Europlanet Planetary Science Resource of the Week
Each week, the Europlanet Facebook page highlights a planetary science resource for educators, teachers and students.
These resources are high quality educational activities to be used in and out of the classroom. The resources feature activities from the peer-reviewed Europlanet Collections published on IAU astroEDU, covering topics from planetary maps, the solar system and planetary exploration to asteroids and comets.
If you’d like to feature your planetary science resource in our Facebook campaign, write to us at social@europlanet-eu.org.
Planetary Science Resource of the Week: 26th July
Cooking a Comet: This activity is a demonstration and practical activity, along with the resulting discussion, gives an insight into the chemical constituents of comets. https://www.esa.int/
Activity by ESA – European Space Agency
Planetary Science Resource of the Week: 19th July
Day lengths of the Planets: How long does a day last on each of the planets? This visualization demonstrates the lengths of planet days. https://alokm.com/astro/
Activity by Alok Mandavgane.
Planetary Science Resource of the Week: 12th July
Solar System in Augmented Reality: Paired with mini solar system models from AstroReality pair with an augmented-reality app so users can virtually explore all eight planets of the solar system (and Pluto). https://www.space.com/
Activity by AstroReality.
Planetary Science Resource of the Week: 5th July
Solar System in the Football Field: This activity demonstrates how a 100 metres football field could serve as a venue to compare distances in our Solar System giving a unique perspective the vastness of our Solar System. https://
Activity by ESA – European Space Agency.
Planetary Science Resource of the Week: 26th June
Children’s Planetary Maps: Mars. Using the maps specifically designed for children, students will have an insight to the geography, environmental conditions, astrobiological potential and exploration opportunities of Mars.
http://astroedu.iau.org/
Activity by Henrik Hargitai and Mátyás Gede, Eotvos Lorand University, published on IAU astroEDU.
Planetary Science Resource of the Week: 19th June
Children’s Planetary Maps: Pluto & Charon. Using the maps specifically designed for children, students will have an insight to the geography, environmental conditions, astrobiological potential and exploration opportunities of Pluto & Charon.
http://astroedu.iau.org/
Activity by Henrik Hargitai and Mátyás Gede, Eotvos Lorand University, published on IAU astroEDU.
Planetary Science Resource of the Week: 12th June
Sun, Earth and Moon Model: students build a model of the Sun-Earth-Moon system, exploring how the Moon revolves around the Earth, and the Earth around the Sun. Students play a memory game and learn some characteristics about the three objects.
http://astroedu.iau.org/
Activity by Space Awareness, Sterrenkunde-Astronomy Leiden published on IAU astroEDU
Planetary Science Resource of the Week: 5th June
Children’s Planetary Maps: Titan. Using the maps specifically designed for children, students will have an insight to the geography, environmental conditions, astrobiological potential and exploration opportunities of Titan.
http://astroedu.iau.org/
Activity by Henrik Hargitai and Mátyás Gede, Eotvos Lorand University, published on IAU astroEDU.
Planetary Science Resource of the Week: 22nd March
Meteoroids, Meteors and Meteorites: Learn about formation of meteroids. Through this activity, students will experimentally learn how meteoroids are formed. They will melt a comet, learning about its composition, and break apart asteroids. They will also learn about the effect meteors can have on Earth. http://astroedu.iau.org/en/activities/1638/meteoroids-meteors-and-meteorites/
Activity by Jorge Rivero González, Leiden Observatory; Ronan Smith, Cardiff University; Christian Eistrup, Leiden Observatory, published on IAU astroEDU.
Planetary Science Resource of the Week: 15th March
Planetary Maps for Children: The Moon – an up close look at our own satellite. Using maps of planets and moons specifically designed for children, students will have an insight to the geography, environmental conditions, astrobiological potential and exploration opportunities of the Moon. http://astroedu.iau.org/en/activities/1720/childrens-planetary-maps-the-moon/
Activity by Henrik Hargitai and Mátyás Gede from Eotvos Lorand University, published on IAU astroEDU.
Planetary Science Resource of the Week: 9th March
Impact Craters: A literal Earth-Shattering experiment! Through this activity, the students will learn about recent meteor strikes and the effects they can have. They will then examine their significance in the history of the planet, and what they do to the surface of a planet when forming a crater. The students will then experimentally determine how the size and impact velocity of a meteorite determine the size of the crater. http://astroedu.iau.org/en/activities/1641/impact-craters/
Activity by Ronan Smith, Cardiff University; Christian Eistrup, Leiden Observatory, published on IAU astroEDU.
Planetary Science Resource of the Week: 23rd February
Children’s Planetary Maps: Venus – Learn more about our nearest neighbour, Venus, using maps specially designed for young students. You will have an insight to the geography, environmental conditions, astrobiological potential and exploration opportunities of Venus.
http://astroedu.iau.org/en/activities/1722/childrens-planetary-maps-venus/
Activity by Henrik Hargitai and Mátyás Gede from Eotvos Lorand University, published on astroEDU.
Planetary Science Resource of the Week: 15th February
Creating Asteroids: Excellent activity for young students to build their own asteroid using clay to understand the characteristics. http://astroedu.iau.org/…/activiti…/1642/creating-asteroids/
Activity by Angela Perez and Tibisay Sankatsing Nava of Universe Awareness, published on astroEDU.
