The
Jacobus Kapteyn Telescope:
Experience with schools, training of students
and future prospects
Experience with schools, training of students
and future prospects
The JKT experience with schools
At present we are inviting schools
from UK, the Netherlands and Spain
to carry out their own
observations on discretionary nights when no
engineering work is scheduled.
Mainly we are interested in schools
which already carry out an astronomy educational programme. Below is a
summary of the followed steps to organise such a
visit:
1.First contact. We checked that the school is experienced
in astronomy teaching.
2.The school checks feasibility to send students to La
Palma.
3.ING identifies a suitable discretionary night and a
support astronomer (the ING PR
officer usually).
4.The school organises an astronomy competition to select from 3
to 6 students.
2.
The JKT experience with schools