Add to ORKGIn this activity, students get a feel for how astronomers measure the altitude, or height above the horizon, of a star or any object by building a simple sextant. Students can also build a sundial (using a project developed by Marshall's Space Academy). Educational levels: Middle school, Middle school
Throughout history people have used shadows and sundials to measure the passage of time. This articl...
This educator's guide features eight activities in which younger students use brainstorming, observa...
Solarscapes presents middle school students with a short, focused study of the physical nature of th...
As part of this activity, students will construct a sundial from paper. Instructions on how to make ...
The apparent motion of the Sun on the celestial sphere and the behavior of the shadows of objects ov...
In this activity students gather and interpret their own data about the Sun's apparent path across t...
Our Sun is visible during school hours, as long as the sky is relatively cloudless. Equipment that w...
This lesson plan is part of a high school course on astronomy, Newtonian mechanics and spaceflight. ...
This module designed for middle school students uses simple, fun experiments to introduce some tools...
After School Astronomy clubs are an important method of exposing students to astronomy at the critic...
This activity is designed to help students fully understand our planet's relationship to the Sun. St...
This resource covers solar science, ancient and modern, and features an interactive research exercis...
In this activity, students use a variation of the method of measuring the diameter of the Sun that u...
Throughout history people have used shadows and sundials to measure the passage of time. This articl...
Throughout history people have used shadows and sundials to measure the passage of time. This articl...
Throughout history people have used shadows and sundials to measure the passage of time. This articl...
This educator's guide features eight activities in which younger students use brainstorming, observa...
Solarscapes presents middle school students with a short, focused study of the physical nature of th...
As part of this activity, students will construct a sundial from paper. Instructions on how to make ...
The apparent motion of the Sun on the celestial sphere and the behavior of the shadows of objects ov...
In this activity students gather and interpret their own data about the Sun's apparent path across t...
Our Sun is visible during school hours, as long as the sky is relatively cloudless. Equipment that w...
This lesson plan is part of a high school course on astronomy, Newtonian mechanics and spaceflight. ...
This module designed for middle school students uses simple, fun experiments to introduce some tools...
After School Astronomy clubs are an important method of exposing students to astronomy at the critic...
This activity is designed to help students fully understand our planet's relationship to the Sun. St...
This resource covers solar science, ancient and modern, and features an interactive research exercis...
In this activity, students use a variation of the method of measuring the diameter of the Sun that u...
Throughout history people have used shadows and sundials to measure the passage of time. This articl...
Throughout history people have used shadows and sundials to measure the passage of time. This articl...
Throughout history people have used shadows and sundials to measure the passage of time. This articl...
This educator's guide features eight activities in which younger students use brainstorming, observa...
Solarscapes presents middle school students with a short, focused study of the physical nature of th...