Educational resources in astronomy
Although the Faulkes Telescope Project is an observatory, like the other observatories represented here with separate virtual tours, the Covid-19 pandemic prohobited us from going to the Faulkes telescopes to film. These fasicilites are remote and are located in other countries than where it’s staff is. We therefore present these two videos instead. They will give you a nice idea what the Faulkes Telescope Project is all about.
Enjoy!
What kinds of constellations are there in different cultures? How did they get their names? In this assignment, pupils listen to stories about constellations and can then come up with and name their own constellation.
Keywords: night sky, stories, constellation
Now it’s time for your class to shine out! Test your knowledge on astronomy and observatories in “The Universe and I” quiz.
Keywords: quiz, astronomy, space
Welcome on a trip to our neighbourhood, the Solar System! How far away are the other planets from Earth? And how small is our home planet compared to the other objects that orbit our Sun?
Keywords: Solar system, planets, scale
Become a space researcher by studying a very familiar object in the sky! Our Moon orbits the Earth and always looks different: its shape and position vary at different times over the month.
Keywords: Moon, Moon phases
This is part 8 of an 8 part session series on Star Evolution. Find Part 1 here.
By watching a presentation students get the information about stages of stellar evolution. Then using the computer animation students explore the changes of stellar parameters during different stages of stellar evolution. Finally they draw a schematic diagram of stellar evolution.
Age Range: 14 – 17 years
Prep. Time: 5 mins
Lesson Time: 45 mins
Cost per activity: Printing of student’s worksheets
Includes the use of: Computer for each group of students
This is part 7 of an 8 part session series on Star Evolution. Find Part 1 here.
By using computer animations students will explore two main energy production cycles of stars to understand how hydrogen is converted into helium and energy is released.
Age Range: 14 – 17 years
Prep. Time: Zero, if Activity 2 is done before
Lesson Time: 20 mins
Cost per activity: Printing of student’s worksheets
Includes the use of: Computer for each group of students
This is part 6 of an 8 part session series on Star Evolution. Find Part 1 here.
By using a computer animation students will explore the connection between the temperature and luminosity of stars to understand that stars form specific groups on the diagram corresponding to the stage of their evolution.
Age Range: 14 – 17 years
Prep. Time: Zero, if Activity 2 is done before
Lesson Time: 40 mins
Cost per activity: Printing of student’s worksheets
Includes the use of: Computer for each group of students
This is part 5 of an 8 part session series on Star Evolution. Find Part 1 here.
By using a presentation and a computer animation students will explore the connection between the apparent brightness, absolute brightness and the distance of stars to understand the different luminosity classes of stars.
Age Range: 14 – 17 years
Prep. Time: Zero, if Activity 2 is done before
Lesson Time: 35 mins
Cost per activity: Printing of student’s worksheets
Includes the use of: Computer for each group of students
This is part 4 of an 8 part session series on Star Evolution. Find Part 1 here.
By using computer animation students get knowledge about different spectral classes of stars and typical spectral lines of each spectral class. Then they explore the picture of real stellar spectra.
Age Range: 14 – 17 years
Prep. Time: Zero, if Activity 2 is done before
Lesson Time: 35 mins
Cost per activity: Printing of student’s worksheets
Includes the use of: Computer for each group of students
