Daytime Guided Tours: Teachers Info

Astronomy is recognised in many countries as providing one of the most effective opportunities for inspiring youth to study physics, chemistry and maths - valuable preparation for citizens of an increasingly technical society, and essential for careers in science and engineering.

From: Astronomy Australia, Prime Minister's Science, Engineering And Innovation Council - 17 June 2004

Daytime Guided Tours

Relevant Curriculum Framework Science Learning Outcomes for;

EARTH and BEYOND:

• features of the day and night sky,
• changes in these features,
• components of the Universe,
• spatial relationships between celestial objects,
• Earth’s orientation,
• telescopes and detectors, and
• changes in astronomical ideas.

ENERGY and CHANGE:

• the Sun as a source of energy

Relevant Learning Development Phases

• early childhood
• late childhood
• early adolescence
• late adolescence