{"id":1705,"date":"2015-10-07T14:04:20","date_gmt":"2015-10-07T14:04:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/physicsoutreach\/?page_id=1705"},"modified":"2022-04-13T15:58:09","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T14:58:09","slug":"universe-in-the-classroom-resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/physicsoutreach\/universe-in-the-classroom\/universe-in-the-classroom-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Universe in the Classroom Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A range of hands-on and e-learning activities have been developed by Universe in the Classroom to promote the use of Astronomy&#8217;s uniquely inspiring qualities to inspire and engage young children and nurture a science literate generation.<\/p>\n<p>These resources include two activity books filled with a variety of demonstrations, hands-on activities, scientific investigations, games and worksheets.\u00a0Cosmos in your Pocket and Telescope in your pocket are two small booklets for children, filled with a range of engaging and fun astronomy education games. Additionally, we have designed a model of a robotic telescope that can be printed and built by young children so that can own their very own 1-metre telescope. \u00a0Finally, the beautifully illustrated comic book &#8216;There&#8217;s No Such Thing As A Stupid Queston&#8221; is available to download and print. This excellent piece of artwork teaches children and adults alike that curiosity is a value to be cherished not dampened.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/unawe.org\/resources\/education\/Universe_in_Box_activitybook\/\"><strong>Universe in a Box activity book<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/unawe.org\/resources\/guides\/universeinaboxdiyguide\/\">Universe in a Box DIY guide<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/sh\/t2mj87gt192tom1\/AAB_fDXc0Gnl-t-TVvRAV5mAa?dl=0\"><strong>Telescopes in the Classroom activity book<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/yzsky58twj2nypx\/Telescope%20in%20your%20pocket_5-3.pdf?dl=0\"><strong>Telescope in your Pocket<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.unawe.org\/static\/archives\/guides\/pdf\/EU-UNAWE_cosmos_pocket_activity.pdf\"><strong>Cosmos in your Pocket<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/sh\/30hr4rbdiyocnvx\/AADze6SgsAPq8xZj3IiDRQz_a?dl=0\"><strong>Build a Model Telescope<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lcogt.net\/blog\/no-such-thing-as-a-stupid-question\/\"><strong>No Such Thing As A Stupid Question Comic<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A range of hands-on and e-learning activities have been developed by Universe in the Classroom to promote the use of Astronomy&#8217;s uniquely inspiring qualities to inspire and engage young children and nurture a science literate generation. These resources include two activity books filled with a variety of demonstrations, hands-on activities, scientific investigations, games and worksheets.\u00a0Cosmos<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":274,"featured_media":0,"parent":308,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1705","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P4hmOz-rv","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"meta_box":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/physicsoutreach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/physicsoutreach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/physicsoutreach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/physicsoutreach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/274"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/physicsoutreach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1705"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/physicsoutreach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1705\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1958,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/physicsoutreach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1705\/revisions\/1958"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/physicsoutreach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/physicsoutreach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}