It's full of stars

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Use a telescope and consider how those early astronomers may have worked

Lesson idea. This session involves practical astronomy. It tells what you can expect to see through a telescope and outlines how a telescope works. This is session one of a series of 6 entitled 'Astronomy masterclass' (SC0018).

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	to be able to set up and aim a telescope to understand how a telescope works and know some of the history of its development.
Format / structure	An 18 minute narrated screencast which is part of the full, six hour 'Astronomy Masterclass'. Also supplied as a Prezi and a Acrobat file should you wish to do the presentation yourself. The Astronomy Masterclass overview tells 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	Astronomy Masterclass, From Earth to Moon, Celestial Wanderers, Recreating the Big Bang, 88 Miles per hour, 88 Miles per hour
Files and resources to view and download	The Teacher Notes are available from this page Choice of formats: Narrated video - 18 mins http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZSMRCjTUBE Astronomy Masterclass - 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.