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Making a Sundial
astroEDU educational activity (links to astroEDU website)
Description: Build a sundial and discover how time can be measured.
Glossary Terms:
Sundial , Time
Categories: Observational Astronomy , Telescopes, Instruments and Observatories , The Sun Tags: Clocks , Hands-on , History , Measure , Measurement Age Ranges: 6-8 , 8-10 , 10-12 Education Level: Middle School , Primary Areas of Learning: Modelling , Observation based , Social Research Costs: Medium Cost Duration: 1 hour Group Size: Group Skills: Analysing and interpreting data , Asking questions , Communicating information , Developing and using models Authors: Space Awareness License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) icons
Categories: Observational Astronomy , Telescopes, Instruments and Observatories , The Sun Tags: Clocks , Hands-on , History , Measure , Measurement Age Ranges: 6-8 , 8-10 , 10-12 Education Level: Middle School , Primary Areas of Learning: Modelling , Observation based , Social Research Costs: Medium Cost Duration: 1 hour Group Size: Group Skills: Analysing and interpreting data , Asking questions , Communicating information , Developing and using models Authors: Space Awareness License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) icons
What Is Time?
astroEDU educational activity (links to astroEDU website)
Description: Build an hourglass to understand what time is and how it can be measured.
Glossary Terms:
Time
Categories: Telescopes, Instruments and Observatories Tags: Day and night , Hands-on , Instruments , Measure , Measurement Age Ranges: 6-8 , 8-10 , 10-12 Education Level: Middle School , Primary Areas of Learning: Modelling , Problem-solving , Social Research Costs: Medium Cost Duration: 1 hour Group Size: Group Skills: Asking questions , Developing and using models , Planning and carrying out investigations Authors: Space Awareness License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) icons
Categories: Telescopes, Instruments and Observatories Tags: Day and night , Hands-on , Instruments , Measure , Measurement Age Ranges: 6-8 , 8-10 , 10-12 Education Level: Middle School , Primary Areas of Learning: Modelling , Problem-solving , Social Research Costs: Medium Cost Duration: 1 hour Group Size: Group Skills: Asking questions , Developing and using models , Planning and carrying out investigations Authors: Space Awareness License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) icons
Sun’s Shadow
astroEDU educational activity (links to astroEDU website)
Description: Why is the Sun's shadow so important?
Glossary Terms:
Light , Seasons , Sun , Time
Categories: Solar System , Telescopes, Instruments and Observatories , The Sun Tags: Hands-on , Shadows Age Ranges: 6-8 , 8-10 , 10-12 , 12-14 , 14-16 Education Level: Informal , Middle School , Primary , Secondary Areas of Learning: Observation based , Social Research Costs: Medium Cost Duration: 1 day Group Size: Group Skills: Asking questions , Communicating information , Constructing explanations , Engaging in argument from evidence Authors: Tasneem Rossenkhan License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) icons
Categories: Solar System , Telescopes, Instruments and Observatories , The Sun Tags: Hands-on , Shadows Age Ranges: 6-8 , 8-10 , 10-12 , 12-14 , 14-16 Education Level: Informal , Middle School , Primary , Secondary Areas of Learning: Observation based , Social Research Costs: Medium Cost Duration: 1 day Group Size: Group Skills: Asking questions , Communicating information , Constructing explanations , Engaging in argument from evidence Authors: Tasneem Rossenkhan License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) icons
The Fibre Optic Cable Class
astroEDU educational activity (links to astroEDU website)
Description: Learn about the amazing technology of fibre optics that has done so much for technology here on Earth and in observing space.
Glossary Terms:
Spectroscopy
Categories: Telescopes, Instruments and Observatories Tags: Hands-on , Model , Sloan Digital Sky Survey , Software , fibre optics Age Ranges: 10-12 , 12-14 Education Level: Middle School Areas of Learning: Modelling , Project-based learning , Structured-inquiry learning , Social Research Costs: Medium Cost Duration: 1 hour Group Size: Group Skills: Asking questions , Planning and carrying out investigations Authors: Amee Hennig License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) icons
Categories: Telescopes, Instruments and Observatories Tags: Hands-on , Model , Sloan Digital Sky Survey , Software , fibre optics Age Ranges: 10-12 , 12-14 Education Level: Middle School Areas of Learning: Modelling , Project-based learning , Structured-inquiry learning , Social Research Costs: Medium Cost Duration: 1 hour Group Size: Group Skills: Asking questions , Planning and carrying out investigations Authors: Amee Hennig License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) icons
