Events 2019
22/10/2019
Red Planet @ EEF
The «Planets In Your Hand» exhibition will be presented at Eugenides Foundation in October 22, 2019 between 18:00-21:00, during the premier of the new film “Red Planet”.
The screening of the film will take place at 18:30 and 20:00 and will be prefaced by Dr. Κosmas Gazeas. The «Planets In Your Hand» exhibition will be presented in the library. You are welcome to visit us and explore planet Mars and the rest planets of our Solar System!
06/10/2019
World Space Week 2019
The Planets In Your Hand exhibition will be featured for the second time to celebrate the World Space Week 2019 on Sunday 06/10 at the Department of Physics of the University of Athens.
The Sector of Astrophysics, Astronomy and Mechanics of the Department of Physics of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens organizes every year from 2015, with the help of its students, the event of the World Space Week. Apart from our exhibition, the event includes also other activities and speeches.
The event is for childrens and adults and the entrance is free.
Come to touch the planets of our solar system and celebrate together with us!
27/09/2019
Planets In Your Hand in Researcher’s Night 2019
The Planets In Your Hand exhibition will take part in the 2019 Researcher’s Night at the Cultural Center “Hellenic Cosmos”, on Friday 27 September 2019, at 17:00 - 24:00.
Visit us and touch the planetary surfaces, in a virtual tour of the Solar System with our interactive exhibition. People of all ages will get familiar with the characteristic features of the planets, as well as the atmospheric and geological circumstances, the temperature and wind. Through our exhibition we give the opportunity even to visually impaired people to “see”, learn and discover though touching the unique features of each planet. It is an unprecedented experience for all age groups.
The "Researcher’s Night" is an initiative of the European Union aimed at familiarizing the public with the world of research. Each year, last Friday in September, the "Researcher’s Night" events are organized across Europe. Greece has been organizing events since the beginning of the event in 2005.
The events, like our exhibition, are free of charge, start in afternoon and include actions for all age groups.
For more information visit the websites:
https://renathens.gr/
http://www.planetsinyourhand.phys.uoa.gr/
Cultural Center “Hellenic Cosmos”, 254 Pireos Str., Tavros
Planets In Your Hand exhibition will be at the area 24 (see map).
20/07/2019
Eugenides Foundation event: Moon Landing 50th anniversary
Continuing the celebrations for the historic day of July 20, 1969, when the man first stepped on the Moon, we are waiting for you on Saturday, July 20 2019, at the Eugenides Foundation to celebrate together with many activities and honorary guests.
The Planets In Your Hand exhibition will be presented at 18.00-22.30. Free entrance.
For more information: https://www.eef.edu.gr/el/nea/to-idryma-eygenidou-giortazei-tin-epeteio-ton-50-hronon-apo-tin-proti-prosselinosi-tou-anthropou/
18/06/2019
Eugenides Foundation event: Summer Solstice
On the occasion of the summer solstice and for the beginning of celebrations about the 50th anniversary of the day the man set on the Moon, Planets In Your Hand will be waiting for you at the Eugenides Foundation on Tuesday, June 18, 2019.
Come to celebrate this historic event together with many activities.
Our exhibition will be available at 18: 00-21: 30 with free admission.
For more information visit the Eugenides Foundation website: https://www.eef.edu.gr/el/nea/to-idryma-eygenidou-giortazei-to-therino-iliostasio/.
06/04/2019
Athens Science Festival 2019
The interactive exhibition"Planets In Your Hand" invites you to the Athens Science Festival 2019 to touch the planets and "travel" to our Solar System. The visitors will be able to familiarize themselves with the features of planetary surfaces, as well as the atmospheric and geological conditions prevailing in them, temperature and wind. Through this exhibition, the opportunity to "see", learn and perceive through the touch and vision the specificities of each planet is given even to people with vision limitations.
The exhibition will be on the 6th and 7th of April at the "ΜΗΧΑΝΟΥΡΓΕΙΟ"*.
*Number 6 on the map.
More info: www.athens-science-festival.gr/
31/03/2019
Planets In Your Hand – Opening of the Exhibition
In 2017, the Science Communication Team, named Planets In Your Hand, was created in the Department of Physics of the University of Athens.
The team's educational proposal was funded by the European Europlanet Organization and refers to the construction of an exhibition, including planetary surface models. The aim of the program is to highlight the different conditions that prevail in every planet of our Solar System.
The Planets In Your Hand exhibition offers visitors the opportunity to see, learn and understand through the touch and vision the specificities of each planet. At the same time, it contributes to the dissemination of the scientific knowledge we currently have around the field of global exploration, in schools and general public, with particular emphasis on the visually impaired people. The Planets In Your Hand Team of the Physics Department NKUA organizes an event on the occasion of the first complete presentation of the exhibition.
The event will take place οn Sunday 31 March 2019
in the Physics Department of NKUA from 17.00 to 22.00.
The organized activities of the event, for that day, are addressed to people of all ages. They begin early in the evening with creative games, diy constructions, handcrafts and Solar observation, ending at night with one central talk and observation of the night sky. The Planets In Your Hand exhibition will be presented to the guests of the event throughout the above actions, in a specially designed room in the Physics Department.
The program of the event in greek (Click for zoom)
02/03/2019
Social Event at the Hellenic-French School of Ursulines - SciCo
On March 2, 2019 "Planets In Your Hand" team presented its first planetary model among interesting educational activities, as part of an event at the Hellenic-French School of Ursulines and under the auspices of the non-profit organization SciCo. Elementary and high school students had the opportunity to get acquainted or familiar with the Solar System, and prepare a virtual space mission to Mars, through interactive quizzes, crafts and educational discussions with the team members.
