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To make it as easy as possible to carry out an observing session using the LCOGT robotic telescope, we’ve incorporated the experience into a game of Bingo. It’s fun and easy to play: when you see an object you like, take your own picture with just the click of a button. To participate in the 'ISE Observing Challenge' make sure to include your school name in your 'Nickname'

The scenario is aimed at 7th grade students, at their second year in studying Physics. They will need background knowledge about forces, especially gravity, and movement( translation and rotation). They will also use previous learned methods to record experimental data and graphical representation of physical quantities or experimentally determined variations. The 5 hours scenario is divided according to a sequence of steps that correspond to scientific investigation, to answer the problem to be investigated: ' The hardest thing to keep is the balance ...'.

Students will measure the Earth’s circumference based on Eratosthenes’ experiment, which he carried out at 3rd century B.C.

Students will measure the Earth’s circumference based on Eratosthenes’ experiment, which he carried out at 3rd century B.C.

Elevii vor masura circumferinta Pamantului, folosind Experimentul Eratosthenes

The inquiry based approach consists of finding the real problems of living on this beautiful planet, Mother Earth, in order to start searching another house for humans on another planet from the Solar System. They will also use World Wide Telescope for exploring the planets of the solar system and for building the slide show. Which planet of the Solar Sistem is the most similar to Earth in order to send there a space colony? At least for the beginning we will remain in the Solar System, but it is possible to go further one day.

The inquiry based approach consists of finding the real problems of living on this beautiful planet, Mother Earth, in order to start searching another house for humans on another planet from the Solar System. They will also use World Wide Telescope for exploring the planets of the solar system and for building the slide show. Which planet of the Solar Sistem is the most similar to Earth in order to send there a space colony? At least for the beginning we will remain in the Solar System, but it is possible to go further one day.

The students will follow the rover Curiosity on its way to the red planet Mars by using the World Wide Telescope. The didactical approach is based on scientific inquiry in order to give students the enjoyment of finding out for themselves and initiates appreciation of the nature of scientific activity, of the power and the limitations of science. The main question will be: Where is Curiosity now? The educational activity will benefit of e-learning tools like WWT, and some web resources.

The students will follow the rover Curiosity on its way to the red planet Mars by using the World Wide Telescope. The didactical approach is based on scientific inquiry in order to give students the enjoyment of finding out for themselves and initiates appreciation of the nature of scientific activity, of the power and the limitations of science. The main question will be: Where is Curiosity now? The educational activity will benefit of e-learning tools like WWT, and some web resources.

The students will learn how to use the World Wide Telescope and how to prepare a Guided Tour for illustrating their journey between stars.

The students will learn how to use the World Wide Telescope and how to prepare a Guided Tour for illustrating their journey between stars.

The students will learn how to use the World Wide Telescope and how to prepare a Guided Tour for illustrating their journey between stars.

In this activity students will follow step by step the discovery of gravitational waves! They will be exposed to the modern theory of Gravity of Einstein in a pedagogically consistent manner and then investigate the parameters needed in order to build a gravitational wave detector sensitive enough to measure tiny signals such as this measured by the LIGO experiment in September 2015.

The students will learn how to prepare a Guided Tour for illustrating the video presentation of the Blue Planet seen from a distance. They will have to explain why this planet is blue and they will have to use this particularity for attracting tourists from other planets on the Earth. Everything will happen in the far future. Is it an imagination exercise.

The students will learn how to prepare a Guided Tour for illustrating the video presentation of the Blue Planet seen from a distance. They will have to explain why this planet is blue and they will have to use this particularity for attracting tourists from other planets on the Earth. Everything will happen in the far future. Is it an imagination exercise.