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Earth and beyond Summer school

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 Professional astronomers will be on-hand to challenge and guide students as they explore coloured stars, evolving galaxies and close encounters of the massive kind!

Students will develop the following skills during the course of the week

• literacy and numeracy skills

• communication skills

• teamwork skills

• IT skills

NC links: Sc1 Scientific Enquiry; Sc4 Physical processes - The Earth and beyond; How science works; Environment, Earth and universe.
Duration: 5 days. Each day runs from 10:00 – 15:00 (these times are flexible)
Minimum number of students: 20
Maximum number of students: 30

Please note: Bookings must be made at least six weeks in advance

For further details or to make a booking please call Edel Fletcher on 0117 9157158

During the Earth and beyond Summer School 06, students combined images in three filters to create this colourful image of M74, a spiral galaxy in Pisces. Image courtesy of the Faulkes Telescope Project.		During the Earth and beyond Summer School 06, students combined images in three filters to create this colourful image of The Crab Nebula, a supernovae remnant in Taurus. Image courtesy of the Faulkes Telescope Project.