James Webb Space Telescope - Primary Resources
The James Webb Space Telescope is currently making observations of distant stars and planets, following it's launch in 2021. It is a highly technical design which has taken many years to be designed and made. It has been an international collaboration involving North America, Canada and Europe.
This collection of resources are linked to the design challenges that were faced by the teams designing, testing and building the James Webb Space Telescope. They allow older primary children to explore these problems through working scientifically, D & T and mathematics investigations. The resources are:
- James Webb Space Telescope: Vibration Testing
- James Webb Space Telescope: Designing the Primary Mirror
- James Webb Space Telescope: Investigating How Freezing Affects Materials
- James Webb Space Telescope: Keeping Things cold
This collection of resources have been provided by ESERO-UK.
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James Webb Space Telescope: Designing the Primary Mirror
This activity looks at the primary mirror of the James Webb Space Telescope exploring the challenges that faced scientists and engineers whilst they were designing it. Linking to tessellating shapes in...
James Webb Space Telescope: Vibration Design Testing
Aimed at upper primary learners this resource provides a design and technology activity based on the challenges engineers and space scientists faced whilst working on the creation of the telescope. Children...
James Webb Space Telescope: Keeping Things Cold
In this activity children learn about how the James Webb Space Telescope is designed to keep itself cold. They find out about the sunshield and how it works then explore how they can keep cold things cold, when...
James Webb Space Telescope: Investigating How Freezing Affects Materials
In this resource children investigate how the properties of different materials change when they are frozen. The two activities are based on a challenge scientists and engineers had when designing the James...
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| Subject(s) | Design and technology, Engineering, Mathematics, Science |
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| Age | 7-11 |
| Published | 2010 to 2019 |
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| Direct URL | https://www.stem.org.uk/cxfn96 |
