Scotch College

Looking to the heavens

Scotch has been invited to participate in a involved will undergo training funded by this Department of Education, Science and Training project. It will be a great opportunity for all involved astronomy project, in which students will have to access tools that are not yet readily available to access to a remote telescope and camera located at Charles Sturt University in Bathurst, NSW.

Each class will control the telescope and will be able Senior School to point to an object and take pictures. When the class is online, no one else will have control of the telescope and camera. Students will learn about the Nicholas Denby (Year 11) has been celestial objects, and how to process images that selected to represent Australia at the they are photographing.

This astronomical study will comprise a curriculum unit called Practical Astronomy for Years 79, and it Washington DC and New York in June comes with a 200 page student workbook, CD ROM and July. and 24 hour online support. All Scotch teachers involved will undergo training funded by the project. It will be a great opportunity for all involved to access tools that are not yet readily available in schools.

Grace Cardaci
Senior School