International Year of Astronomy - South Africa

Learner Resources


  1.     Why Don't I Fall Off the Earth ? (SAAO, Case) [ELA]
  2.     Determining the Size of the Earth – How Big is the Earth ? (SAAO, Case) [EL&A]
  3.     Determining the distance to the Moon (UFS, Marty) [ELA]
  4.     Alexandrian Astronomy (finding size of Earth & Moon, & Earth-Moon distance using a lunar eclipse (SAAO, Case) [EL&A]
  5.      Solar Poster (SAAO – being re-designed) [ELA?]
  6.      Estimate size of solar flare (UFS, Marty) [ELA]
  7.      Calculate mass of Sun converted into radiation per second (UFS, Marty) [ELA]
  8.      Eclipses (solar & lunar) (SAAO, Case) [ELA]
  9.      Large Numbers (has solar system scale idea) (SAAO, Case) [ELA]
  10.      Comets (SAAO, Case) [ELA]
  11.      The Solar System (simple diagram; SAAO) [ELA]
  12.      Solar System poster (SKA) [ELA]
  13.      Die Sonnestelsel (ASSA, Bleomfontein)
  14.      Life Cycle of Stars (SAAO)  [ELA]
  15.      Determining the distance to Apha Centauri (nearest star) (UFS, Marty) [ELA]
  16.      How Bright is that Star ? [EL&A]
  17.      Planispheres (voor en agter) (planetarium &  UFS, Marty) [ELA]
  18.      Your Place in the Universe poster (SKA) [ELA]
  19.      Inverse Square Law (SAAO, Case) [EL&A]
  20.      Introductory Astronomy Topics (co-ords, precession, stellar magnitudes, colour temp., stellar classification, extinction, sun standard, parallax) (SAAO, Case) [EL&A]
  21.      Seascope (telescope application for any kind of field trip) (SAAO, Case) [ELA]
  22.      Doppler Effect (using spectra) (SAAO, Case) [EL&A]
  23.      Electromegnetic Spectrum poster (SKA) [ELA]
  24.      Star Lore poster (SAAO – being re-designed) [ELA]
  25.      Poster on Women in Science & Engineering (SAASTA) [EL]
  26.      Cosmology Poster (Renee) [EL]