Dec 9, 2025 | Resource
The activity is a guided voyage in Space that uses videos, images and hands-on activities to help students learn about scales and distances of the Solar System and understand how important yet small the Earth is. It should also give students a sense of global...
Dec 9, 2025 | Resource
The Earth rotates on its axis, giving us night and day – but what about other celestial objects like the Sun? In this activity students will use real satellite images of the Sun (Solar Dynamics Observatory, SDO) to discover that the Sun also rotates about its own...
Dec 9, 2025 | Resource
This hands-on activity involves the creation of a model to show the impact of light pollution on the night sky and raise awareness about this subject. By building this model students are encouraged to take responsibility for reducing light pollution: they can learn...
Dec 9, 2025 | Resource
Goals: Focus on the 3-terms relations of the definition of velocity : velocity/duration/distance Introducing speed as the ratio of duration and travelled distance in the case of a constant speed. Resource Link Access the complete activity resource Activity Information...
Dec 9, 2025 | Resource
This activity is part of teaching unit 1, Inner and Outer Planets. You can find the introduction and teaching guide here. Venus is one of the inner planets and, therefore, has phases similar to those of the Moon. In this activity you will be able to estimate its size...
Dec 9, 2025 | Resource
With this activity students will uunderstand the basic concepts of light and fibre optics, and how they are used in everydaylife communication and in astronomy (specifically, a better understanding of SDSS and spectrography). Students will be guided throught a set of...
