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| NSO Projects - ongoing collaborative activities | |||
| Name | Description | Age | Time |
| Asteroid Watch | The aim of this project is for you to help find and track Near Earth Objects (NEOs for short) so that if any are likely to hit us, we can try and stop them. | 11-19 | Ongoing |
| Astronomy Activities - self-contained lessons | |||
| Name | Description | Age | Time |
| Moonsaic : 1 - 5 | Assemble some mosaics of the Moon at different phases | 7-14 | 1 hour |
| Hunting for Asteroids | Detect and calculate the velocity of nearby asteroids | 7-16 | 1 hour |
| Lunar Craters | Investigate cratering on the surface of the Moon | 7-16 | 1 hour |
| Quiz Corner | A few quizzes to test your knowledge of astronomy | 11-16 | 15 mins |
| 3-Colour Imaging | Learn about creating 3-colour images using LTImage | 11-18 | 1 hour |
| Gravity Workshop | See how the effect of gravity changes on different planets | 14-19 | 1 hour |
| Galaxy Classification | Identify the different types of galaxy in the Universe | 14-19 | 1 hour |
| Seeing Workshop | Investigate why stars twinkle and why it's a problem | 14-19 | 1 hour |
| Stellar Spectroscopy | Analyse the spectra of stars and classify them | 14-19 | 90 mins |
| Sunspots Workshop | Look for patterns in surface activity on the Sun | 14-19 | 1 hour |
| Jupiter's Day | Using the Great Red Spot to measure a day on Jupiter | 11-16 | 1 hour |
| Tides Workshop | Discover what causes the tides in Earth's oceans | 14-19 | 1 hour |
| GCSE Astronomy - suitable for controlled assessment | |||
| Name | Description | Age | Time |
| B1 - Lunar Features | Produce a series of telescopic photographs of three lunar surface features. Use them to show their changing appearance at different lunar phases. | GCSE | 6 hours |
| B11 - Image Messier Objects | Use a robotic telescope to produce detailed photographs of at least three Messier or NGC catalogue objects. | GCSE | 6 hours |
| Maths & ICT - astronomy activities with an emphasis on these subjects | |||
| Name | Description | Age | Time |
| Weight on Planets | See how your weight varies on different planets | 11-14 | 1 hour |
| Jupiter's Day | Calculate the length of a day on Jupiter | 11-16 | 1 hour |
| Astronomy Timeline | Create a timeline of famous astronomical figures | 11-16 | 1 hour |
| Lunar Mountains | Calculate the height of a mountain on the Moon | 14-16 | 1 hour |
| Speed of Planets | Calculate the speed of planets in the Solar System | 14-16 | 1 hour |
| Weighing the Universe | Estimating the weight of the Universe | 14-16 | 1 hour |
| Barnard's Star | Calculate the distance and velocity of Barnard's Star | 14-18 | 1 hour |
