Feb 5, 2026 | Big Ideia 5, OAE, 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...
Feb 5, 2026 | Big Ideia 7, OAE, Resource, Solar System
With this hands-on activity, students will learn the basic concepts of planetary geologic mapping based on photointerpretation of spacecraft images of planetary surfaces. They will practice on different images of planet Mars, reconstructing the sequence of events that...
Feb 5, 2026 | Big Ideia 3, OAE, Resource
There are many interesting features in the evening sky that can be observed with the naked eye: a wide variety of colours, clouds and stars, the subtle colours of stars twinkling, motion of the stars, and…that there is a starry sky even in an urban area!...
Feb 5, 2026 | Big Ideia 11, Earth, OAE, Resource
Using common objects from their environment, students go on an interactive journey to learn about how the Earth is divided into different climatic zones. Learners will be able to identify and visualise the various climate zones of our world via practical...
Feb 5, 2026 | Big Ideia 4, OAE, Resource
This activity is about discovering the spectra around us and understanding the physical processes that make light. Using diffraction grating glasses, students will be able to view the spectra of everyday light sources. This will introduce line and continuum emission...
Feb 5, 2026 | Big Ideia 4, OAE, Resource
To understand the very diverse scales in Nature —from the smallest meaningful length (Plank’s length) to the size of the observable Universe, let’s familiarize ourselves with orders of magnitude or powers of 10! In this activity, students play a game of cards to...
