Royal Observatory digital school sessions

In this highly interactive workshop, your class will be the only one in the session with our Astronomer. Each session ends with a segment for Q&A so there are plenty of opportunities to ask questions and discover new things. The workshops use a combination of sound, film, polls and activities to explain different scientific concepts. 

These sessions can be run on Zoom or Teams, whichever works better in your classroom. Cameras and microphones can be switched on for interactivity.

Materials for the workshop and joining instructions will be sent to the lead teacher up to a week before the session. 

Cost: £70 per class of up to 30 children

In these discounted workshops, multiple classes can join our astronomer for a workshop in a webinar style, and use a combination of sound, film, and polls to explore different scientific concepts. The session will be less interactive than the solo version, but students will still have the opportunity to respond to astronomer questions via polls and teachers will have the opportunity to send a question in advance from their class.

These sessions will run on Zoom, with cameras and microphones switched off for the duration of the workshop. Currently, we can only run Workshop Webinars for KS2 groups. 

Materials for the workshop, joining instructions, and a link to submit questions in advance will be sent to the lead teacher up to a week before the session. 

Cost: £15 per class of up to 30 children

In our workshops, one of our astronomers will take a look at some of the biggest topics in space science and astronomy. These curriculum-linked sessions include a number of interactive elements such as video clips and demonstrations to help explain some of the more challenging scientific concepts. 

Solo Workshops are charged at £70 for a group of up to 30 students and you will be the only class in the session. 

Workshop Webinars cost £15 for a group of up to 30 students and will be joined by classes from other schools.  

The sessions are run by our real astronomers so there is always an expert available to ask any questions. Our content is developed by the astronomy education team in collaboration with our teacher forum. All sessions are tested and evaluated with the teacher forum and also with school groups to ensure that the content developed is exactly what teachers are looking for and what students will thoroughly enjoy! 

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Yes - LOTS. Royal Observatory Astronomers have been developing educational resources to support learning in the classroom from early years through to post 16. From animated videos, classroom activities and even movement podcasts, each resource has been designed around the national curriculum.
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On our website, you will also find information about our Teacher Forum and free teacher training sessions (both onsite and online), a growing collection of podcasts, blogs, and curriculum-linked classroom resources, as well as animated videos.

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