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JAXA Academy Kids Online Activities 2024
"Space Talks & Kids Homework, & APRSAF-30
Online Stargazing Party"

08/23/2024

Update

"the APRSAF-30 Online Stargazing Party":We extended the registration deadline for the APRSAF-30 Online Stargazing Party until September 19th!
"Kids Homework":We extended the deadline until September 16th!

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Watch the Space Talks! Kids Homework provided by JAXA and NAOJ. Join the APRSAF-30 Online Stargazing Party from home!
Open to students from all over the world.

How to Join

*You do not have to participate in all the activities.

1.Watch two Space Talks for students.

★Series one:
Around the Globe and Across Time:
Explore Celestial Motions with Hōkūleʻa "

(20:01)

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Dr. Kelly Blumenthal
IAU Office for Astronomy Outreach
link

★Series two:
The Universe Observed in Different Colors

(9:57)

Information as of July 2023. XRISM was launched on September 7th, 2023 at 8:42:11 (Japan Standard Time).

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Dr. Hiroya Yamaguchi
Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, JAXA
link

2.Try Kids Homework provided by JAXA and NAOJ (There are four types of assignments).

Thank you for sending your assignments!
We are no longer accepting Summer Homework.

Deadline: September 6th (Japan Standard Time)
We extended the deadline until September 16th!

★Series One: Let's see stars and observe how it moves!

Let's see stars and observe how it moves!  PDF Let's see stars and observe how it moves!  pptx

For students who cannot see the Summer Triangle from your area this season, you can observe the Orion constellation.

Let's Examine the Movement of Stars (Orion constellation)  PDF

*When you stargaze: Observe stars from a safe place where there is no danger from vehicles.

★Series Two: Make Your Own Constellation!

★Series Three: The Universe Observed in Different Colors

★Series Four: Learning More about Stars & Constellations

Learning More about Stars & Constellations  PDF Learning More about Stars & Constellations  pptx
*If you cannot look up everything, you can submit something you have learned.

How to hand in your homework

Thank you for sending your assignments!
We are no longer accepting Summer Homework.

Send your homework to the JAXA Academy (jaxa_academy@jaxa.jp) by email.

Subject: Mark the subject line with "APRSAF-30 Online Activities, Kids Homework".
File size: The maximum file size is 2MB for each email.
Files you can send: pdf, ppt, etc.
Please include the following in your email. 1. Your name or nickname
2. Age
3. Gender or Prefer not to state
4. Nationality or Prefer not to state
5. Can we present your homework, your name or nickname, country, and age at the stargazing party? (Y/N)

We will select and present the best entries during the online stargazing event. We will also present them on our YouTube channel. Your homework, your name or nickname, nationality, and age will be presented at the party, so please get your guardian's consent and confirm whether we can present your work at the stargazing party.

3.Joining the APRSAF-30 Online Stargazing Party from Home!
For students from all over the world.

APRSAF-30 Online Stargazing Party

Overview of the Event
Have you ever wondered what the stars look like from other countries in the world? Well now you can see what they look like from the comfort of your own home!
Space Education for All Working Group (SE4AWG)*1 will be broadcasting live videos of stars and constellations taken by multiple observatory locations around the world.
The APRSAF-30 *2 Online Stargazing Party will be held for students everywhere.
Through this event, SE4AWG is directed at children to foster a sense of adventure and creativity, to enjoy the stars, the universe, and space education, to know how the stars and constellations appear in the sky depending on the latitude and time zone, and international exchange by looking at the starry sky at the same time.

Any student can participate by registering here on the website.

1.Date (UTC) 12 pm (Noon) - 1:40 pm or later *3 on Friday, 20th September 2024​

 Program 

12 pm (Noon) - 12:15 pm Introducing Students' Homework​​
12:15 pm - 1:40 pm or later. ​

Online Stargazing Broadcast ​
(Might end later than stated)​
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【Broadcasting places (8 areas) *4】​​​​
-Hawaii(USA)*5 : "National Astronomical Observatory of Japan"​​​​
-Tokyo and Ishigakijima Island (Japan): "National Astronomical Observatory of Japan"​​
-Canberra and Gingin (Australia): "Australian National University" and "Gravity Discovery Centre"
-Vietnam: "Vietnam National Space Center"
-Azerbaijan: "Space Academy" and "Shamakhy Astrophysical Observatory "
-Sri Lanka: "Arthur C. Clarke Institute for Modern Technologies"
2.Platform Platform Online Zoom Webinar
3.Target Primarily 10 to 15 years old, but open to all.
4.Number of participants who can attend. Only the first 1,000 attendees will be able to join on Zoom Webinar.
5.Language English
6.Registration deadline (UTC) 12 pm (Noon), 13 September 20242:59 pm, September 19th
7.Contact information jaxa_academy@jaxa.jp

*1 Space Education for All Working Group (SE4AWG)
*2 Asia-Pacific Regional Space Agency Forum (APRSAF)
*3 Please check the time in your time zone. For students who watch the event late at night, please watch with adults.
*4 We will present recorded images and videos when the broadcasting areas are cloudy, rainy or day-time.
*5 We will use pre-recorded video.

We closed registration. Thank you for your registration.

Register Here


JAXA Academy archive

(1:33:04)

APRSAF-29 Online Stargazing Event

(05:01)

Hawaiian Starlines and Wayfinding

This is a video of Hawaiian Starlines that we could not show in the 'APRSAF-29 Online Stargazing Event' video (38:29). We will present this video in the 'APRSAF-30 Online Stargazing Party'


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Space Talks & Kids Homework
(Japanese Language)

APRSAF-30 Online Stargazing Party (Japanese Language)

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