Space exploration and space technologies are a fascinating topic with extraordinary potential for application in the classroom, whether in a context of articulation with the curricula of basic, secondary, and professional education, or even in earlier stages of school life. The application of Space in an educational context implies the existence of teachers and trainers who are duly motivated and qualified to recognize this potential, in order to maximize the impact of this approach on the teaching and learning process.
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CanSat Junior Açores is an educational project aimed at students in the 3rd cycle of basic education, included in the promotion of the Dissemination, Education and Scientific Culture for Space axis, of the Azores Strategy for Space, which aims to create a cultural/educational framework capable of to boost the sustainable development of the space sector in the region and in the country, by contributing to training generations of highly qualified Azoreans focused on areas directly or indirectly related to the space sector.
This initiative is organized in partnership with ESERO Portugal (the entity that created the CanSat Junior project at European level), Ciência Viva, the European Space Agency (ESA), and the Portuguese Space Agency – Portugal Space, with several regional partners, nationals and internationals. CanSat Junior is an eminently scientific and technological project based on a “real” space context – construction and launch of a microsatellite the size of a soda can, equipped with sensors and a communications system, capable of measuring atmospheric parameters and sending data via telemetry to a student-operated ground station.
See more about the editions of CanSat Junior Açores:
1st EDITION OF CANSAT JUNIOR AÇORES
2nd EDITION OF CANSAT JUNIOR AÇORES