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Motivate and engage your students with the interdisciplinary school projects run by the European Space Agency (ESA).
Ages: <11, 14-16, 11-14, 16-19;
Topics: Astronomy / space, Sustainability, Science and society
This June, students from around Europe met in Portugal to compete in the European CanSat competition. One of their teachers tells us more.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Topics: Inspire, Events
What we learnt from the first moon landing, and the curious questions that remain.
Ages: not applicable;
Topics: Resources
During an eclipse, the Sun or the Moon seems to disappear. What is happening? Why not explore this fascinating phenomenon in the classroom, with an easy to build model?
Ages: <11, 11-14;
Topics: Physics, Astronomy / space
Malcolm Fridlund from the European Space Agency (ESA) describes the search for extra-solar planets and explains how they can help us to understand the origin of life on Earth.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Topics: Physics, Chemistry, Astronomy / space
Where do astronauts get their food? What happens to their waste? Adam Williams from the European Space Agency in Darmstadt, Germany, describes the development of an unmanned shuttle to supply the International Space Station.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Topics: Physics, Astronomy / space
One hour and 34 minutes after the bright tail of the Kosmos 3M rocket disappeared from view, more than one hundred students are checking their watches nervously. The first signal from their satellite should arrive any minute. Barbara Warmbein, from the European Space Agency in Noordwijk, the…
Ages: 16-19;
Topics: Physics, Astronomy / space, Engineering
Films about science or even pseudo-science can be powerful tools in the classroom. Heinz Oberhummer and Markus Behacker from the Cinema and Science project provide a toolkit for using the film Deep Impact.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Topics: Resources
