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Download full textBonacci, Enzo – Online Submission, 2023
In the years 2015-2018, the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research and the Italian Ministry of Defense proposed the joint initiative "Space for Your Future. The ISS: Innovatio, Scientia, Sapientia" in partnership with the Italian Space Agency. It was a competition addressed to secondary school students and aimed at…
Descriptors: Astronomy, STEM Education, Science Projects, Competition
Direct linkRuddell, Nicholas – Teaching Science, 2019
This paper examines the use of social media as a collaborative and engagement tool for participants in a middle school science research project conducted over a three-year period. Sky Stories is a learning initiative that employs a blend of Indigenous and Western knowledge of astronomy to engage Year 5-8 middle school students in investigative…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Science Instruction, Social Media, Teaching Methods
Chaffer, Andy; Tedd, Bernie – School Science Review, 2016
The High School Project on Astrophysics Research with Cosmics (HiSPARC) is an international project in which secondary schools and academic institutions join forces to form a network of detectors to measure cosmic rays with extremely high energy. We present results of research done by students at the King Edward VI High School For Girls,…
Descriptors: Physics, Secondary School Science, High School Students, Science Projects
Lough, Tom; Vanover, Courtney – Science and Children, 2014
On any given sunny day, Courtney Vanover's third graders were like alarm clocks, making sure everyone in the room knew when 9:30 was approaching. Why? Because they were participating in a yearlong science project to answer the question, "Where is the tip of the shadow of the school flagpole each morning at 9:30?" Although they did not…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary School Science, Science Instruction
Chubko, Nadezhda; Morris, Julia E.; McKinnon, David H.; Slater, Eileen V.; Lummis, Geoffrey W. – Issues in Educational Research, 2019
This research is based on the "Journey through Space and Time" (JTST) educational astronomy project for primary and junior high school science curricula in Australia, which seeks to improve students' astronomy content knowledge through science inquiry. The focus of the current project is on the learning needs of students for whom the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
Pifarre, Manoli; Guijosa, Alex; Argelagos, Esther – E-Learning and Digital Media, 2014
Understanding how blogs can support collaborative learning is a vital concern for researchers and teachers. This article explores how blogs may be used to support secondary education students' collaborative interaction and how such an interaction process can promote the creation of a Community of Inquiry to enhance critical thinking and…
Descriptors: Electronic Publishing, Web Sites, Cooperative Learning, Secondary School Students
Bekeris, Victoria; Bonomo, Flavia; Bonzi, Edgardo; Garcia, Beatriz; Mattei, Guillermo; Mazzitelli, Diego; Dawson, Silvina Ponce; Fernandez de la Vega, Constanza Sanchez; Tamarit, Francisco – Astronomy Education Review, 2011
We describe the projects "Eratosthenes 2009" and "Eratosthenes 2010 America," carried out during the International Year of Astronomy (2009) in Argentina and with almost all the countries in North and South America during 2010. More than 15000 students at more than 200 schools each year determined the radius of the Earth using…
Descriptors: Astronomy, Science Experiments, Science Projects, High School Students
Price, C. Aaron; Lee, Hee-Sun – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2013
Citizen science projects provide non-scientists with opportunities to take part in scientific research. While their contribution to scientific data collection has been well documented, there is limited research on how participation in citizen science projects may affect their scientific literacy. In this study, we investigated (1) how volunteers'…
Descriptors: Science Projects, Citizen Participation, Scientific Attitudes, Attitude Change
O'Meara, Stephen James – Science Probe, 1991
Describes several significant observations by amateur astronomers of recent, spectacular clouds and storm systems on Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn. (Author/JJK)
Descriptors: Astronomy, Elementary Secondary Education, Postsecondary Education, Science Education
Simple Astrophotography--Or What to Do While You Are Waiting Your Turn to Look Through the Telescope
Peer reviewedEaton, Bruce G. – Physics Teacher, 1975
Describes construction of a variety of relatively inexpensive cameras for astronomical purposes. (CP)
Descriptors: Astronomy, Laboratory Equipment, Optics, Photographic Equipment
Peer reviewedWatts, Mike – International Journal of Science Education, 2001
Explores a semi-formal intervention in the public learning and understanding of science (PLUS) by involving school children and their family adults in project work in astronomy. Considers outcomes at three levels: general evaluative comments, gains for the family teams involved, and gains in the general public understanding of science. (Contains…
Descriptors: Astronomy, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Involvement, Parent Participation
Thomsen, Dietrick E. – Science News, 1977
Describes the rationale behind the construction of a private observatory by seven astronomers. Lists pertinent factors that should be considered in the creation of an observatory. (CP)
Descriptors: Astronomy, Construction (Process), Optics, Physics
Peer reviewedJohansson, K. E.; Nilsson, Ch.; Engstedt, J.; Sandqvist, Aa. – American Journal of Physics, 2001
Describes a project that involves high school students in research in different disciplines at Stockholm University. Teaches students how to design a study and research plan, accomplish the work, and write a research report. (Author/YDS)
Descriptors: Astronomy, Foreign Countries, Hands on Science, Physics
Peer reviewedGrauer, Albert D. – American Journal of Physics, 1974
Discusses instrumentation and describes such research areas as the albedos of the brighter planets, rotation rates and atmospheres of the larger and brighter satellites, brightness changes of outer planets, asteroid rotation rates, and variable stars. (GS)
Descriptors: Astronomy, College Science, Electronic Equipment, Instrumentation
Peer reviewedSweedy, Peter H. – Physics Teacher, 1976
Instructions are provided for the construction of 4.5 foot diameter planetarium shells. (CP)
Descriptors: Astronomy, Construction (Process), Enrichment Activities, Laboratory Equipment
