Feb 5, 2026 | Big Idea 1, Big Idea 4, IAC, Resource, Solar System, Sun
This activity is part of teaching unit 5, Laws of Planetary Motion. You can find the introduction and teaching guide here. Laws of Planetary Motion – Mass of the Sun This activity is part of teaching unit 5, Laws of Planetary Motion. You can find the introduction and...
Feb 5, 2026 | Big Idea 11, Big Idea 2, Big Idea 4, Big Idea 5, Big Idea 8, IAC, Resource, Sun
Understanding solar activity is relevant because the physical phenomena that cause it cannot be studied on Earth, and also because it allows us to predict space weather. Solar storms (coronal mass ejections) carry large amounts of charged particles that form auroras...
Feb 5, 2026 | Big Idea 1, Big Idea 2, Big Idea 4, Big Idea 5, Big Idea 8, IAC, Resource, Sun
The Sun may seem like a static object, resting in the center of the Solar System while the planets orbit around it. But this is not the case. Our star is constantly undergoing processes of change that release large amounts of energy. In fact, the stability of its...
Feb 5, 2026 | Big Idea 1, Big Idea 4, Big Idea 5, Big Idea 7, Earth, IAC, Resource, Solar System
This activity is part of teaching unit 1, Inner and Outer Planets. You can find the introduction and teaching guide here. Inner planets – Venus This activity is part of teaching unit 1, Inner and Outer Planets. You can find the introduction and teaching guide here....
Feb 5, 2026 | Big Idea 4, Big Idea 5, IAC, Resource, Solar System
This activity is part of teaching unit 4, Gas Giants. You can find the introduction and teaching guide here. Gas giants – Jupiter This activity is part of teaching unit 4, Gas Giants. You can find the introduction and teaching guide here. Jupiter is the largest and...
Feb 5, 2026 | Big Idea 4, OAE, Resource
In this hands-on activity, we introduce students to the fundamentals of analyzing light and spectra, or spectroscopy. Using images from the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), students will undertsand that stars appear different colours. But why? Analysing a variety of...
