CosmoAmautas: Astrophysics in the high school classroom (2nd edition)

TL;DR

The second edition of CosmoAmautas provides Spanish-language astrophysics educational materials and activities tailored for high school teachers in Peru, integrating astronomy topics with physics and digital tools.

Contribution

This book offers a comprehensive, curriculum-aligned resource for high school astronomy education in Spanish, based on a specialized teacher-training workshop.

Findings

Includes topics like planetary science, stellar evolution, and cosmology.

Provides didactic notes on physics, history of science, and ICT tools.

Designed for integration into Peruvian high school curricula.

Abstract

We present the second edition of the book `CosmoAmautas: Astrophysics in the classroom' which is a text and activity book on selected topics in astrophysics. The content is written in Spanish and intended as the introductory literature and material for high school teachers who want to integrate astronomy to their science and math classes. The book includes an introduction to topics such as planetary science, stellar evolution, exoplanets, galaxies, black holes, and cosmology. In addition to the astronomy content, the book includes didactic notes on general physics of gravity and light, unit conversion, history of science, and tools for the digital classroom (ICT tools), which are compatible with the requirements of the Peruvian high school curriculum. This book is constructed based on the astrophysics curriculum and education model introduced in the online teacher-training workshop CosmoAmautas, which took place in 2021 and 2022. CosmoAmautas (amauta = teacher in the Quechua language) is an astronomy education project in Peru, funded by the IAU Office of Astronomy for Development. For more information, please visit www.cosmoamautas.org.