Involved people at OAB: Parmeggiani.
In 1998 the OAB has organized a training course for primary and high school teachers. This event, called Leggere il Cielo, was sponsored by Bologna’s council and managed by dott. G. Parmeggiani. 120 teachers applied for this seminar but OAB could accept only 40; – this number was than stretched to 48 to accommodate the great demand (15 teachers from primary schools, 17 from middle and 16 from high school). The course was held for 8 weeks, each session lasted for 3 hours. In 1999 this project developed in something a bit more sophisticated. It was divided into 2 modules one of which aimed to develop the knowledge of specific planets and galaxies. The first module, divided into 6 weekly meetings for a total of 18 hours, was attended by 46 teachers (19 from primary schools, 15 from middle and 12 from high schools); 30 teachers attended the second module (2 from primary school, 3 from middle and 25 from high schools). The Astronomy journal S.A.It. has published a supplement summarizing these lessons. This article explains very clearly and in a simplistic way these various astronomic topics and it is available to the public. Amongst the attendance we find the following professors: C. Bartolini, P. Battistini, R. Bedogni, F. Bonoli, A. Cappi, L. Ciotti, A. G. Clementini, D'Ercole, B. Marano, F. Ferraro, G. Palumbo, F. Fusi Pecci, R. Sancisi, A. Turricchia, V. Zitelli.