{"id":17,"date":"2021-09-20T08:23:07","date_gmt":"2021-09-20T08:23:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascil.eu\/?page_id=17"},"modified":"2025-05-28T07:31:21","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T07:31:21","slug":"demonstrators","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lascil.eu\/index.php\/demonstrators\/","title":{"rendered":"Demonstrators"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Demonstrators <\/strong>are educational scenarios that use LaSciL’s tools to bridge astronomical observation and space science with school science.<\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n


The project team will develop 20 demonstrators which will gradually become available in this webpage. Additional demonstrators will be created by teachers in participating schools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Today, I am William Herschel<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Recreate the discovery of planet Uranus.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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(Don’t)Look Up!<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Measuring impacts from space.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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How Far is the Moon?<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Use of high school geometry in calculating astronomical distances.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Be an Astronaut<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Learn how astronauts make decisions based on data collection and evaluation.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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My Constellation<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Understand what constellations are and create your own!<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Imaging Open Clusters<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Finding suitable open clusters for robotic telescopes.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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What\u2019s that moving in the sky?<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Observing comets with robotic telescopes.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Using Gaia Alerts<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Finding suitable targets, such as supernovae, for robotic telescopes.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Let\u2019s predict a Coronal Mass Ejection<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Learn about Coronal Mass Ejections and try to predict new events.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Orientation and Attitude!<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Learn why orientation training is an important unit in astronaut training.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Looks like a rock!<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

To learn more about meteorites, you don’t necessarily have to run a lab in space.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Our Closest Star!<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Measuring the astronomical unit through the transit of Venus.d create your own!<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Caution – Contamination!<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Investigate how contamination spreads as we explore new worlds<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Discovering variable objects in the sky<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

How to create and analyze light curves.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Determination of the period of differential rotation of the Sun<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Does the sun rotate as a whole?<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Giant planets in a cup of water<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Throwing the giant planets in a cup of water<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Does the Sun actually move?<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The solar apparent motion for primary schools.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Become Galileo for a while<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Studying the phases of Venus.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Jupiter\u2019s moons<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Follow the footsteps Galileo in establishing the scientific method for observing the sky.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Introducing the telescope<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Investigate fundamental optics using interactive apps.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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