The program offers courses consisting of five online ZOOM meetings that are held weekly, so that the whole course lasts 5 weeks. I’ve named the course “Episodes”.
- In each meeting, by means of a shared presentation in which I include pictures, videos, animations, and a little bit of text, we discuss and analyze two or three questions about the universe. The idea is to get to the answers together so I am constantly challenging their critical reasoning and guiding their reasoning towards them.
- There are courses for children ages 6 to 10 and teens ages 11 to 15. The subjects covered in both courses are very similar, but the approach is definitely different.
- The maximum amount of participants in each course is ten. This number guarantees a nice and fluent interaction and the possibility for everyone to participate.
- The meetings are NOT meant to be similar to a traditional school class!, not at all. I share lots of information with the kids and teens, but they are the main characters in this adventure.
- In order to have fruitful and organized sessions, kids/teens remain muted while I talk, but as soon as they let me know they want to say something, I immediately give them the option to unmute themselves.
- Each meeting lasts around 1 hour (not less, ever).
- Participating in single meetings (not registering for the whole course) is possible, but subject to availability.
- All the episodes are mainly focused on astronomy and cosmology, but it is inevitable to discuss some physics and incorporate some hands-on experiments, (simple and homemade), every now and then!
- After completing a whole Episode (five meetings), each kid/teen receives a certificate of completion signed by me (see “Gallery” section) 🙂 .
Please visit the section that corresponds to your child(s)/teen(s) age/s in the menu for more information!.