Island of Tenerife Gold Medal awarded to the Instituto de Astrofísica de CanariasANNOUNCEMENT
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At its Plenary Meeting, the local government (Cabildo) of Tenerife agreed unanimously to confer the Island of Tenerife Gold Medal to the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), as well as to Loro Parque zoo and the painter Pedro González González.
The IAC's Educational Project with Robotic Telescopes (PETeR) offers a new edition of its online teacher training entitled ‘ Investigate the Universe with Robotic Telescopes’. This activity, organised in collaboration with the STEAM area of the regional Ministry of Education of the Canary Islands Government, aims to provide knowledge and tools to incorporate astronomy in the classroom through the use of professional robotic telescopes, the analysis of scientific data and active learning methodologies. PETeR is an educational project that gives schools free access to professional telescopes
From Thursday, May 8th, to Friday, May 9th, the Canary Islands Institute of Astrophysics (IAC) is hosting the meeting of the Research Advisory Committee (CAI). This is the center's highest advisory body on research and analyzes its scientific and technological output. At this meeting, the director, Valentín Martínez Pillet, will present the center's main scientific and technological milestones, as well as a proposal for future lines of action. The director will also be joined by Eva Villaver, deputy director of the IAC; Romano Corradi, director of Gran Telescopio Canarias; Jonay González
El Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) colabora con Le Good ‘Cosmic’ Market dentro del entorno de la celebración de Plenilunio acercando con una amplia agenda de actividades divulgativas que tendrán lugar en el Parque García Sanabria, de Santa Cruz de Tenerife, los días 4 y 5 de octubre. En ocasión de la elección de la temática ‘ cosmic’ de esta cita en la capital tinerfeña, la Unidad de Comunicación y Cultura Científica (UC3) del IAC ha asesorado a la organización del market para que toda su imagen y materiales tengan respaldo científico avalado. Además, el centro ofrece un programa
