Activities

Skills: Planning and carrying out investigations

Build a "transit simulator" in a box using some very simple material and your cell phone!
Design, build and launch your rocket into space.
Who will win in the epic battle between gravity and other forces?
Build a homemade spectrometer to discover light
Learn about light and spectra building a spectroscope with a CD!
Like a "modern" Galileo, use true astronomical satellite observations to discover if the Sun (and other celestial objects) are rotating!
Find out the Sun’s rotation period, applying the simple equation of average speed to a real astronomical case.
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?
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!
Are our oceans turning to acid? Lets' learn how water turns in acid and back.
Why do oceans play an important role in mitigating global warming?
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?
Play with maps, moving your country to another planet!
Learn about our furthest neighbors from planetary maps
Learn from maps about the only other known body in the Solar System with seas and lakes
Use maps to learn about the most geologically active world in our Solar System
An up close look at our own satellite using planetary maps!
Learn more about our nearest neighbour
Learn the ancient skill of Celestial Navigation
Measure the distance to an asteroid with a novel technique
Understand astronomical distances using street lights
Demonstrate the seasons on Earth using a model.
Air takes up space even though you cannot see it.
Find out why, in the summer it is cooler by the sea than on the land!
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.
Investigate the properties of carbon dioxide with this fun demonstration.
Investigate the effects of light pollution on night sky observation.
Learn how energy can be transformed into various forms.
The amazing technology of fibre optics: what has it done for technology here on Earth and in observing space?
Levitate an astronaut with the power of magnetism!
Build a safe Sun viewer using cheap household items
The basics of galaxy classification, using Hubble Space Telescope images.
Measure light pollution observing the faintest visible stars!
Build a Magnitude Reader to explore the visibility of stars