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The SERI's Swiss Space Office provides information to the media and the general public regarding Swiss space activities and the main developments taking place in the space sector.
Education
The ESA offers a wide range of teaching tools for children and young people. The complete list of products can be found on the ESA's education Web site.
Event
International Space University
Upon request, the ESA provides scholastic material to teachers free of charge. This material presents information about space in a very well-structured and interesting manner. Didactic support can also be obtained in electronic form over the Internet:
- Cassini-Huygens: objectif Titan: comic book, 24 pages, followed by a small teacher's guide (age group 10-15)
- ISS pedagogical kit with teacher's guide (age group 12-15)
- ISS pedagogical kit with teacher's guide (age group 8-12).
In German only:
- Die Reporterbande entdeckt Sonne, Mond und Sterne (DLR) (age group 7-9)
- Die Reporterbande entdeckt das Weltall (DLR) (age group 10-12)
- Eduspace
Miscellaneous: Books and manuals for schools
Die Schweiz, Europa und die Raumfahrt - Abenteuer und Notwendigkeit
Jean Monnet Foundation for Europe, European Research Center, 2000, 325 pages
La Suisse, l'Europe et l'espace - Une aventure, une nécessité
Fondation Jean Monnet pour l'Europe, Centre de recherches européennes, 2000, 325 pages (in French)
Upon request, a few copies may be obtained free of charge (stocks limited).
Cassini-Huygens - Reiseziel Titan
ESA publication (comic book), 2005, 31 pages (in German)
Cassini-Huygens: objectif Titan
Publication de l'ESA (bande dessinée), 2005, 31 pages (in French)
Upon request, a few copies may be obtained free of charge (stocks limited).
Lift-off
Exercises in physics and chemistry for lower-secondary schools, based on actual space data for the European Space Agency
ESA publication, 2006, 69 pages (in German)
Upon request, a few copies may be obtained free of charge (stocks limited).
Exercices de physique et de chimie pour les écoles secondaires sur la base de données spatiales réelles de l'Agence spatiale européenne
Publication de l'ESA, 2006, 69 pages (en français)
Upon request, a few copies may be obtained free of charge (stocks limited).
Further information
Documentation
Fact Sheets:
Start der ersten zwei Galileo-Satelliten – Swiss Timing auch im Weltraum (PDF, 82 kB, 19.10.2011)(in german)
Start der ersten zwei Galileo-Satelliten – Swiss Timing auch im Weltraum (PDF, 82 kB, 19.10.2011)(in german)
SMOS (PDF, 79 kB, 23.07.2010)(in German)
GOCE (PDF, 57 kB, 23.07.2010)(in German)
Herschel-Planck (PDF, 117 kB, 23.07.2010)(in German)
SwissCube (PDF, 76 kB, 23.07.2010)(in German)
CryoSat (PDF, 35 kB, 23.07.2010)(in German)
Cupola (PDF, 249 kB, 23.07.2010)(in German)
GIOVE-B (PDF, 95 kB, 13.12.2010)(in German)
ATV (PDF, 139 kB, 13.12.2010)(in German)
Columbus (PDF, 75 kB, 13.12.2010)(in German)
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Contact
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