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Start News "E.T. are you out there?" campaign concluded successfully

"E.T. are you out there?" campaign concluded successfully

E.T are you out there? is a campaign of "Faces from Earth" project to introduce the concept of possible extraterrestrial life and interstellar messages to school students. The campaign introduced the questions to students: "what if there is extraterrestrial life out there?, what would we say to a hypothetical E.T.?". Thinking about these questions leads naturally to consider topics like sensitive communication, self-reflection, responsible preparation and handling of encounters by adults and students.

It was participated by school student groups in five countries; Hungary, Germany, South Africa, Sri Lanka and Ukraine during May 2010. Each of the groups started with an introduction to past space probe messages – the Pioneer Plaque and the Voyager Golden Record -, radio transmissions (Arecibo Message, Cosmic Calls, Teen Age Message, ...). At the end of the activity, each student/group created a “constructed message” for E.T. Some of the groups released completed messages with helium balloons as a message in a bottle.

 

Photos:

Hungary (organized by Thomas Fogarasy)

students ready with their messages

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=4050246&id=316561704502

students ready with their messages

Thomas Fogarasy and Dr. Tibor Pacher

Germany (organized by Dr. Tibor Pacher)

students in Molfsee bei Kiel, Germany creating their messages

completed messages attached to helium balloons

students in Molfsee bei Kiel, Germany creating their messages completed messages attached to helium balloons

South Africa (organized by Jutka Devenyi)

drawings by the students from Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa a group of students ready to send!
drawings by the students from Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa a group of students ready to send!

Sri Lanka (organized by Thilina Heenatigala)

students at the lecture

students explaining their constructed message to Thilina Heenatigala

students at the lecture

students explaining their constructed message to Thilina Heenatigala


Ukraine (organized by Olga Smyk)

ukraine_introducing ukraine_group
introducing the activity to students from Crimea, Ukraine students group

 

For more photos: Hungary, Germany, South Africa, Sri Lanka and Ukraine.

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=164646&id=316561704502

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=166517&id=316561704502

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=165402&id=316561704502

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=165771&id=316561704502

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=168819&id=316561704502

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Thilina Heenatigala

Head of International Networking and EPO

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Last Updated on Wednesday, 09 June 2010 08:52  

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