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How do astronomers measure distances to the stars? Using a digital camera to record parallax shift is an accurate and authentic method that can be used in a classroom.
Ages: 16-19;
Typical school exchanges focus on language and culture – but you can also build a successful exchange programme around science.
Ages: 14-16;
Astronomers are still trying to discover exactly why galaxies formed in spiral shapes, and what’s likely to happen to our galaxy in the future.
Ages: 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
What we learnt from the first moon landing, and the curious questions that remain.
Ages: not applicable;
A collection of cosmic resources for Asteroid Day
Ages: not applicable;
How a great achievement of the European Space Agency can become an inspiration for your students.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
The month of May brings with it two different planetary wonders, allowing us to recreate calculations first made 300 years ago
Ages: not applicable;
Explore simple harmonic motion with real astronomical images.
Ages: 16-19;
Different stars shine with different colours, and you can use a light bulb to help explain why.
Ages: 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
On 26 December 2013, after a long and exciting trip, 56 secondary-school students from 18 countries arrived at their destination: the picturesque alpine village of Saint-Barthélemy, Italy, where the Astronomical Observatory of the Autonomous Region of the Aosta Valley (OAVdA) was built because of…
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
| Issue 40
Finding the scale of space
Topics: Physics, Mathematics, Astronomy / space
| Issue 40
Science without borders: an astronomy-based school exchange
Topics: Physics, General science, Astronomy / space
| Issue 37
Galaxies: genesis and evolution
Topics: Understand, Physics, Astronomy / space
| Issue 36
Missions to the Moon
Topics: Resources
| Issue 36
Asteroids: perilous but preventable
Topics: Resources
| Issue 36
Teaching with Rosetta and Philae
Topics: Physics, Astronomy / space
| issue 35
Mercury and Mars in May
Topics: Astronomy / space
| issue 35
Sunspots on a rotating Sun
Topics: Physics, Mathematics, Astronomy / space
| Issue 31
Starlight inside a light bulb
Topics: Physics, Astronomy / space
| Issue 30
Camping under the stars — the ESO Astronomy Camp 2013
Topics: Astronomy / space
