Make Your Own Telescope
Inviting all the Middle and High School Students (From Grades 6th to 11th)
Every Saturday, From June 22nd to August 31st, 2024, 11.30 AM - 12.30 PM CST.
Learn from the Space Experts
iStart Valley brings to you leading edge space education program in collaboration with NAVARS EdTech, a leading Space Innovation Company and Space Industry Leaders working closely with students from various tiers of society and space industry leaders to fill the gap in capacity building among the youth of the nation, help build a sustainable future, and grow the space economy.
Just because you can't see something doesn't mean it isn't there. Sometimes, you just need to look closer. This is where a telescope comes in handy. Telescopes were first used to look for far-off ships, until Italian scientist Galileo pointed the telescope towards the sky. Then it became a tool in astronomy. So, bring out an Astronomer in you and make your own Telescope. During this course, students will participate in active learning through challenges, enabling them to build their own telescope and then gather data using their telescope.
Learning Outcomes
- Deeper insight into the working of telescopes.
- Learning the methods of active experimentation and result analysis
- STELLARIUM Software Training
- Safety and Maintenance Practices while working with telescope Optics.
- Applying learned concepts to create a project and presenting it
- Community and Networking with like-minded students
Event Details
| Session # | Type of Session | Session Content |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sky Observation | Introduction to the Program, Movement of the Sky, AltAzimuth Coordinate System, Basic Mount of Telescope, Finding Angles in the Sky, Make your own Altimeter |
| 2 | Working of the Telescope | Coordination of Human Eye and Telescope, the purpose of a Telescope, Telescope Specifications, Idea of Mirror based Telescope -Newton’s Telescope and Its working. Compare: Refracting vs Reflecting (Pros & Cons), Telescopic effects in the nature |
| 3 | Telescope Assembly | Parts of the Telescope Kit, Finding the Telescope Specs (Aperture, Power, Magnification, Focal Length etc), Telescope Accessories and their use, Telescope, Assemble instructions |
| 4 | Operating the Telescope | Telescope Mount, Telescope Pointing, Focusing, Objects of Observations, Tools for planning observations, Mobile App for planning observations, Observation Task |
| 5 | Professional Telescope | The Telescopes for Research, World's largest telescope, The Evolution of Professional Telescopes, Telescopes on the Ground & Space : Case Study, Challenges of Telescopes on the Ground and Space, Adaptive Optics, Finding the Telescope Resolving power |
| 6 | The Invention and Future | Who invented the Telescope? The story of Telescope Invention, Why Galileo is Famous? The role of Telescopes in scientific progress, The James Webb Space Telescope (Case Study), Telescopes in Space |
| 7 | Assessment & Feedback | Quiz, Presentation of Student assignments/observations, Feedback, QnA and Course closure |
Program Deliverables
- Telescope-making Kit with manual
- STELLARIUM Software Training
- Other important tools and mobile apps
- Free membership to ISRC Student Community
- Certificate of participation for all participants
Schedule and Fees
Program features 7 Experts led sessions one hour per week from June 22nd to August 31st, 2024, every Saturday from 11.30 AM to 12.30 PM CST.
Fees for the program include the hardware shipped to your address provided during registration. Total Fees is $445.
Expert Instructor
- Ashish Kumar
- 8+ Years of Experience in Astronomy and space science education
- Taught Astronomy to over 15k+ students all over the world
- Astro-Tourism expert
- Professional experience in Telescope manufacturing
- Star gazing expert
- Installed CDK24" and observatories
- Designed Astronomy and Space science museum
- Overheaded Various State and central govt level Astronomy project
