A public summer school on astronomy in Denmark: experience from the course in 2002, 2003 and 2004

摘要

During the summers of 2002, 2003 and 2004 a one-week public course onAstronomy took place at Silkeborg Folk High School in central Jutland,Denmark. The aim of the course was to offer a possibility for students tomeet research scientists and discuss central scientific questions and theiranswers. Researchers from the Department of Physics and Astronomy at AarhusUniversity in Denmark took an active part in running this summer school andthe course could also be seen as a part of the Department's general publicoutreach activities. The main aim of those activities is to: (1) show whyresearch is important, (2) give students and children the possibility tomeet people that do research, and (3) present authentic role models.