Khagol No.133

| 11 | KHAG L | No. 133 - JULY 2024 Public Outreach Activities Astronomy Workshop The IAU OAE office called for teacher training proposals (TTP) from teachers and astronomers worldwide. Proposals were received from several countries, and the OAE Center India was part of the review team. The results of the TTP grants will be announced shortly. The OAE Center India is also collaborating with SciPop to organise Astronomy Centre for Educators Objective: Professionalize astronomy education a few teacher training programs with teachers from Pune and the surrounding regions in the next fewmonths. • ResourceTranslations The Big Ideas book has been translated into Marathi by OAE Center India. The translation of the book is under review and will soon be live. The Indian team has also helped to move the Farsi and traditional Chinese translations of the Big Ideas book into the InDesign form suitable for printing. Objective: Provide access to good resources • NewResources The OAE Center India is involved in making astronomy glossary cards containing the IAU astronomy glossary and related images. The cards were recently modified to adhere to the licenses of the images being used. The Center has started the initial process of printing these cards, which they plan to distribute to school libraries as educational resources along with astronomy books in the coming months. The OAE Center India finished the project of the baseline survey in Astronomy, where the status of astronomy education among Objective: Promote astronomy in curricula school students was analysed. The paper has been submitted recently. The second part of the project, which deals with teachers' perceptions of astronomy education in schools, is ongoing.