Digital astronomy in education

Said Boutiche (1)

1 Dept. of physics

What causes seasons? Why day and night durations are so different with seasons alternation? Why the position of the full moon seems directed to the south in summer while it seems directed to the north in winter? It is the purpose of this computer simulation to provide an interactive application, programmed in Java language to explore the issues related to the above questions.

Mots clés: astrophysics; graphic representations

Domaines: Environnements Informatiques pour l'Apprentissage Humain

Said Boutiche. Digital astronomy in education. Conference ICL2007, September 26 -28, 2007, 2007, Villach, Austria. 4 p. ⟨hal-00257133⟩