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World Space Week 2006 Report Italy participated in World Space Week for the third time. As in previous years, ODISSEOSPACE (www.odisseospace.it) was the main organizer of Italian participation. Various educational programs and lectures were planned and organized for the general public during the World Space Week period, which were attended by hundreds of participants. In total, about 1000 participants attended all lectures, especially young people from primary and high schools and their interest is an encouraging indication for the future. Lectures were held on such topics as "Remote Sensing: how space helps in saving lives"; "The International Space Station: a research space lab on life"; "Satellites: brief history, systems, missions". The conferences involved two comprehensive schools: the "International European School Altiero Spinelli" in Turin, Piedmont; the institute "Paolo Sarpi" at Settimo Milanese (Milan), Lombardy; the Telecommunications and Electronics Technical Institute "A. Righi" at Corsico/Milan and the Aerospace Technical Institute "C. Grassi" in Turin (Piedmont). They were held by Massimo Auci, a professor in astrophysics, Luigi Fontana, a physician, and Laura Proserpio, a space engineer. The first conference was on "Remote Sensing: how space helps in saving lives." The theme of the second conference was "The International Space Station: a research space lab on life." The theme of the third conference was "Satellites: brief history, systems, missions." Science laboratories were held in various schools. The pictures below show a very special lab on "Math and Astronomy", held by Mari Cultrera, a math teacher in Milan. The course was organized by the Education Centre of the Milan City Council and the cooperative "Diapason" and it was addressed to young students, mainly of Chinese origin, with a very low knowledge in Italian. The pictures show the construction of paper models of the Earth and the Sun and some drawings made by the children with reference to space and interplanetary flight. Throughout the week, World Space Week was promoted in the press and media, as well as on the ODISSEOSPACE webside (www.odisseospace.it) and on the websites of the schools involved and included information about the results achieved to celebrate this important anniversary. |
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