Introduction to ESA science classroom activities
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Introduction to ESA science classroom activities
Rebecca Barnes
HE Space operations for ESA
11/07/2011
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Educational Support
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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 the galaxy
Competition projects
• Project 1: ObserveMake observations of the variable companion stars in high-energy binary systems.
• Project 2: ResearchResearch the Dynamic centre of the Milky Way, to determine which exotic high-energy sources are present.
• Project 3: DesignDesign a high-energy astronomy mission to investigate some of the most powerful phenomena in the Universe.
• Project 4: BuildBuild 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
To be reminded when competition is launched send email to [email protected]
Competition launch 15 September 2011
Competition closes31 March 2012
Winners announced31 May 2012
9th Integral science workshop15-19 October 2012
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