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Teaching activity planned by Stefano Giarratana, Emanuele De Rubeis, Cristina Nanci, Xavier Lopez Lopez and Davide Pellicciari during the Phd course “Designing innovative public engagement activities” held at the University of Bologna in 2023. Short description of the activity: The galaxies which make up our Universe are of various types, each one with a different shape and features. The goals of this activity is discovering the main differences between two particular categories of galaxies: spiral galaxies and elliptical galaxies. Just like astronomers, we will find out which of the two containsLEGGI TUTTO

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Teaching Activity planned by Anita Zanella during the PhD course “Designing innovative public engagement activities”, held at the University of Bologna in 2023. Can we “play” galaxies? Can we listen to black holes? What kind of dances can take place under the stars? With this activity, you will be able to play the beautiful pictures of the Universe which we usually see, and perhaps – why not ? – we can dance, accompanied by the sound of nebulae and planets! Materials   • Edukoi Software (link) • Computer with webcamLEGGI TUTTO

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Teaching activity planned by Ettore Bronzini, Fabrizio Gentile, Greta Toni, and Massimiliano Matteuzzi during the PhD course “Designing innovative public engagement activities”, held at the University of Bologna in 2023. Brief description of the activity: Galaxies, such as many other celestial objects, appear different according to the instrument used to observe them. In this activity, we will fabrics of different texture, so as to represent the various components of one of them, thus making a personal galaxy-pin. Materials • Printouts of the Centaurus A Galaxy in different wavelenghts (if possibleLEGGI TUTTO