The gravity battle

astroEDU educational activity (links to astroEDU website)
Description: Who will win in the epic battle between gravity and other forces?

Glossary Terms: Gravity
Categories: Physics
Age Ranges: 8-10 , 10-12 , 12-14 , 14-16 , 16-19
Education Level: Informal , Middle School , Primary , Secondary
Areas of Learning: Fun activity , Guided-discovery learning , Observation based , Other , Social Research
Costs: Low Cost
Duration: 1 hour
Group Size: Group
Skills: Asking questions , Constructing explanations , Engaging in argument from evidence , Planning and carrying out investigations
Authors: Biagio Ambrosi, Anastasiia Plotnikov, Anita Zanella

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Big Telescopes: Gravity

astroEDU educational activity (links to astroEDU website)
Description: Observing what gravity is doing to the Universe

Glossary Terms: Earth , Gravity , Telescope
Categories: Physics , Telescopes, Instruments and Observatories
Tags: Experiment
Age Ranges: 12-14 , 14-16
Education Level: Middle School , Secondary
Areas of Learning: Guided-discovery learning , Interactive Lecture , Modelling
Costs: High Cost
Duration: 1 hour 30 mins
Group Size: Group
Skills: Analysing and interpreting data , Asking questions , Developing and using models , Planning and carrying out investigations
Authors: Jamie Sloan

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Dark matter and Dark energy (Part 1) – Discovering the main components of the Universe

astroEDU educational activity (links to astroEDU website)
Description: Lets' investigate gravity, dark matter and dark energy with some very simple experiments!

Glossary Terms: Dark Energy , Dark Matter , Gravity , Universe
Categories: Cosmology , Physics
Tags: Experiment , Galaxies
Age Ranges: 12-14 , 14-16 , 16-19 , 19+
Education Level: Informal , Middle School
Areas of Learning: Guided-discovery learning , Interactive Lecture , Modelling , Observation based , Other , Problem-solving
Costs: Low Cost
Duration: 45 mins
Group Size: Group
Skills: Constructing explanations , Developing and using models , Engaging in argument from evidence , Planning and carrying out investigations
Authors: Tran Dong Thai Han, Massimo Viola, Henk Hoekstra

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Levitating Astronaut

astroEDU educational activity (links to astroEDU website)
Description: Levitate an astronaut with the power of magnetism.

Glossary Terms: Astronaut , Gravity
Tags: Charge , Force , Hands-on , Levitation , Magnetism , Magnets
Age Ranges: 8-10 , 10-12
Education Level: Middle School , Primary , Secondary
Areas of Learning: Modelling
Costs: Low Cost
Group Size: Group
Skills: Asking questions , Constructing explanations , Developing and using models , Planning and carrying out investigations
Authors: Sarah Roberts

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What is a black hole?

astroEDU educational activity (links to astroEDU website)
Description: What are black holes and what would happen if the Sun was replaced by one of them?

Glossary Terms: Black Hole , Gravity
Categories: Physics
Tags: Experiment , Investigation , Model
Age Ranges: 12-14
Education Level: Informal , Middle School
Areas of Learning: Discussion Groups , Interactive Lecture , Modelling , Observation based , Problem-solving , Social Research
Costs: Low Cost
Duration: 45 mins
Group Size: Group
Skills: Constructing explanations , Developing and using models , Engaging in argument from evidence , Planning and carrying out investigations
Authors: Tran Dong Thai Han, Thomas Russell

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