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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;
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.
Ages: 16-19;
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?
Ages: <11, 11-14;
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.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
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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
| Issue 29
More than meets the eye: how space telescopes see beyond the rainbow
Topics: Physics, Astronomy / space
| Issue 29
Simulating the effect of the solar wind
Topics: Physics, Astronomy / space, Engineering
| Issue 23
Build your own radio telescope
Topics: Physics, Astronomy / space
| Issue 23
Creating eclipses in the classroom
Topics: Physics, Astronomy / space
| Issue 20
Hunting for asteroids
Topics: Physics, Astronomy / space
