Space Observatories in School has been designed to cover aspects of the UK National Curriculum in Science and Maths. Many challenges include resources to allow teachers to use them in lessons. Here we include extra resources which can be used in conjunction with challenges or as stand alone.
Star Life Cycles
PowerPoint navigated double lesson, designed to cover requirements of GCSE double science. Linked to many of the SOS HST and SOHO challenges. Fully editable to allow customisation for other target groups.
Imaging the Helix
Use an image combining program to create a picture of a planetary nebula. This can be used to demonstrate how full colour astronomical images are created from monochrome filtered exposures.
Star Quality
A spreadsheet to give a personal chemical analysis and valuation, whilst showing the cosmic origin of all of the naturally occurring elements in the human body.
The Big Bang
PowerPoint navigated lesson, designed to cover requirements of GCSE double science. Linked to many of the SOS HST and SOHO challenges. Fully editable to allow customisation for other target groups.
Hubble's Universe
A spreadsheet to give an idea of the Solar system>Milky Way> Universe hierarchy of cosmic structure
55Kb Excel Spreadsheet
Magnetic Sun in 3D
You can show the magnetic field around a small magnet with iron filings and a piece of paper. The Sun creates enormous magnetic field that look just like those except the loops of field lines can dwarf a planet. This challenge gives you the chance to create your own 3D images of the Sun's magnetic field.