This is Activity C13 from The Universe at Your Fingertips 2.0, a DVD-ROM resource collection for teaching astronomy.
In 1610, Galileo used his new spyglass (telescope) to observe Jupiter, and found that it had four moons going around it. These were the first moons found around another world, and the first bodies indisputably orbiting something besides the Earth. In this activity, students learn about the scientific method and do a simplified version of Galileo’s pioneering observations of Jupiter’s moons.
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This is Activity C13 from The Universe at Your Fingertips 2.0, a DVD-ROM resource collection for teaching astronomy.
In 1610, Galileo used his new spyglass (telescope) to observe Jupiter, and found that it had four moons going around it. These were the first moons found around another world, and the first bodies indisputably orbiting something besides the Earth. In this activity, students learn about the scientific method and do a simplified version of Galileo’s pioneering observations of Jupiter’s moons.
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