The sky at your fingertips

astroEDU educational activity (links to astroEDU website)
Description: Build a simple cross-staff and measure the stars!

Glossary Terms: Angular Diameter , Sky Map
Categories: Observational Astronomy , Telescopes, Instruments and Observatories
Age Ranges: 10-12 , 12-14
Education Level: Middle School , Primary
Areas of Learning: Informal/Field Trip Related , Observation based , Project-based learning
Costs: Low Cost
Duration: 2 hours
Skills: Analysing and interpreting data , Developing and using models
Authors: Andrej Guštin, Damir Hržina, Barbara Rovšek

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How do telescopes work?

astroEDU educational activity (links to astroEDU website)
Description: Let's discover telescopes and experiment simple optics

Glossary Terms: Optics , Telescope
Categories: Physics , Telescopes, Instruments and Observatories
Age Ranges: 10-12
Education Level: Primary
Areas of Learning: Guided-discovery learning , Historical focussed activity , Observation based
Costs: Medium Cost
Duration: 1 hour
Group Size: Group
Skills: Asking questions
Authors: Alassiry Muhammed, Turkieh Jbour, Tareq Alkhateb

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Light in a matchbox

astroEDU educational activity (links to astroEDU website)
Description: Build a homemade spectrometer to discover light

Categories: Physics , Telescopes, Instruments and Observatories
Age Ranges: 8-10 , 10-12 , 12-14
Education Level: Middle School , Primary
Areas of Learning: Guided-discovery learning , Observation based , Social Research
Costs: Low Cost
Duration: 1 hour 30 mins
Skills: Analysing and interpreting data , Constructing explanations , Planning and carrying out investigations
Authors: Carolina Escobar García

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Moving constellations

astroEDU educational activity (links to astroEDU website)
Description: Let's learn how stars in constellations move through time using real astronomical images.

Glossary Terms: Big Dipper , Constellation
Categories: Observational Astronomy , Stars , Telescopes, Instruments and Observatories
Tags: Data analysis , Software , gaia , hipparcos , stellarium , ursa major
Age Ranges: 10-12 , 12-14 , 14-16 , 16-19 , 19+
Education Level: Middle School , Secondary
Areas of Learning: Guided-discovery learning , Observation based , Technology-based
Costs: Free
Duration: 3 hours
Skills: Analysing and interpreting data , Asking questions , Communicating information , Developing and using models , Engaging in argument from evidence
Authors: Giuseppe Bono, Roberto Buonanno, Elisa Di Carlo, Giuliano Giuffrida, Licia Troisi

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Hunting for spectra

astroEDU educational activity (links to astroEDU website)
Description: Learn about light and spectra building a spectroscope with a CD!

Glossary Terms: Astronomy , Light , Spectrograph , Spectrum
Categories: Physics , Telescopes, Instruments and Observatories
Tags: Experiment , Hands-on , prism
Age Ranges: 8-10 , 10-12 , 12-14 , 14-16 , 16-19
Education Level: Informal , Middle School , Primary , Secondary
Areas of Learning: Guided-discovery learning
Costs: Low Cost
Duration: 1 hour
Group Size: Individual
Skills: Asking questions , Constructing explanations , Planning and carrying out investigations
Authors: Luciano Nicastro, Maura Sandri

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