2007 Annual Report - World Space Week

Report: CEBit Eurasia 2007 stand designed for WSW Turkey at International CEBit Eurasia 2007 Istanbul, InformationTechnologies Fair which is visited by over 250.000 people every year. People wondering about WSW were informedby our team. Each day hundreds of people have asked about WSW and the activities held in Turkey. Students visitingthe fair have stopped by and learned about WSW from our team. Gifts prepared for WSW have been distributed duringthe fair. Visitors were carrying WSW folders, wearing WSW t-shirts and hats, thousands of WSW pens and pencils alsocups have been given. WSW balloons were flying around! Over 200.000 people have seen our stand during the fair.This was the biggest event which was done in Turkey for WSW 2007. Almost all of the big national TV channels,recording news from the fair, have covered our WSW stand in their shootings.Organization: TURKSAT A.S.www.turksat.com.trWSW - AfyonkarahisarLocation: School Bolvadin, AfyonkarahisarAttendance: 6000 Media Impressions: 15000October 4 - October 10, 2007: We will have an outdoor exhibition of space covering general information aboutspace, documentaries, posters related to WSW. As Bolvadin High School, we will include an observation session inwhich students will be able to observe the sky with a telescope.Report: We have had a wonderful WSW for the first time here inAfyonkarahisar. Thanks to Turksat A.S. for introducing WSW to us andsupporting our activities with their gifts. We have organized different events forWSW at Bolvadin High School. At city square, our exhibition stands wereplaced. Students have worked on the stands themselves with pictures, posters,and all the helpful documents they could find. They even had an informationdesk where people could ask the questions in their mind regarding space. Thetotal participation was 6000 people which was a huge success for usorganizing an event for the first time. We have had 300 of Bolvadin High’sstudents and 150 more from other schools in the region as visitors. 110 parents and 15 of our teachers have alsoattended the events. Over 5000 people who live in our city have visited our exhibition. There was intense mediacoverage by three different newspapers, which are the biggest in our region, during our celebrations.. We would againlike to thank everyone who has helped us organizing such a wonderful event and wish to meet again next year.Organization: Bolvadin Ticaret Meslek Lisesiwww.uzayhaftasi.orgWSW ConferenceLocation: Sehit Hasan Sahan ElementaryAttendance: 7000 Media Impressions: 22000Develi, KayseriOctober 4 - October 24, 2007: We are planning to broaden the WSWcelebrations as much as we can during the week.Report: Sehit Ust. Tegmen Hasan Sahan Elementary has led the WSWcelebration in our region. In cooperation with local education authority, we haveformed a WSW Committee consisting of four school principals. The Committee has visited 26 different schools toinform their teachers about WSW. Materials provided by TURKSAT A.S. have been distributed to these schools. Everyone of these 26 schools had their school papers organized for WSW and space corners created to inform students.The national drawing contest “Space Vehicle of my Dreams” was also held among all of the schools in our city. OnOctober 24th, our WSW conference planned with TURKSAT A.S. was realized, with governmental attendance. Interestfor the organization was really high; we had to limit the participants to 15 students from each school located in our city.Local media have published news of the WSW celebrations during the week. We would like to thank MR. CELIK forboosting our activities with TURKSAT A.S.’s support and help.Organization: Sehit Hasan Sahan Elementarywww.hasansahanioo.com32