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...
Feb 5, 2026 | Big Ideia 1, OAE, Resource
An insight into the navigational methods of the Mediterranean Civilizations of the Bronze Age: students explore the link between history and astronomical knowledge with hands-on activities to explore early navigational skills using the stars and constellations and...
Feb 5, 2026 | Big Ideia 1, OAE, Resource, Star
The Earth is a globe and we can define our position on it by using latitude and longitude. With this hands-on activity, students can find their location on a globe and describe it in terms of longitude and latitude, using a compass, the night sky and a protractor....
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 approach the notion of time and how time can be measured. They build and use a sundial, learning that you can tell the time using the Sun and discovering that a long time ago, it was much more difficult to tell the time than it is today....
