Feb 5, 2026 | Big Idea 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 | OAE, Resource
By performing original musical improvisations, students enhance their knowledge of what astronomical phenomena are represented in images and experiment with creative ways of representing these using music. This activity engages students in first hand exploration of...
Feb 5, 2026 | Big Idea 7, OAE, Resource
The distances between Solar System bodies are great and planets are really tiny if compared to the Sun. In this hands-on activity students build a scale model of the Solar System on their city-map learning how a scale model is built. They will also be guided to...
Feb 5, 2026 | OAE, Resource
In this hands-on activity, participants will experience the “tug-of-war” between gravity and other forces, namely: buoyant force, friction force, magnetic force and normal force. They will test how different types of materials float, and use an inclined...
Feb 5, 2026 | Big Idea 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 Idea 5, OAE, Resource, Solar System
An educational, interdisciplinary game to drive a rover on Mars that underlines in a playful way the problems related to time-delay in communication in the exploration of the Solar System. With this simulation game, students will also understand the importance of...
