Lina CanasRosa DoranFraser Lewis
The Faulkes Telescope Project, Nuclio and Go-Lab: Bringing
Real Astronomy to the Classroom
Fraser LewisFaulkes Telescope Project
The Go-Lab ProjectLiverpool John Moores University
The Open University
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Robotic telescopes allow us to obtain images from remote, good quality
sitesThere are ONLY 3 * 2-metre telescopes that allow this for
education (and only 1 person … !)
FT
LT
Home
FT North
Haleakala, Maui,Hawai’i
Compared withThe Hubble Space Telescope
Simulating asteroid and comet impacts
Asteroids, comets & NEOs• FT observing programmes – asteroids and
comets in space• “Down 2 Earth” project – impacts and
meteorites
http://education.down2earth.eu
What is “Down to Earth”?
A STEM project based around the science of asteroids, comets, meteorites and impacts
Inquiry-based science education
Multi-disciplinary (astronomy, geography, geology, physics, maths, IT)
Extremely Relevant !
Chelyabinsk meteor, 15/02/13
In development - Android App, Google Moon, Google Mars, more languages (Portuguese, Romanian)
Via Go-Lab, ESA – more activities, worksheets
Loan Boxes
Free loans to UK schools
4 different types of box containing meteorites, terrestrial rocks, dinosaur fossils & resources
Aug. 2011
European Space Agency Gaia Mission (ESA)
A mission to map positions (and variability) of a billion stars in our Galaxy which will serendipitously find variables of several types and NEOs.
We are creating educational resources funded by STFC, ESA, Go-Lab in conjunction with University of Cambridge.
www.gaia.ac.uk
http://sci.esa.int/gaia/
26Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope
http://lcogt.net/observatory26
2m
2m2 x 1m
3 x 1m 3 x 1m
1m
Current Network (late 2014)
http://faulkes-telescope.com
http://resources.faulkes-telescope.com
http://education.down2earth.eu
http://www.golabz.eu/
Please come find me at the Go-Lab stand (#16)
Or e-mail me [email protected]