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German to English: Planetary Learning Path Website General field: Science Detailed field: Biology (-tech,-chem,micro-)
Source text - German Der erste Planetenlehrpfad der Welt für Blinde und Sehende
Planetenlehrpfade sollen helfen, die unvorstellbaren Dimensionen des Weltraums, die Größe der Himmelskörper und ihre Entfernungen zueinander, auch sinnlich nachzuvollziehen.
Der Marburger Planetenlehrpfad ist der erste in Hessen. Er ist der erste auf der Welt, der auch blinden Menschen einen Zugang ermöglicht.
Ein kolorierter Reliefplan im offenen Teil von drei Schaukästen ermöglicht es blinden und sehenden Besuchern, sich einen geographischen Überblick über die Lehrpfad-Strecke zu verschaffen. Auch die Informationen auf den Bronzetafeln der Sonne und der Planetenstationen wurden in reliefierten Buchstaben und in Blindenschrift abgebildet. Die Broschüre für den Lehrpfad wurde auch in Blindenschrift gedruckt und für Altersblinde und hochgradig Sehbehinderte professionell auf Cassette aufgelesen.
Der Planetenlehrpfad entstand als Projekt der Politik-AG der Carl Strehl Schule, dem Gymnasium für Blinde und Sehbehinderte der Deutschen Blindenstudienanstalt (Blista) in Marburg. Initiator und Organisator des Lehrpfades war der Lehrer Hans Junker. Im Zusammenhang mit dem AG-Thema "Kommunalpolitik" plante und realisierte er gemeinsam mit 7 Schülern der Jahrgangsstufen 9 und 10 vom September 1994 bis zum September 1995 diesen einzigartigen Lehrpfad.
Die Astronomische Gesellschaft verlieh diesem Projekt 1996 den erstmals vergebenen „Hans-Ludwig-Neumann-Preis“ zur Förderung des astronomischen Schulunterrichts. Auf dem Kongress der Astronomischen Gesellschaft in Tübingen begründete ihr Vorsitzender, Professor Hanns Ruder, die Preisvergabe damit, dass dieses „außergewöhnliche fachdidaktische und fächerübergreifende Vorhaben“ zur astronomischen Allgemeinbildung beitrage und „die Arbeit der Schule einer breiten Öffentlichkeit nahebringt“.
Die Sonne und die Planetensäulen wurden von Auszubildenden der Ausbildungsstätte des Bauhandwerkes in Marburg unter der Leitung von Herrn Wick, Herrn Heine und Herrn Gerhard unentgeltlich hergestellt und montiert. Die Modelle für die Planetenstationen entstanden in den Werkstätten der Deutschen Blindenstudienanstalt, die Gußarbeiten der Bronzetafeln führte die Kunst- und Glockengießerei Rincker in Sinn/Hessen durch. Die Aluminium-Reliefübersichtspläne des Lehrpfades wurden in der Gießerei Stauß in Mornshausen bei Gladenbach gegossen.
Schirmherren und Förderer des Lehrpfades waren Landrat Prof. Dr. Kliem und Oberbürgermeister Möller.
Vorbild und Modell des Marburger Lehrpfades ist der Planetenlehrpfad in Hude westlich von Bremen, der von den Lehrern Dr. Alfs und Langetepe 1994 errichtet wurde (vgl. www.hude.de). Hude liegt zwischen Bremen und Oldenburg und ist gut über das Bahnnetz zu erreichen.
Translation - English The First Planetary Learning Path in the World for the Blind and Seeing
Planetary Learning Paths should help make the unimaginable dimensions of space, the size of the celestial bodies, and their distance from one another also sensually comprehensible.
The Marburg Planetary Leaning Path is the first of its kind in Hessen. It is the first in the world, which also accommodates blind persons.
A colored plan in the three display cases makes it possible for blind and seeing guests to obtain a geographic understanding of the Learning Path’s stretch. Additionally, the information on the bronze tablets of the sun and the planetary stations were printed in raised letters and Braille. The brochures for the Learning path have also been printed in Braille and, for elderly blind persons and high levels of blindness, professionally read aloud onto cassettes.
The Planetary Learning Path came into being as a project of the Politics Work Group at the Carl Strehl School, from the primary school for the blind and seeing impared for the German Institute for the Blind (Blista) in Marburg. Initiator and organizers of the Learning Path was the teacher Hans Junker. In combination with the Work Group theme “communal politics”, he planned and realized this one-of-a-kind Learning Path with 7 of his students in the 9th and 10th grade during September 1994 until September 1995.
The astronomic community awarded the “Hans-Ludwig-Neumann-Prize” for the project 1996 for the first time. At a congress of the Astronomic Community of Tübingen, the community’s head, professor Dr. Hanns Ruder, founded the awarding of the prize in saying that, “This outstanding didactic plan is above and beyond that of a school project” in that it helps to promote the general understanding of astronomic principles, and “the work bring the school closer to the wider general public.”
The sun and the planetary columns were built and monitored by the indispensable apprentices of the Craftsman Apprenticeship Center in Marburg under the leadership of Mr. Wick, Mr. Heine, and Mr. Gerhard. The models for the planetary stations were created in the work shops of the German Institute for Blind Studies. The molding of the bronze tablets was assumed by Rincker Art and Bell Foundry in Sinn, Hessen. The aluminum relief maps of the Learning Path were molded in the Stauß Foundry in Mornshausen near Gladenbach.
County Council Members Professor Dr. Kliem and Mayor Möller were spokesmen and supporters of the Learning Path.
The model for the Marburg Learning Path was the Planetary Learning Path of Hude, west of Bremen, which was set up by the teachers Dr. Alfs and Mr. Langetepe in 1994 (www.hude.de). Hude is between Bremen and Oldenburg and is easily reached by the train system.
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Years of experience: 23. Registered at ProZ.com: Jul 2010.
I was born in 1980 in Maryland, U.S.A. and raised in the United States. I received a B.S. in Biology and a B.A. in German from Elizabethtown College in 2002. Since my studies at Elizabethtown College, I have done freelance teaching, tutoring, and translating from German to English and English to German. During the years ensuing my Bachelor's degrees from Elizabethtown College, I continued my studies in biology in Marburg, Germany. I started by studying Human Biology, which has a specific focus on medical biology, but I changed from the medical faculty to the biology faculty at the University of Marburg to then receive my German Diploma in microbiology, developmental biology, and biochemistry from the Philipps University of Marburg in April, 2006. Since then, I have been a doctorate student in the Cell Biology Department at the Philipps University and have just recently submitted my dissertation.
Keywords: German, English, Biology, Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Microbiology, Developmental Biology, Protein Chemistry, Molecular Biology, Genetics. See more.German, English, Biology, Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Microbiology, Developmental Biology, Protein Chemistry, Molecular Biology, Genetics, Cell Biology, Phylogeny, Genomics, Physiology, Anatomy, Marburg, Chemistry, History, Literature. See less.
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