IBSE-Type Astronomy Projects Using Real Data
Abstract
I present three examples of IBSE (Inquiry-Based Science Education) type activities for students and teachers using data and resources from the Faulkes Telescope Project and the National Schools' Observatory. Both projects have recently celebrated their 15th anniversary and both provide free access via the internet to 2-metre robotic telescopes to educational users throughout the World. Each activity contains supporting material and sample datasets in several aspects of astronomy as well as instructions on how to analyse data. These activities are designed to be `teacher-free', extended projects for students.
- Publication:
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Education and Heritage in the Era of Big Data in Astronomy
- Pub Date:
- 2021
- DOI:
- Bibcode:
- 2021IAUS..367..159L
- Keywords:
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- Astronomy Education;
- IBSE (Inquiry Based Science Education);
- Big Data;
- Robotic Telescopes