Public engagement
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From raising awareness to engagement
SXS aims to open a dialogue with a broad public, following a dual strategy:
1. to raise awareness about space activities in Switzerland
by supporting and organizing public events in all parts of Switzerland, both in urban and rural areas, where people and space professionals can meet, interact and learn from each other.
2. to create opportunities for long-term engagement with space topics
by establishing several space-related Open Science Clubs for children and adults to pursue space activities over an extended period of time – space as a hobby just like music or sports!
Are you looking for a specialist for a talk or activities for your own space-themed event? Happy to help! Please contact us.
The Planet-Club
KIDS
Some children are fascinated by space at a very young age. However, many parents don’t feel competent to support them adequately and answer their thousands of questions. The Planet-Club invites children from 2nd to 4th grade to pursue space-themed activities from tinkering to observation and learn about opportunities and limits of using models to understand the world. Contents are based on existing space missions, the technologies involved and the data gathered.
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The Galaxy-Club
JUNIOR
Space enthusiasts from 5th to 9th grade already have a huge knowledge about their area of interest. At the Galaxy-Club, they are introduced to opportunities such a citizen science projects and data archives to start their own explorations. They learn how to use a telescope and start collecting their own data. They meet peers with similar interests as well as scientists and engineers who work in their fields of interests, for example during a lab visit.
The Cosmos-Club
This club is dedicated to both who have always been fascinated by the Universe and those who are just discovering the vastness of it, and like to do it together with other enthusiasts and proven experts. It offers a program featuring the latest space activities in Switzerland such as the search for live beyond our planet, space debris or the James Webb Telescope. There is scope for discussing the societal and philosophical implication of human activities in space. Those who wish to take it a step further have the opportunity to participate in citizen science.
