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Smart astronomers: from the classroom to the sky
The distances of planets, stars, galaxies and other objects seem unreal to most students. But using parallax measurements, even such great distances can be determined. Starting with outdoor hands-on activities, students measure distances using mobile devices and simulate distance measurements in the classroom, on the school campus and to the moon. Students can also determine the altitude of the ISS.
For this teaching unit the students should be at an age between 14 and 18 years, for certain knowledge in physics, astronomy, mathematics, geometry and trigonometry is presumed.
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