Activities

Type of Learning: Modelling

Discover the secrets of Earth's climate zones with a hands-on experience
Find the exoplanet and determine its size using data from the Spitzer Space Telescope!
Let's make a simple model of the Orion constellation
Build a model to learn what light pollution is and what its effects are.
Let's build a model of the Sun with plasticine and get to know our star!
Learn how to build a model of the Sun...which can fit nearly 1 million little Earth balls!
Lets' investigate gravity, dark matter and dark energy with some very simple experiments!
What are black holes and what would happen if the Sun was replaced by one of them?
How do astronomers detect invisible black holes?
Let's investigate the nature of dark matter and energy with gravitational lensing!
Learn how the Vikings used the sky to navigate at sea with a hands-on activity!
A simple model experiment to understand what makes a planet habitable.
Learn what would happen on Earth if all the ice melted!
Why do oceans play an important role in mitigating global warming?
Learn how radar altimetry from satellites works and how to put landscapes on paper.
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?
A literal Earth-Shattering experiment that will make us understand impact craters!
Have fun, building asteroids using clay!
Learn the ancient skill of Celestial Navigation
Understand astronomical distances using street lights
Demonstrate the seasons on Earth using a model.
Air takes up space even though you cannot see it.
Build a satellite to learn what they are made of and their uses.
Build an Earth-Moon-Sun mobile to learn about how they orbit.
Discover how to read and draw maps by observing.
Build a sundial and discover how time can be measured.
Investigate three dimensional objects and perspective using constellations
Build an hourglass to understand what time is and how it can be measured.
Compare diurnal and nocturnal animals and experiment with day and night.
Let's see how the Moon always keeps the same face towards Earth!
Build a scale model of the Solar System on your city map
Make a model of the Solar System planets using household materials.
A virtual journey to space to learn that we live on a tiny planet, in a vast and empty space.
The amazing technology of fibre optics: what has it done for technology here on Earth and in observing space?
Explore a tactile version of our home, the Earth, with household materials.
Levitate an astronaut with the power of magnetism!
Explore the tactile version of our moon with household materials.
Build a safe Sun viewer using cheap household items
Create craters and explore the lunar landscape with this hands-on activity.
Explore day and night on Earth.
Explore layers of Earth's atmosphere.
Explore the tactile version of our star; the Sun with household materials.
Understand the mystery of black holes through a hands-on activity.