It's full of stars

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Using a telescope and considering how those early astronomers may have worked

Lesson idea. This session involves practical astronomy. It describes what you can expect to see through a telescope and outlines how a telescope works. This is session 1 of a series of 6 entitled Astronomy Master Class

Teaching approach. Astronomy^(topic) has been practiced for centuries and doesn't require expensive equipment! This first session aims to train the whole class^(ta) to use a telescope and, hopefully, to provide an opportunity to engage in some active learning^(ta). The lesson includes some naked-eye observations and describes how modern technology helps scientists know where to look. You can explore the scientific method^(ta) and language^(ta) at this point, using targeted questioning^(ta)/differentiation^(ta). Students may be able to engage in an inquiry^(ta)-based project around this work, perhaps for homework^(ta).

Resource details
Title	It's full of stars
Topic	[[Topics/Astronomy|Astronomy]]
Teaching approach	[[Teaching Approaches/Differentiation|Differentiation]],  [[Teaching Approaches/Homework|Homework]],  [[Teaching Approaches/Questioning|Questioning]],  [[Teaching Approaches/Whole class|Whole class]],  [[Teaching Approaches/Language|Language]],  [[Teaching Approaches/Active learning|Active learning]],  [[Teaching Approaches/Inquiry|Inquiry]],  [[Teaching Approaches/Scientific method|Scientific method]]
Learning Objectives	Being able to set up and aim a telescope. Understand how a telescope works and know some of the history of its development.
Format / structure	An 18 minute narrated screen cast which is part of the full, six hour 'Astronomy Master Class'. Also supplied as a Prezi and an Acrobat file should you wish to do the presentation yourself. The Astronomy Master Class overview explains how the resource was used.
Subject	[[Resources/Science|Science]]
Age of students / grade	[[Resources/Secondary|Secondary]],  [[Resources/Year 10|Year 10]]
Related ORBIT Wiki Resources	88 Miles per hour Astronomy Master Class Celestial Wanderers From Earth to Moon Recreating the Big Bang
Files and resources to view and download	Teacher's Notes Narrated video - 18 mins http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZSMRCjTUBE Astronomy Master Class - Prezi Slide presentation - http://prezi.com/2hk390sfkqjh/the-astronomy-masterclass/ Acrobat PDF document - for session 1, use pages 3-22 of Astronomy masterclass.pdf at https://www.box.com/shared/aqnk3lvr09 (241Mb) TES Resources link - http://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/The-Astronomy-Masterclass-6070303/ This also includes links to other YouTube videos.