Educational Initiative Uses ‘Stargazing Box’ to Combat Light Pollution Awareness in Primary Schools

DISCUSSIONS from the collaboration of lectures That whose final product is used to help provide knowledge about light pollution to primary school pupils. In fact there is a selection process based on criteria to select the most suitable jobs. The criteria Yes materiality, appropriateness of media for children’s age level, creativity and innovation. The results are in more works that are considered most suitable and can be used in the light pollution outreach activities carried out by the Bosscha Observatory on 19 and 20 June 2024. Outreach target iyou andThere are primary schools located around the Bosscha Observatory, namely SD Negeri Merdeka and SD Negeri Pancasila.

KThen, organizations whose communication media products were selected were invited to engage in light pollution outreach activities. Among the results of communication media that are interesting to note is one of them iis a display device for the effect of light pollution called the Stargazing Box. Shaped like a box measuring about 50 cm on three sides, at the bottom, there is some written information about light pollution. At the same time, on another wall inside is a symbol of the sky with stars. The Stargazing box has a white light source from a lamp. Light source iyou areIn addition to helping to read the writing inside the Stargazing Box, it is also a representation of light pollution.

Audiences can see information and the inside of the Stargazing Box through a head hole at the front. When the light is turned on, the inside of the Stargazing box becomes bright and ‘stars‘ In the Stargazing box the light will be covered. If you want to see ‘stars‘ In this case, the lights in the Stargazing box must be turned off. That’s how light pollution is simulated using the Stargazing Box.