Feb 5, 2026 | Big Ideia 10, Exoplanet, FHOU, Resource, Star
In this activity you will learn how to reveal the presence of a planet orbiting a star other than the Sun using the “transit method”. You will use an open source software to observe a time series of images of the sky taken by the Spitzer Space Infrared Telescope, and...
Feb 5, 2026 | Big Ideia 10, Big Ideia 4, Big Ideia 6, Exoplanet, FHOU, Resource, Star
Students analyze spectral data of a star over time and measure the shift of absorption lines to determine its radial velocity. They model the periodic variation of this velocity as the effect of an orbiting companion using a sinusoidal function. From this model, they...
Feb 5, 2026 | Big Ideia 10, OAE, Resource
Wat makes the Earth “just right” for life? What does life need to survive? In this activity you are going to design your own alien, thinking about how life might adapt to different environments. The activity is organized in teams that will choose a different world of...
Feb 5, 2026 | Big Ideia 10, Exoplanet, OAE, Resource
This activity introduces students to exoplanet detection using the transit method. Through hands-on activities, students will simulate an exoplanet transit using basic materials, measuring changes in light intensity as the “exoplanet” passes in front of the “star.”...
Feb 5, 2026 | Big Ideia 10, OAE, Resource
With this activity, students learn about the habitable zones of planetary systems with a simple experiment that demonstrates how the amount of radiation received by a body depends on its distance from the source, introducing the “habitable zone”, where...
Feb 5, 2026 | Big Ideia 10, Exoplanet, OAE, Resource
In this activity you will learn how to reveal the presence of a planet orbiting a star other than the Sun using the “transit method”. You will use an open source software to observe a time series of images of the sky taken by the Spitzer Space Infrared Telescope, and...
