Activities

Category: Scientific instrumentation

Build a "transit simulator" in a box using some very simple material and your cell phone!
Let’s reveal hidden rainbows around us and the physical processes that make them!
Discover the invisible light with SKAO, the largest radio telescope in the world!
Let's observe the Moon and learn how to measure its motion with simple observations and tools!
Build a simple cross-staff and measure the stars!
Let's discover telescopes and experiment simple optics
Build a homemade spectrometer to discover light
Let's learn how stars in constellations move through time using real astronomical images.
Learn about light and spectra building a spectroscope with a CD!
Learn how radar altimetry from satellites works and how to put landscapes on paper.
How do satellites take images of the Earth surface and how do we analyse and use them?
Learn about climate from data and graphs
How did Arabian sailors navigate at sea?
Observing what gravity is doing to the Universe
How to navigate at sea like an explorer?
The air circulation system: how are winds created?
Learn the ancient skill of Celestial Navigation
Measure the distance to an asteroid with a novel technique
Understand astronomical distances using street lights
Use a globe to describe your position on Earth.
Build a sundial and discover how time can be measured.
Build an hourglass to understand what time is and how it can be measured.
Why is the Sun's shadow so important?
Hands-on activity to measure the Sun by using household materials.