ESMEA

ESMEA stands for Enacted Science and Mathematics through Astronomy. It is a project coordinated by LDAR/UCP. ESMEA has been initiated through the MRSEI program of the French National Research Agency (ANR).

You may find a partial review of litterature about Human Orreries here, and about enaction there.

On this page, you will find the latest information about ESMEA activities.

June 21st, 2019

The first ever exoplanetaire, a human Orrery of an exoplanet, has been realised by Pr Rollinde at the Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris, through the call DIM-ACAV of Observatoire de Paris-Meudon and "Region Ile de France". The ESMEA team was present for the inauguration !

The project involved two high schools, and an association of students that produced different videos on this project : TV Jussieu

January 2019

The LDAR funds a transportable lighter version of the Human Orrery that may be used for conferences, public events, and for activities involving inner planets and one Comet only (see here for a listing of Human Orreries). The design has been made by F. Recher (IREM de Lille)

January 10-12th, 2019 : first meeting of the ESMEA consortium

June 14th, 2019

The LDAR Human Orrery was used for a public event at la Sorbonne (Paris) organised by the CARDIE (an official partner to accompany educationnal innovations).

12 years-old children of the school Pailleron, Paris, made a choregraphy in front of different educational policy makers of Paris academy.

June 20-22, 2019 : second meeting of the ESMEA consortium