Projects for the 2020-2021 School Year

100 Telescope Hours for 100 Schools

Presented:  August 26 23:00 UTC – August 27 04:00 UTC  or. August 26, 18:00 CDT

100 Hours for 100 Schools is an on-going collaborative program between Global Hands-On Universe (GHOU) and Las Cumbres Observatory (LCO). This program delivers unique activities in astronomy to teachers and students all over the world, with 100 teachers from at least 50 countries being selected. Each participating teacher uses LCO remote telescopes for students to image deep sky objects for use in their classrooms with their students. Students post results in a project Padlet for others participants to review and discuss. 

Moon Over Us: Phases & Faces (Jan. 9-Feb 16)

Part of our China Exchange, The  Moon Over Us: Moon Phases and Faces is where students learn about moon phases and faces. They learn how the moon looks when viewed from the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. In the project, students and teachers from around the world share and discuss their poetry, stories, drawings, images and videos of the moon's different looks by commenting on each other's web pages.

Every Soul a Star - ready for readers!

Students read Every Soul a Star to learn about a Solar Eclipse. Book is written in English.

Moon Over Us: Faces (April-May)

Part of our China Exchange, The Moon Over Us: Moon Faces is where students learn about moon faces. They learn how the moon looks when viewed from the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. In the project, students and teachers from around the world share and discuss their poetry, stories, drawings, images and videos of the moon's different looks by commenting on each other's web pages.

How Big is Earth? (February-April & May-June)

This project is funded by International Astronomical Union (IAU) is the the Office of Astronomy for Development (OAD) in partnership with the South African National Research Foundation.)

Using only the sunlight striking the Earth and a wooden dowel, students can measure the circumference of the earth. Eratosthenes did it over 2,000 years ago. In Cosmos, Carl Sagan shared the process by which Eratosthenes measured the angle of the shadow cast at local noon when sunlight strikes a stick positioned perpendicular to the ground. By comparing his measurement to another made a distance away, Eratosthenes was able to calculate the circumference of the earth.

This project meets standards for Math, Science, Reading and Geography.

Students receive buttons for each activity.


Moon Over Us: Moon Phases (April-May)

The Moon Over Us: Moon Phases is where students learn more about the moon phases and their effect on Earth.  In the project, students and teachers from around the world share information, history, stories, images, drawings and video  about the moon phases and discuss this information by commenting on each other's web pages.