Feb 5, 2026 | Big Ideia 1, OAE, Resource
Students build a star lantern and by implementing this activity, they learn that people have created constellations. They learn that a constellation is composed of different stars and can recognise some of them. Resource Link Access the complete activity resource...
Feb 5, 2026 | Big Ideia 5, OAE, Resource
Telescopes collect the light received from very dim and really far away celestial objects. Discover how they do this using very simple optics in a series of hands-on activities where we will guide light using objects like mirrors, lenses, lasers, glasses and bottles...
Feb 5, 2026 | Big Ideia 8, OAE, Resource
Draw artistic and scientific representations of the stars and learn about them. In this activity, the drawings are used by students to create star hats, which they then are presented to the class. Resource Link Access the complete activity resource Activity...
Feb 5, 2026 | Big Ideia 8, OAE, Resource
How big is the Sun? This activity uses some simple optics to project an image of our star by building and using a pinhole camera, and some simple geometry to determine the size of the Sun. NOTE: This is the English translation of an original activity proposed by NAEC...
Feb 5, 2026 | Big Ideia 2, OAE, Resource
In this activity, students make a mobile model of the Sun, Earth and Moon system and play a memory game with cards. They learn that the Earth revolves around the Sun and the Moon around the Earth. Students learn that the Sun is a star and some additional...
Feb 5, 2026 | Big Ideia 7, OAE, Resource
Students play a game of printable cards to become familiar with the planets of the Solar System. By playing, they learn that all planets go around the Sun and some properties about these planets. They also learn the name of the planets and their order in the Solar...
