Exoplanets Detective – Characterising exoplanetary systems
Brief description: In this set of activities students will learn how scientists study exoplanets with telescopes, using the transit method. Students will characterise exoplanets using
Activity 1: Life in space?
In this activity, students will first consider what abiotic factors to investigate when searching for extra-terrestrial life and then examine the characteristics of different Solar System environments.
Students will next be introduced to extremophiles and hypothesize which could possibly survive on the different Solar System bodies they investigated.
Equipment
Artemia franciscana, also known as Brine Shrimp
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Brief description: In this set of activities students will learn how scientists study exoplanets with telescopes, using the transit method. Students will characterise exoplanets using
Brief description: In this activity, teachers and students simulate a comet nucleus in the classroom. Comets are considered to be time capsules containing information about
Brief description: In this activity, students will use an elliptical board to obtain speed and distance measurements for an object in an elliptical orbit. The
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