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Introduction to ESA science classroom activities Rebecca Barnes HE Space operations for ESA 11/07/2011 ESA Portal www.esa.int Space Science Space Science www.esa.int/esaSC/ Science and Technology In-depth Science and Technology In-depth http://sci.esa.int Multimedia Archive Science and Technology In-depth http://sci.esa.int Educational Support Educational Support Competition for secondary students Mark this date: 15 September 2011 • Launch of competition for secondary students to explore the high-energy Universe • 4 projects to choose from relating to Integral, ESA’s gamma-ray space observatory • Prizes include chance for students to present project at 9th Integral Science workshop, Paris in October 2012 Integral ESA’s International Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory • Launched 2002 • Observes some of the most energetic phenomena in the Universe. • Maps gamma-ray sources across galaxy the Competition projects • Project 1: Observe Make observations of the variable companion stars in high-energy binary systems. • Project 2: Research Research the Dynamic centre of the Milky Way, to determine which exotic high-energy sources are present. • Project 3: Design Design a high-energy astronomy mission to investigate some of the most powerful phenomena in the Universe. • Project 4: Build Build a scale-model of the Integral spacecraft using materials of your choice. Competition milestones Further details available on 15 September 2011 from ESA Education website Competition launch Competition closes Winners announced 9th Integral science workshop 15 September 2011 31 March 2012 31 May 2012 15-19 October 2012 To be reminded when competition is launched send email to [email protected] Educational Support Teacher Notes Hipparcos The first space mission dedicated to measuring the positions of stars • Launched 1989 • Pinpointed more than 100 000 stars • Measured positions, distances, motions, brightness and colours Teachers Notes – Stellar Distances Download data Planet Games using ‘Nine Planets Mobile’ Planets Game – part 1 Your task: Sort the Solar System Place the Solar System objects into order, starting with the Sun at the centre. Planets Game – part 2 Your task: Using the information on the ESA web pages put the Solar System objects in order of density from highest to lowest. Another useful web page for this data is http://solarsystem.nasa.gov Planets Game – part 2 answers Object Mean Density (kgm-3) Earth 5515 Mercury 5427 Venus 5243 Mars 3933 Pluto 1750 Neptune 1638 Sun 1408 Jupiter 1326 Uranus 1270 Saturn 687
