public at the Canary Islands Mini Fairs 2024
    Astronomy day with Saharawi children and their host families on Tenerife
    The IX International Summer School for teachers at the IAC will be focused on the study of "Other Worlds"
    The first hybrid edition of the International Summer School for Teachers at the IAC has concluded
    The IAC once again celebrates its Astronomical Education Adventure in face-to-face format
    Now available in open access some of the lectures of the latest educational adventure of the IAC
    The seventh edition of the "Astronomy Education Adventure in the Canary Islands" pays tribute to the mythical series COSMOS
    PETeR's new online courses for teachers
    The IAC's most international astronomical adventure comes to an end
    The International Summer Course for teachers celebrates its sixth edition in 'online' format
    The online training by PETeR reaches 180 teachers from all over Spain
    Investigate the Universe with robotic telescopes: new training with the PETeR project
    Amanar: an astronomical seed planted in Tindouf
    Teachers from five countries embark on a new astronomical adventure in the Canaries
    Registration for the V International Summer Course "Astronomy Adventure in the Canary Islands" is now open
    Un verano más, el IAC abre sus puertas a la formación de profesorado
    Astronomy at the Canary classrooms
    High School students in the Canary Islands discover two variable stars
    High School students in the Canary Islands discover two variable stars
    El Telescopio Liverpool, uno de los telescopios robóticos más grandes del mundo, cuenta ya con un edificio de apoyo instrumental que mejorará su rendimiento