(Updated 9 November 2014) This article provides a brief overview of the predictable significant astronomy and space events that will occur in…
Earth and space sciences
Scaling the Universe. A modern version of ‘Powers of Ten’
One of the problems with understanding the size of the universe and everything in it, is it’s size. The famous…
Amazing Space! January – March 2012 student newsletter now available
The ‘Amazing Space!’ January – March 2012 student newsletter is now available for free download from my website. The direct…
Make a 3D model of the Southern Cross
The Australian Curriculum for Science in the ‘Earth and space sciences’ content area for Year 10 asks that students understand…
Make a Jupiter and Venus conjunction flip book
2012 will be a year full of memorable astronomical events. One of the first will be an apparent close encounter…
Make a scale model of the Sun, Earth and Moon system
Space is big! Just how big is difficult to comprehend. One starting point on the journey to attempt to understand…
Make a Southern Cross finder and demonstrate how the stars move due to the Earth’s rotation
One of the first things that most people learn to do when they are getting started in astronomy is to…
Explore the Moons phases with an old fashioned flip book
Do you remember the old fashioned flip books? Here is a chance for you to make one with an astronomical…