fizzy123 wrote:
I think 2 truely promote stargazing n Singapore:
1) setup stargazing events at primary n secondary school. Let them have a first hand view of those celestial objects. Especially primary school children, they are young, creative, imaginative and are eager to learn. They will thrilled to see things like saturn n jupiter they learn in textbooks.
2) Singastro members can collective write a book on urban stargazing, or produce a simple magazine on astronomy targeting the young ppls, tis can increase the awareness of astronomy in Singapore.
8) :idea: :roll:
1) The main problem with setting up stargazing events at primary schools really getting the students themselves to come down. Because they are young, their parents would likely not agree to such a stargazing event, a big problem. Also, getting the school admin to agree is also another matter.
As for the secondary schools, most of them are result-oriented. If an activity does not benefit the students much, or it does not allow them to win a competition, the students are not allowed to enter.
2) I think this was mentioned some time before, but I dunno what happened after the idea was mentioned.. Did it actually start?
I think it's nice the newspapers have started to talk about astronomy.. it's definitely a trend of increasing awareness for astronomy. But I don't know how much it will actually affect the readers, because the "sci-fi" image of astronomy is still deeply etched in many, and they regard it as something remote and not possible in Singapore. My take on promoting astronomy: just keeep holding public events. Non-stop, all year round. Eventually SOMEONE has to notice us, right?
