Partnerships
Many of the HdA activities – described systematically under What we do and listed according to target groups under Information for... – are run as part of long-term partnerships that are detailed below:
"EU Space Awareness", an education project for school children of all ages
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Explore Science events run by the Klaus Tschira Foundation in Mannheim
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Giving schools access to the telescopes of the Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network
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Showing young people that science is fun
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Research project with talented highly talented school pupils
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Collaboration with Chilean colleagues on outreach and education projects through the University of Heidelberg
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Looking for asteroids with school children using data from the Pan-STARRS telescope
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"Space for education" project on ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst’s Horizons mission
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Extracurricular project work with school pupils interested in astronomy
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Klaus Tschira Centre of Excellence for early science education
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Public outreach for the Collaborative Research Center 881, “The Milky Way System” at the University of Heidelberg
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Intellectual challenges that go far beyond the school curriculum for pupils in Baden-Württemberg
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Every month we provide new teaching materials on current articles in Stern und Weltraum magazine
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"Universe Awareness" for preschool and primary school children
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Astronomy education project in Brazil
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"Space for education" project on ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst’s Horizons mission
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German-language public outreach for the European Southern Observatory
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Our sister institution at the European Southern Observatory headquarters in Garching, near Munich
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In addition to these partnerships, the Haus der Astronomie depends on direct collaboration with a number of people who are involved in science communication. In this regard, both the astronomical research institutes in and around Heidelberg and the Mannheim Planetarium play a key role.