Aktivitas edukasi STEM untuk sekolah sekitar Observatorium Bosscha untuk membangun awareness tentang dampak polusi cahaya

  • STEM educational activities for schools around the Bosscha Observatory to build awareness about the impact of light pollution

    2024

Researcher Name (Team Leader)

Hesti Retno Tri Wulandari


Activity Summary

The Bosscha Observatory, which is 101 years old this year, is a vital national object and a cultural heritage object at national and district levels. This observatory still functions as an active educational and research laboratory under FMIPA – ITB, but the surrounding environment has experienced severe light pollution. Various regulations, ranging from presidential regulations, provincial and district regulations have been issued to protect the functions of the Bosscha Observatory, but in reality they are often not adhered to in the field. This issue must be handled at various levels, both policy and operational, in collaboration with various interested parties. This has been and is being pursued by the Observatory with direction and coordination with FMIPA and ITB. The 2024 ITB PPM program is part of this effort. The strategy proposed in this proposal is basically to gather support from the immediate environment for the continued functioning of the Observatory. Support will come if the presence of the Observatory is felt to be beneficial to the surrounding community. The activities proposed in the proposal are in the form of collaboration with schools located close to the Bosscha Observatory in organizing STEM activities (science, technology, engineering , mathematics) to raise awareness among students and school teachers regarding the impacts of light pollution.

The targets of this activity are students and teachers at SDN Pancasila and SDN Merdeka on Jalan Peneropongan Bintang, Lembang. The approach used is a symbiotic mutualism: the school benefits from science learning activities from experts at ITB, while the Bosscha Observatory gets the opportunity for outreach in order to build awareness about the impacts of light pollution and support for its continued functioning.

Briefly, the methods used include:

  • Invite students and teachers of the target school to visit the Bosscha Observatory.
  • The Bosscha Observatory Team came to school and held STEM activities related to light pollution and its impacts.
  • Raise students and teachers to become anti-light pollution ambassadors for their immediate environment. The results are contested.
  • Collaborate with courses AS2005 Environmental Astronomy and AS3002 Management of Astronomical Institutions in its implementation
  • Collaborate with KK Ecology lecturers, SITH ITB for activities related to the impact of light pollution on living things
  • Opens opportunities for students to be involved in the MBKM scheme, where participation is equivalent to Lecture KU3025 Independent Study/Project B (2 credits).
  • The program can continue in the coming year. The activities, materials and materials prepared can be used for other schools and developed for the next school levels (middle and high school) around the Observatory.


Target

- build awareness (awareness) of teachers and students of schools located very close to the Bosscha Observatory regarding the impact of light pollution


Testimonials

Achieving mutualistic symbiosis in order to maintain the function of the Bosscha Observatory.