Teaching with Rosetta and Philae
How a great achievement of the European Space Agency can become an inspiration for your students.
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How a great achievement of the European Space Agency can become an inspiration for your students.
The month of May brings with it two different planetary wonders, allowing us to recreate calculations first made 300 years ago
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…
How do astronomers investigate the life cycle of stars? At the European Space Agency, it’s done using space-based missions that observe the sky in ultraviolet, visible and infrared light – as this fourth article in a series about astronomy and the electromagnetic spectrum describes.
The smooth operation of communications satellites can be influenced by solar weather. Mimic this effect on a smaller scale in the classroom with a simple demonstration.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Astronomers use giant radio telescopes to observe black holes and distant galaxies. Why not build your own small-scale radio telescope and observe objects closer to home?
Ages: 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
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?
Keen to save the world? Andy Newsam and Chris Leigh from the UK’s National Schools’ Observatory introduce an activity where you can potentially do just that: by detecting real asteroids – which may be heading for Earth.
Teaching with Rosetta and Philae
Mercury and Mars in May
Sunspots on a rotating Sun
Topics: Physics, Mathematics, Astronomy / space
Starlight inside a light bulb
Topics: Physics, Astronomy / space
Camping under the stars — the ESO Astronomy Camp 2013
More than meets the eye: how space telescopes see beyond the rainbow
Simulating the effect of the solar wind
Topics: Physics, Astronomy / space, Engineering
Build your own radio telescope
Topics: Physics, Astronomy / space
Creating eclipses in the classroom
Hunting for asteroids