Resources » Educational Material
Educational Material
The following are links for a variety of space and astronomy activities for a range of ages. Some are lesson plans for teachers, but they all provide a good background for everyone about space, astronomy and Galileo and some excellent activities that you can do with children.
Galileo and the Solar System
Educational materials for use with the Galileoscope: https://www.galileoscope.org/gs/content/galileos-classroom
You can find more information about Galileo's objects and associated activities in the monthly IYA Discovery Guides created by the Astronomical Society of the Pacific at: www.astrosociety.org/iya/guides.html
Galileo: The Man and His Science, a listing of Galileo books, websites and videos: www.astronomy2009.org/static/organisation/galileo_resources_guide.pdf
Galileo Educational Activities for a range of ages:
www2.jpl.nasa.gov/galileo/activities.html
Galileo’s Refractor Telescope http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/resources/explorations/groundup//lesson/eras/galileo/index.php
Classroom activities about the Moons of Jupiter and the Phases of Venus: www.astrosociety.org/education/slooh/teachers.html
Moons of Jupiter (US grades 4-8, ages 9 – 14) http://www.lawrencehallofscience.org/gems/GEM222.html
The Discovery of the Solar System (US High school level, ages 14 – 18) http://www.phy6.org/stargaze/Lsolsys.htm
An excellent list of Educational resources and activities on the Sun: http://solarastronomy2009.org/resources
