Moon project – Astronomy activity
Crescent moon (thanks to Wade Clark at Skychasers). Can you see the rest of the moon, in shadow? Go outside and look at the moon at night. How much of the moon [...]
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Meteors project – Astronomy activity
Lyrid meteor shower How can I see meteors? The best way to learn about meteors is to go look at actual meteors falling into Earth's atmosphere. You can just look up at the [...]
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08, 2017
Observing the planet Mars – Astronomy
Seeing the planet Mars - a Mars project See Mars for yourself! You can see Mars for yourself in the sky at night, without a telescope or binoculars. Look for [...]
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08, 2017
Eclipse of the sun project – Astronomy
(not to scale)Thanks to The Fraudulent Volcano blog To see how an eclipse happens, get a flashlight or a candle (to be the sun). Get an orange (to be the Earth). And get a ball about [...]
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08, 2017
Eclipse of the moon project – Astronomy
Looking at an eclipse of the moon A project with lunar eclipses The best way to learn about eclipses of the moon is to go outside and look at one. Plus, it's [...]
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08, 2017
Earth, Sun, Moon dance – Astronomy project
An eclipse of the moon. You can see the curved shadow of the Earth. Watch an eclipse as an astronomy project! Dance the Earth and the Sun... To get a [...]
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08, 2017
What is a Comet? – Astronomy – Space
A comet in the night sky What are comets made of? Comets are balls of leftover rock and ice in space. They started out when a star exploded into a supernova. What is a supernova? More about [...]
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Renaissance Science in Europe
Copernicus, a Renaissance astronomer Starting in the 1200s AD, as Europe got richer, great universities got started there. In the later Middle Ages, West Asia and India suffered from the Mongol invasions. West Asian people were too poor to [...]
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08, 2017
Immanuel Kant – European philosophy
Immanuel Kant, a European philosopher Immanuel Kant's family and childhood By the end of the 1700s AD, Germany was starting to be a more powerful country. France was busy with the Revolution, [...]
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Medieval astronomy in Europe
Astrolabe in Hebrew, probably from Spain (1300s AD) In the early Middle Ages, most people in Europe were too poor to have much time for astronomy. But some people were still interested in [...]
