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 8, OAE, Resource
In this activity, you will learn about the dimensions of stars in comparison to the Sun with a set of polystyrene spheres. By using spheres of different colours, you will also learn about different types of stars and their evolution: from blue spheres, representing...
Feb 5, 2026 | Big Ideia 1, OAE, Resource
Looking at the night sky, all civilizations (ancient and modern ones) have identified many different shapes that they have called constellations. But what are constellations? Are they formed by stars that are really near one to the other? We will learn about...
Feb 5, 2026 | Big Ideia 11, OAE, Resource
In the experiments of this activity students learn how to turn water into an acid by introducing carbon dioxide and how to neutralise the solution back to water. This is an analogy of what happens on Earth, when water is exposed to the main greenhouse gas, carbon...
Feb 5, 2026 | OAE, Resource
In this activity we will build a simple cross-staff to measure angles. We will show how angular distances can be measured using this simple self-made aid in order to determine the position of a celestial object on the celestial sphere. (Please note that this activity...
Feb 5, 2026 | Big Ideia 9, OAE, Resource
What is our Galaxy like? Let’s learn to distinguish its basic characteristics by making a glittery artistic portrait of it with colors, brushes, glitter and a lot of imagination! Resource Link Access the complete activity resource Activity Information Partner...
