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Telescope Guides
This resource, aimed at primary level, links to work on light and Earth and Space. Looking first at the principles behind how a telescope works, it provides activities in which children explore the nature of light, the role of concave and convex lenses in focussing light to form an image and on making a ‘Home TV’. Further activities show how to make both a reflective and a refractory telescope, providing a step by step guide, details on how they work and the scientists involved in their invention. These activities have been provided by European Universe Awareness (EU-UNAWE).
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Making a reflective telescope 60.16 MB
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Making a refractory telescope 9.73 MB
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