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We are star-stuff: teaching about the elements
Posted by: ozymandias1 on: December 11, 2011
We had fun with these resources yesterday so I thought I would share them. First up, where did all the stuff that makes up you and me come from? Hold up your hand: You are looking at stardust made flesh. The iron in your blood, the calcium in your bones, the oxygen that fills your [...]
Wha’ is the stars, Joxer?
Posted by: ozymandias1 on: February 21, 2010
Boyle: An’, as it blowed an’ blowed, I ofen looked up at the sky an’ assed meself the question — what is the stars, what is the stars? … Joxer: Ah, that’s the question, that’s the question — what is the stars? Boyle: An’ then, I’d have another look, an’ I’d ass meself — what [...]
I hate Science Week
Posted by: ozymandias1 on: November 9, 2009
- In: Education | Astronomy
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I find it very difficult to get excited by Science Week. In fact let me just come straight out and say it; I hate Science Week. Why does it exist? Like so many other great ideas we have here in Ireland, it seems we have one because England has one. And why does England have [...]
Free Telescopes for Schools – what a wonderful idea!
Posted by: ozymandias1 on: November 22, 2008
- In: Astronomy | Education | Physics
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A colleague reminded me recently that when you think about it, there are really only two concepts that fascinate young kids; Space and Dinosaurs. Okay, so this is a gross generalisation, but with work with me here. Somebody in England has cottoned on to the first part of this. The Society for Popular Astronomy (SPA), [...]
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