Stargazing LIVE - Teacher's resources
Schools' Telescope Projects
Get your school involved in exciting telescope projects to access images of Space.
The Faulkes Telescope Project (FTP)
faulkes-telescope.com
Through the FTP schools can access live images of space from a global network of robotic telescopes for use in their science lessons and clubs. The FTP currently has access to the 2-metre diameter Faulkes Telescope North, at Haleakala Observatory, Maui, Hawaii and the Faulkes Telescope South at Siding Spring Observatory, Australia.
Supported by the Dill Faulkes Educational Trust, UK schools and other educational users have free access to the telescopes and data archive, plus free educational resources and observing projects. Teacher training workshops are held across the UK and the website hosts an online user training facility for students and teachers.
The Faulkes Telescope Project is based at the University of Glamorgan in South Wales.
National Schools' Observatory (NSO)
schoolsobservatory.org.uk
Through the NSO, any school in the UK and Ireland can request their own observations free of charge from the £5million Liverpool Telescope - the world's largest robotic telescope - situated in the Canary Islands.
Once schools have registered via the website, the telescope will take and send requested observations for analysis including planets, galaxies, nebulae and asteroids. The site also includes teaching resources and an astronomy textbook for use by schools.
The telescope was funded and built in Merseyside by Liverpool John Moores University but due to the inclement weather in the UK it is now located on the island of La Palma.
The Bradford Robotic Telescope (BRT)
schools.telescope.org
The BRT provides schools with access to a robotic telescope in Tenerife to take pictures of space for use in the classroom. Schools are asked to pay a subscription to help the organisation recover costs.
The Telescope has three cameras, one which captures the full glory of the constellations, another to image clusters or Moon phases and a third to look deep into space at distant galaxies.
The BRT is a not for profit scheme run through the University of Bradford and developed with teachers. The site includes lesson plans and further support for schools.