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Design Your Alien
DATE: 2013-09-30 BY: Sarah Roberts
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Design an alien life form suited for an extra-terrestrial world.
Theme
Astrobiology
Age
8 - 12
Time
2h
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Model of a Black Hole
DATE: 2013-09-30 BY: Monica Turner
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Understand the mystery of black holes through a hands-on activity.
Theme
Black Hole
Age
8 - 12
Time
1h
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Star in a Box: High School
DATE: 2013-10-01 BY: Edward Gomez
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Explore the life-cycle of stars with Star in a Box activity.
Theme
Stars
Age
16 - 19 10 - 12 12 - 14 14 - 16
Time
30min
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Measure the Solar Diameter
DATE: 2013-10-01 BY: Edward Gomez
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Hands-on activity to measure the Sun by using household materials.
Theme
Sun
Age
16+
Time
30min
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Counting Sunspots
DATE: 2013-10-14 BY: João Fernandes
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Counting the Sunspots using real solar images and data.
Theme
Sun
Age
16 - 19
Time
1h
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Star in a Box: Advanced
DATE: 2013-11-27 BY: Edward Gomez
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Explore the life-cycle of stars with Star in a Box activity.
Theme
Stars
Age
16 - 19 10 - 12 12 - 14 14 - 16
Time
30min
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Glitter Your Milky Way
DATE: 2013-11-27 BY: Kathleen Horner
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Explore the Milky Way and characteristics of galaxies using glitter drawing.
Theme
Galaxy
Age
6 - 10
Time
45min
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Meet Our Neighbours: Sun
DATE: 2013-11-27 BY: Lina Canas
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Explore the tactile version of our star; the Sun with household materials.
Theme
Sun
Age
6 - 12
Time
1h
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How High is the Sky?
DATE: 2013-11-27 BY: Rogel Mari Sese
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Explore layers of Earth's atmosphere.
Theme
Atmosphere
Age
6 - 12
Time
1h
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Why Do We Have Day and Night?
DATE: 2013-11-27 BY: Rogel Mari Sese
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Explore day and night of Earth.
Theme
Earth
Age
6 - 12
Time
1h30
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Lunar Landscape
DATE: 2013-11-27 BY: Jaya Ramchandani
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Create craters and explore the lunar landscape with this hands-on activity.
Theme
Moon
Age
4 - 10
Time
45min
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Snakes & Ladders Game
DATE: 2014-03-24 BY: Avivah Yamani
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Learn astronomical topics through the classic snakes and ladders game.
Theme
Planet
Age
6 - 16
Time
30min
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How Light Pollution Affects the Stars: Magnitude Readers
DATE: 2014-03-24 BY: Amee Hennig
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Build a Magnitude Reader to explore the magnitude of stars.
Theme
Light Pollution
Age
16 - 19 10 - 12 12 - 14 14 - 16
Time
1h
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Globe at Night Activity Guide
DATE: 2014-03-26 BY: Amee Hennig
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Learn to observe and record the faintest visible stars to measure the light pollution.
Theme
Light Pollution
Age
4+
Time
30min
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Deadly Moons
DATE: 2014-04-07 BY: Deirdre Kelleghan
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Through art and science, children learn about moons of our solar system.
Theme
Moon
Age
6 - 12
Time
1h
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Coma Cluster of Galaxies
DATE: 2014-06-24 BY: Keely Finkelstein
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Learn the basics of galaxy classification and grouping, using actual Hubble Space Telescope images.
Theme
Galaxy
Age
16+
Time
1h
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Build a Safe Sun Viewer
DATE: 2014-06-25 BY: Sarah Roberts
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Build a safe Sun viewer using cheap household items and learn why it is dangerous to look directly at the Sun, even briefly.
Theme
Sun
Age
6 - 12
Time
30min
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Meet Our Neighbours: Moon
DATE: 2014-06-25 BY: Lina Canas
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Explore the tactile version of our moon with household materials.
Theme
Moon
Age
6 - 12
Time
2h
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Levitating Astronaut
DATE: 2014-06-25 BY: Sarah Roberts
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Levitate an astronaut with the power of magnetism.
Theme
Astronaut
Age
8 - 12
Time
45min
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Meet Our Home: Planet Earth
DATE: 2014-06-26 BY: Lina Canas
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Explore a tactile version of our home, the Earth, with household materials.
Theme
Earth
Age
6 - 12
Time
1h30
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The Fibre Optic Cable Class
DATE: 2015-01-29 BY: Amee Hennig
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Learn about the amazing technology of fibre optics that has done so much for technology here on Earth and in observing space.
Theme
Technology
Age
10 - 14
Time
1h
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Blue Marble in Empty Space
DATE: 2015-01-30 BY: Erik Arends
1412-earth-rise
Students are taken on a virtual journey to outer space to experience that we live on a tiny planet that floats in a vast and empty space.
Theme
People
Age
6 - 10
Time
30min
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AstroPoetry Writing
DATE: 2015-04-07 BY: Christie McMonigal
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An activity combining English and science to encourage students to think about the night sky to help them write a poem related to astronomy.
Theme
People
Age
6 - 14
Time
1h30
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Let's Break the Particles
DATE: 2015-07-23 BY: Sandro Bardelli; Amalia Persico
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Learn how energy can be transformed into various forms.
Theme
N/A
Age
8 - 14
Time
1h30
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Solar System Model
DATE: 2015-08-06 BY: Syeda Lammim Ahad
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Make models of the solar system planets using household materials.
Theme
Solar System
Age
4 - 8
Time
30min
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Sun’s Shadow
DATE: 2015-08-06 BY: Tasneem Rossenkhan
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Learn about Sun's shadow through observation.
Theme
Sun
Age
6 - 16
Time
1 day
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Solar System Model on a City Map
DATE: 2015-08-06 BY: Mayte Vasquez
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Build a scale model of the Solar System on a city map.
Theme
Solar System
Age
12 - 16
Time
2h
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How Many Stars Can You See at Night?
DATE: 2016-01-15 BY: José Gonçalves; Franziska Zaunig
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Investigate the effects of light pollution on night sky observation in your area.
Theme
Light Pollution
Age
12 - 14
Time
45min
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Lunar Day
DATE: 2016-01-15 BY: Sethanne Howard
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Through a fun-learning activity, understand why moon always keeps the same face towards Earth.
Theme
Moon
Age
4 - 8
Time
30min
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Fizzy Balloons – CO2 in School
DATE: 2016-03-07 BY: Space Awareness
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Investigate the properties of carbon dioxide with this fun demonstration.
Theme
N/A
Age
8 - 12
Time
2h
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Day and Night in the World
DATE: 2016-03-07 BY: Space Awareness
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Compare diurnal and nocturnal animals and experiment with day and night.
Theme
Earth
Age
6 - 10
Time
1h
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What Is Time?
DATE: 2016-03-07 BY: Space Awareness
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Build an hourglass to understand what time is and how it can be measured.
Theme
N/A
Age
6 - 10
Time
1h
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What is a Constellation?
DATE: 2016-03-07 BY: Space Awareness
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Investigate three dimensional objects and perspective using constellations
Theme
Stars
Age
6 - 10
Time
1h30
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Making a Sundial
DATE: 2016-03-07 BY: Space Awareness
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Build a sundial and discover how time can be measured.
Theme
Time
Age
6 - 10
Time
1h
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Let's Map the Earth
DATE: 2016-03-07 BY: Space Awareness
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Discover how to read and draw maps by observing.
Theme
N/A
Age
8 - 12
Time
1h
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Living in the Milky Way
DATE: 2016-03-08 BY: Space Awareness
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Build a model of the Milky Way to discover what our galaxy contains.
Theme
Galaxy
Age
6 - 10
Time
1h30
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History of the Universe
DATE: 2016-03-08 BY: Space Awareness
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Build a timeline to discover the relative ages of the Universe, the solar system and the appearance of humans, on the scale of a year.
Theme
Time
Age
8 - 10
Time
1h30
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Make a Star Lantern
DATE: 2016-03-08 BY: Space Awareness
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Learn about constellations by building a star lantern.
Theme
Stars
Age
6 - 10
Time
1h30
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Sun, Earth and Moon Model
DATE: 2016-03-08 BY: Space Awareness
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Build an Earth-Moon-Sun mobile to learn about how they orbit.
Theme
Solar System
Age
8 - 10
Time
1h30
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Know Your Planets
DATE: 2016-03-08 BY: Space Awareness
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Learn about the properties of the Sun and planets in this card game.
Theme
Solar System
Age
4 - 10
Time
1h
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Build Your Own Artificial Satellite
DATE: 2016-03-10 BY: Vivienne Kolman
Build a satellite to learn what they are made of and their uses.
Theme
n/a
Age
8 - 10
Time
1h30
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Star Hats
DATE: 2016-03-10 BY: Tibisay Sankatsing Nava
Learn about the shape of stars and make a star hat
Theme
Stars
Age
4 - 6
Time
30min
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Create Your Own Astro-Music
DATE: 2016-03-18 BY: Matthew Whitehouse
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Create your own music inspired by images of space.
Theme
Night Sky
Age
8 - 19
Time
1h
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Continental Climate and Oceanic Climate
DATE: 2016-04-13 BY: Space Awareness
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Let's find out that in the summer it is cooler by the sea than on the land and that water cools off more slowly than soil.
Theme
Atmosphere
Age
6 - 10
Time
45min
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Investigating the Atmosphere – Air Takes Up Space
DATE: 2016-04-13 BY: Space Awareness
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Let's explore if air takes up space even though you cannot see it.
Theme
Atmosphere
Age
6 - 10
Time
1h
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Seasons Around the World
DATE: 2016-04-13 BY: Space Awareness
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Demonstrate the seasons on Earth using a model.
Theme
Planet
Age
6 - 10
Time
45min
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How To Travel on Earth Without Getting Lost
DATE: 2016-04-13 BY: Space Awareness
Using a globe to learn how a position on Earth can be described.
Theme
Planet
Age
8 - 14
Time
1h
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Street Lights as Standard Candles
DATE: 2016-11-09 BY: Markus Pössel
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Understand standard candles using street lights.
Theme
Cosmology
Age
16+
Time
3h
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Evening Sky Watching for Students
DATE: 2016-11-09 BY: Akihiko Tomita
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Let's observe the evening sky with the naked eye
Theme
Observation
Age
4 - 8
Time
30min
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The 4-Point Backyard Diurnal Parallax Method
DATE: 2017-07-27 BY: Eduardo Manuel Alvarez
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Measure the distance to an asteroid with a novel technique
Theme
Astrometry
Age
16+
Time
1 day
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Navigation in the Ancient Mediterranean and Beyond
DATE: 2017-07-28 BY: Markus Nielbock
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Learn the Ancient Skill of Celestial Navigation
Theme
Navigation
Age
16 - 19 14 - 16
Time
1h30
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Children's Planetary Maps: Venus
DATE: 2017-08-09 BY: Henrik Hargitai; Mátyás Gede
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Learn more about our nearest neighbour
Theme
Planets
Age
6 - 14
Time
2h
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Children's Planetary Maps: Mars
DATE: 2017-08-09 BY: Henrik Hargitai; Mátyás Gede
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Learn about the planet with the biggest volcano in the solar system
Theme
Planets
Age
6 - 14
Time
2h
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Children's Planetary Maps: The Moon
DATE: 2017-08-09 BY: Henrik Hargitai; Mátyás Gede
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An up close look at our own satellite
Theme
Solar System
Age
6 - 14
Time
2h
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Children's Planetary Maps: Io
DATE: 2017-08-09 BY: Henrik Hargitai; Mátyás Gede
io
Learn about the most geologically active world in our Solar System
Theme
Solar System
Age
6 - 14
Time
2h
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Children's Planetary Maps: Titan
DATE: 2017-08-10 BY: Henrik Hargitai; Mátyás Gede
titan
Learn about the only other known body in the Solar System with Seas and Lakes
Theme
Solar System
Age
6 - 12
Time
2h
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Children's Planetary Maps: Pluto & Charon
DATE: 2017-08-10 BY: Henrik Hargitai; Mátyás Gede
pluto
Learn about our furthest neighbors
Theme
Solar System
Age
6 - 14
Time
2h
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Creating Asteroids
DATE: 2017-08-23 BY: Angela Perez; Tibisay Sankatsing Nava
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Fun learning activity to build asteroids using clay.
Theme
Solar System
Age
4 - 10
Time
1h30
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Impact Craters
DATE: 2017-08-24 BY: Ronan Smith; Christian Eistrup
moon crater
A literal Earth-Shattering experiment
Theme
Solar System
Age
10 - 16
Time
1h
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Meteoroids, Meteors and Meteorites
DATE: 2017-08-25 BY: Ronan Smith; Jorge Rivero González; Christian Eistrup
Crater
Learn about formation of meteroids.
Theme
Solar System
Age
6 - 12
Time
1h30
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Country Movers – Visualizing Spatial Scales in Planetary and Earth Sciences
DATE: 2017-08-25 BY: Henrik Hargitai; Mátyás Gede
calimars2
Move your whole country to another planet
Theme
Solar System
Age
16+
Time
30min
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The Intertropical Convergence Zone
DATE: 2018-01-31 BY: Markus Nielbock
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How are winds created?
Theme
Atmosphere
Age
12 - 16
Time
1h
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The Quest for Longitude
DATE: 2018-02-03 BY: Markus Nielbock
LongitudeClock
How to navigate at sea like an explorer?
Theme
Coordinate system
Age
16 - 19 14 - 16
Time
2h
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Big Telescopes: Gravity
DATE: 2018-02-03 BY: Jamie Sloan
Picture2
Observing what gravity is doing to the Universe
Theme
Sky Phenomenon
Age
12 - 16
Time
1h30
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Navigating with the Kamal – Northern Hemisphere
DATE: 2018-02-04 BY: Markus Nielbock
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How did Arabian sailors navigate at sea?
Theme
Coordinating system
Age
14 - 16
Time
1h30
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The Climate in Numbers and Graphs
DATE: 2018-02-12 BY: Markus Nielbock
ClimateChart_Rome
What is climate?
Theme
Atmosphere
Age
16 - 19 14 - 16
Time
2h
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A View from Above
DATE: 2018-02-12 BY: Markus Nielbock
fig21
How do we take photos of the Earth surface?
Theme
Satellite
Age
16 - 19 14 - 16
Time
1h30
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Valleys Deep and Mountains High
DATE: 2018-02-25 BY: Markus Nielbock
Excel_Model
How to put landscapes on papers
Theme
Satellite
Age
16 - 19 14 - 16
Time
2h
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Where on Earth am I?
DATE: 2018-02-26 BY: Markus Nielbock
GPS_Sheet_Satellites_interpolated
How do satellites work?
Theme
Satellite
Age
14 - 16
Time
1h30
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Oceans As A Heat Reservoir
DATE: 2018-02-27 BY: Marco Türk
ExpSetUp_3
Why is it getting so hot?
Theme
Atmosphere
Age
16 - 19 12 - 14 14 - 16
Time
1h30
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Transforming water into acid… and back
DATE: 2018-02-27 BY: Markus Nielbock
activity2-1
Are our oceans turning to acid?
Theme
Atmosphere
Age
10 - 16
Time
45min
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The Big Meltdown
DATE: 2018-03-05 BY: Marco Türk
fig7
What would happen if all the ice of the Earth melted?
Theme
Planet surface
Age
8 - 14
Time
45min
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The Engine of Life
DATE: 2018-03-08 BY: Marco Türk
ExperimentalSetup
What make a planet habitable?
Theme
Planets
Age
12 - 16
Time
1h
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Navigate like a Viking – Use the Sun, not your phone!
DATE: 2018-05-03 BY: Markus Nielbock
ShadowBoard_Voyage
How did the Vikings navigate at sea?
Theme
Coordinating system
Age
12 - 16
Time
1h30
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Dark matter & dark energy (Part 2) – Understanding the nature of dark matter and dark energy
DATE: 2018-08-29 BY: Tran Dong Thai Han; Massimo Viola; Henk Hoekstra
What are dark matter and dark energy?
Theme
False
Age
16+
Time
45min
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Hunting for black holes – Lower Secondary Level
DATE: 2018-08-29 BY: Tran Dong Thai Han; Thomas Russell
How do astronomers detect invisible black holes?
Theme
False
Age
12 - 14
Time
45min
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What is a black hole? – Lower Secondary Level
DATE: 2018-08-29 BY: Tran Dong Thai Han; Thomas Russell
Picture1
What would happen if the Sun was replaced by a black hole?
Theme
False
Age
12 - 14
Time
45min
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Dark matter and Dark energy (Part 1) – Discovering the main components of the Universe
DATE: 2018-08-30 BY: Tran Dong Thai Han; Massimo Viola; Henk Hoekstra
Instruction image 4c
What is the Universe made of?
Theme
False
Age
16+
Time
45min
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Measure the Sun's Rotation Period
DATE: 2019-08-22 BY: Philippe Kobel; María Dasí Espuig; Deborah Scherrer
IMG_8516
How much time does it take the Sun to complete a full rotation?
Theme
False
Age
16 - 19
Time
1h30
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One Million Earths inside our Sun
DATE: 2021-03-04 BY: Natalie Fischer
A million earths
Students will learn how to build a model of the Sun, which can fit nearly 1 million little Earth balls.
Theme
Earth
Age
4+
Time
30min
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Reading the Rainbow
DATE: 2021-03-08 BY: C. Renee James; Scott T. Miller
Rainbow
Rainbows are beautiful. By learning about how they work you can learn new things about what is shining the light.
Theme
Light
Age
16+
Time
1h30
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Is the Sun rotating? Follow the sunspots!
DATE: 2021-04-20 BY: Philippe Kobel; María Dasí Espuig; Deborah Scherrer
Galileo Galilei drawings
The Earth rotates on its axis, giving us night and day – but what about other celestial objects like the Sun?
Theme
Sunspots
Age
16 - 19 12 - 14 14 - 16
Time
1h
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Driving on Mars
DATE: 2022-04-14 BY: Davide Ricci; Elena Sissa; Francesca Damiani
Schermata 2020-12-22
An educational interdisciplinary game to drive a rover on Mars
Theme
NA
Age
Time
2h
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