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Seeing the Invisible
Imagine what it would be like to have super powers and see the invisible - sounds pretty fun doesn't it? Join the Royal Observatory Greenwich astronomers as they explore the science behind some seemingly invisible and sneaky forces in space.
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Solar System in a box
In this video, Royal Observatory Greenwich astronomer Brendan recreates the Solar System in plasticine form to demonstrate the science of light and dark, and light and shadow, in space. Students can recreate their very own Solar System in a Box.
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Shadows On Other Worlds
Join the astronomers at the Royal Observatory Greenwich as they go on an adventure to discover what shadows look like on other worlds.
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Shadows and silhouettes
A classroom activity in which students learn about how shadows form and can try matching different objects to their shadows. Accompanies the video 'Shadows On Other Worlds'.
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Searching for Life on Extrasolar Planets
In this activity students learn about the importance of spectroscopy in looking for signs of life on planets outside of our solar system.
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Scales of the Universe
Students use distance, speed and time to understand galactic scales. Accompanies the video 'How big is the Universe?'.
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Satellites in Space
A classroom activity that explores the how satellites are used in space including orbits time and speed along with transmission and frequency of light.
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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.
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Resultant Forces and Acceleration
A classroom activity that uses mathematics to reinforce learning about resultant forces and acceleration. Accompanies the video 'Newton's Laws of Motion'.
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Radius and Volume of Exoplanets
A classroom activity in which students use data from NASA's Kepler space probe to determine the size of an exoplanet.