Download Introduction to ESA Science Classroom activities

Introduction to ESA science
classroom activities
Rebecca Barnes
HE Space operations for ESA
11/07/2011
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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]
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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