Tuesday 25 February 2020

Activity 4: Create a compass or a sundial

 Compass:
We will show you how to create a compass using home materials.

Material you need:
-water
-marker
-cork
-cuter
-bowl
-safety pin
-pilers
-knife

Steps to folow:

- First you cut a part of the cork using a cuter.

- You write the cardinal points on it.

- Then you cut a part of the safety pin with the pilers and you rub it on the knife about 5 seconds.

- You nail it to the piece of cork

- Then you put it on the water and it points the north.

Results:
It points the noth




































Sources:
  

                                                      Our sundial



Tuesday 11 February 2020

Activity 3: Big bang, the origin and the expansion of the Universe

´-Universe origin (big bang):

There was a small bubble but very dense and hot that suddenly exploded and formed the universe. Matter and antimatter were created which destroyed each other but fortunately something survived and became protons and neutrons. Thousands years later electrons joined protons and neutrons and they became atoms.

After 300.000, the universe had cooled about 3.000 degrees and it filled with clouds of hydrogen and helium gas.
Now the universe is still expanding evently and its impasible dificult to calculate his size.






via GIPHY

Activity 2: Astronomer's timeline

Tuesday 4 February 2020

Activity 1: Famous astronomers




Name
Date of birth
Main thinking
Nicolas Copernicus
19  February 1473
theory of the universe placed the Sun rather than Earth at the centre of the universe
Galileo Galilei
15  February 1564
confirmation three phases of Venus, the four largest satellites of Jupiter, the observation of Saturn's rings and the analysis of sunspots
Albert einstein
14 march 1879
Special Theory of Relativity with which he explained the motion of Mercury's orbit.
Edwin hubble
20 november 1889
discover the nebuale
William Herschel
15 november 1738
He discover a new planet called ura