[Edu] The 4th WorldWide Telescope Guided Tour Contest Concluded in Guangzhou

[Chenzhou Cui]

Dear IVOA EduIG members,

The 4th China-VO WorldWide Telescope Guided Tour Contest was Concluded 
in Guangzhou.

On August 20, the forth WorldWide Telescope (WWT) Guided Tour Contest 
Award Ceremony was held in Guangdong Experimental High School. The 
ceremony was broadcasted online at three platforms: Nandu live, Bilibili 
and China Science Communication. More than ten thousand astronomers, 
educators, amateur astronomers, students, public media and business 
representatives attended the ceremony, online or on site.

The forth WWT Guided Tour Contest was launched in October 2019. A total 
of 138 works had been collected until the end of June 2020. More than 
300 students and teachers participated in the contest. After experts’ 
review, 3 first prizes, 10 secondary prizes, 21 third prizes, and 57 
recognition award were selected out of the 138 works. 6 works were 
awarded the ”Most Creative Award”, ”Best Visual Effect Award”, “Most 
Artistic Tour Award” and “Best Public Outreach Award” prizes 
respectively. 13 outstanding advisers and 9 organization institutes were 
also commended on the ceremony.

As part of the China-VO “Data-driven Astronomical Education and Public 
Outreach (DAEPO)” initiates, the contest aims at inspiring participants 
through the design of WWT guided tour, improving their ability of 
scientific and technological innovation, and cultivating their spirit of 
teamwork.

Find excellent works of this contest:

Endless Frontier
https://v.qq.com/x/page/z31417cc4gn.html

Dong Fang Hong
https://v.qq.com/x/page/e31414zk4z1.html

Tiangong No.2
https://v.qq.com/x/page/j3141j1hiqe.html

More information about the contest is available at:
http://wwt.china-vo.org/tours2019/

Your suggestions and comments are welcome.

Best Regards,

Chenzhou, Shanshan and Cuilan

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