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Subject: Astronomy & Space Sciences

Science activity demonstrating the phenomenon of light scattering
Blue Sky

Discover why the sky is blue and the sunset is red.

Science activity investigating spectroscopy
CD Spectroscope

Turn an old CD into a spectroscope to analyze light.

Coincidencia cósmica

¡Descubre la “coincidencia cósmica” que hace posible los eclipses solares!

Convección en un molde de aluminio

Visualiza el movimiento de los fluidos de las celdas de convección.

Science activity to understand the “cosmic coincidence” that makes solar eclipses possible.
Cosmic Coincidence

Discover the “cosmic coincidence” that makes solar eclipses possible!

Science activity that explores the relative sizes of the earth and moon and the distances between them
Earth and Moon

Create a scale model of the earth-moon system using different-sized spheres.

Eclipse a escala

¡Haz un modelo a escala de un eclipse solar total!

Science activity exploring why eclipses don't happen every month.
Eclipse in a Cup

Try a new tilt on eclipses.

Eclipses del anillo de luz

Un anillo de luz representa al Sol.

Science activity to create an eclipse with a ring light.
Eclipses of the Ring Light

A ring light stands in for the Sun.

Eclipses solares

¡Usa el pulgar para eclipsar a tu amigo!

Falling Feather

Prove to yourself that Galileo was right.

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