Description :

The Galaxy Classification Workshop is a self-contained Keystage 4 and 5 workshop where students will use images from the Liverpool Telescope and classify the galaxies they see in them. The main focus of the activity is for students to consider the quality of the classification scheme that is used (the Hubble Classification Scheme) and consider how it might be improved.

Age Range : 14 - 19 years

Workshop Time : 1 hour

Resources

Before starting the workshop, you will first need to download the introductory presentation, a student worksheet, a galaxy list and 26 image files:

Introductory Presentation : MS PowerPoint or PDF Format

Student Worksheet : PDF Format

Data Files :

Galaxy List: MS Excel Format

The following ZIP file contains all of the galaxy images you need.

Galaxy Images: ZIP File

However, if you are unable to download or unpack ZIP files on your system, you will need all of the following.