The Armada Portrait of Elizabeth I campaign
Find out more about the overwhelming public response to the Armada Portrait conservation campaign
National Maritime Museum Cornwall
The National Maritime Museum Cornwall promotes the understanding of boats, their place in people's lives and the maritime heritage of Cornwall.
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Create a new world that you've found
Imagine and describe a world that you have discovered.
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Stellar Sat Nav
In this activity, students will use bearings to plot constellations. They are then asked to think about what they represent.
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How did the Solar System form?
We know about the planets, moons and space rocks that make up our Solar System. But where did it all come from?
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Making star trails
A classroom activity with instructions to accompany the video 'Making star trails'.
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The Age of the Universe (Higher Level)
A classroom activity in which students use Hubble's law to derive the age of the Universe and consider the assumptions and sources of error associated with this calculation.
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Rotational Period of the Sun
A classroom activity in which students learn how the rotation of the Sun can be measured through Doppler-shifted emission lines and estimate the errors associated with this measurement.