Applied FiltersAstronomyKey Stage 4
Classroom activity
Star Trails and Sidereal Day
In this activity students use star trails to calculate the true rotation period of the Earth. Students can make their own star trails inside the classroom - watch the video 'Making star trails'.
Key Stage:
Key Stage 4, Post-16
Subject:
Astronomy, Science
Classroom activity
The Probability of Life in the Milky Way
In this activity students use the famous Drake equation to estimate the number of planets that may harbour intelligent life in the Milky Way.
Key Stage:
Key Stage 4
Subject:
Astronomy, Maths, Science
Classroom activity
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.
Key Stage:
Key Stage 4
Subject:
Astronomy, Science
Classroom activity
Looking for a habitable exoplanet
Students learn about the transit method for finding planets and they use Kepler's 3rd law to determine whether the exoplanet Kepler-22b is habitable.
Key Stage:
Key Stage 4
Subject:
Astronomy, Maths, Science
Classroom activity
Scales of the Universe
Students use distance, speed and time to understand galactic scales. Accompanies the video 'How big is the Universe?'.
Key Stage:
Key Stage 4
Subject:
Astronomy, Maths, Science
Classroom activity
Hubble's Law
Students look at the relationship between velocity and distance of a galaxy and what that means for the Universe. Accompanies the video 'How big is the Universe'.
Key Stage:
Key Stage 4, Post-16
Subject:
Astronomy, Maths, Science
Classroom activity
Finding the Mass of the Black Hole in the Milky Way
Students use Kepler's 3rd law to calculate the mass of the supermassive black hole in the core of the Milky Way. Accompanies the video 'What's inside a black hole?'.
Key Stage:
Key Stage 4
Subject:
Astronomy, Maths, Science