In conjunction with See Science Wales, Mark Bailey and Libby McKearney from Armagh Observatory delivered two one-day primary-sector teacher training courses in Wales during May 2013.
Fifteen teachers attended Glyndŵr University, St Asaph on 14th May and after the course had a special tour of the OpTIC Facility which is involved in polishing the very precise mirrors for the Extremely Large Telescope Project, plus tours of other R&D areas such as the Centre of Solar Energy Research.
http://www.eso.org/public/teles-instr/e-elt.html
Day 2 in South Wales took place in the ACE2 Centre, Aberthaw, Barry with 10 people in attendance on 16th May.
Hopefully course participants have gained more background knowledge of astronomy and have some new ideas on fitting it into the curriculum!
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