Feb 5, 2026 | Big Ideia 1, OAE, Resource
Through a hands-on practical, students learn what a constellation looks like by understanding that a three-dimensional object looks different depending on our perspective. They learn that the stars in a constellation are far apart and not in the same plane. Resource...
Feb 5, 2026 | Big Ideia 1, OAE, Resource
In this hands-on activity, students will imagine themselves as a 9th century Viking who has to use the Sun to navigate across the North Sea. They will build their own navigational tool, test its functionality and simulate a voyage from southern Scandinavia to...
Feb 5, 2026 | Big Ideia 1, OAE, Resource
With this activity, the students will learn how the Arabian sailors navigated at Sea many centuries ago, building and learning how to use a kamal, a simple tool to measure the elevations of stars and our position on Earth. This activity uses the example of the kamal...
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 1, OAE, Resource
In this activity, students will understand that it is difficult to tell the time without an instrument and will build and test an hourglass to measure time. They acquire an understanding of what causes day and night and comprehend time differences. Students will also...
Feb 5, 2026 | Big Ideia 1, OAE, Resource
We usually think that stars are fixed in the sky and that their mutual positions do not change in time. Ancient civilizations built their religious and philosophical systems on this empirical evidence. However, we now know that this is not true; stars have proper...
