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astroEDU: It’s time for water rockets!

Today activity is very engaging, making students build and launch their own water rockets
3… 2… 1… time for water rockets! from Lebanon can be used to introduce gravity and other scientific topics in an entertaining way and is the first of a series of activities produced during the Sabir project, from the OAE Center Italy.
If you want to know more about this project, read this interview with Stefano Sandrelli. Please note that the interview is in Italian.

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astroEDU: Touching the stars

https://edu.inaf.it/toot/astroedu-touching-the-stars/

Did you ever dream of touching the stars? With the new activity developed in Italy, you will learn about the life of stars and their dimensions in comparison to the Sun with a very “tactile” approach, coloring and using a set of polystyrene spheres. Touching the Stars can be used in classrooms starting from 8 years old (including blind students), but also with the general public, in informal occasions.

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astroEDU: Cubic Planets

https://edu.inaf.it/toot/astroedu-cubic-planets/

Earth, the happy planet; Mars, the angry guy; Jupiter, the big glutton: with Cubic Planets, a fun activity from Italy, we will build the planets as cubic characters with their own, brilliant personalities.

Students starting from 6 years old will just need simple materials to make the inhabitants of the Solar System come to life and learn fascinating facts about their new friends.

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astroEDU: Find the hidden rainbows

https://edu.inaf.it/toot/astroedu-find-the-hidden-rainbows/

After a somewhat too long break, we are back to share the educational activities from astroEDU. And we start again with Find the hidden rainbow, published in June.

This is an activity from Germany by the OAE for 10-16 students, about discovering the spectra around us and understanding the physical processes that make light using diffraction grating glasses.

If you have an activity to submit yourself, or any other comments you would like to share, please follow the instructions here.

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