Silvia Simionato

Distribution of resources at international level through articles, books, teaching resources and school projects and presentation of the results in conferences, seminars and summer schools. Organiser and active participant of the Heraeus summer-school project "Astronomy from 4 perspectives" since 2013. International project where students, educators and scientists collaborate in the research, sharing and evaluation of new methodologies and resources for teaching astronomy and physics. Editor.

9 semesters of teaching assistant for the courses of Cosmology, Special Relativity, Physics Education, Astronomy Education and Mathematical Methods. Preparation and execution of tutorials and exercises for students (Physics students and Physics and Astronomy teacher students) to support the theoretical part explained by the professor in charge. Annual training and organisation of students for the Heraeus Summer-School project. Training of in-service and future teachers. Supervise students projects.

Development and improvement of astronomy educational resources and contribution to the realisation of astroEDU (http://astroedu.iau.org/ ), the International Astronomical Union (IAU) peer-review platform for educational resources. (Activities in the framework of a six months internship for my major Master project with the thesis: “Development of Astronomy Educational Resources: the Case of Universe Awareness”.) Peer reviewer for astroEDU.

Acquisition and management of existing and new science-related projects. Organisation and realisation of astronomy shows using an itinerant digital planetarium. Planning and coordinating of different educational and outreach paths according to the type of audience and age groups. Creating and giving training courses for teachers and the company's new science educators staff. Development of new contents, materials and resources. As well as design and implementation of science programmes.

Responsible for the conduct and resolution of each practice opened by customers. Carrying out activities related to customer relations, supplier orders, invoices, deadlines, cash management and logistics (front / back office, problem solving). Organising and managing staff and processes.

Sale of certificates of association in timeshare tourist residential complex.

Creation of innovative educational material and activities in physics and astronomy for teachers. The topics chosen for the resources are previously elementarised. Tools specifically designed are exercises to be solved with the use of interactive geometry and algebra software and special plexiglass lenses that reproduce the effects of gravitational lensing due to different mass distributions. PhD Project: “Dark Matter and Gravitational Lensing as Teaching Tools for Physics and Astronomy”.

Attended the lectures and passed the examinations of core subjects corresponding to the current Master's degree. Acquired the fundamental and detailed knowledge of astronomy (and related two laboratories), theoretical physics (relativistic and quantum), structure of matter, cosmology and astrophysics. Major Master Project: "Development of Astronomy Educational Resources: the Case of Universe Awareness” and was awarded the “E-talents of e-learning” prize by Italian Assoc. for Manager. Education.

Attended the lectures and passed the examinations of core subjects corresponding to the current Bachelor's degree. Acquired the fundamental and detailed knowledge of mathematics, physics (and related two laboratories), chemistry, geometry and the basic knowledge of astronomy.