The Faulkes Telescope Project is proud to support a large number of school astronomy projects, which use the Faulkes Telescopes and the guides and resources on our website to undertake projects of research-level quality in their classrooms. Below are a list of some of the school projects that the Faulkes Telescope Project have supported.

If your school has done a project that you would like showcased, we’d love to hear about it. Send an email with the details of your project to info@faulkes-telescope.com and you could be featured on our website.

169P/NEAT: A Comet or an Asteroid?

Armagh Observatory Two students from Our Lady and St. Patrick’s College, Knock, and Bangor Grammar School in Northern Ireland worked with astronomers at the Armagh Observatory in January this year, observing comets and unusual asteroids. Read the report they wrote about their work here… “The comet 169P was first observed by the Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking system. In order to observe ...
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Astronomy projects with the Faulkes Telescopes

Astronomy Projects Group in West Galilie In June 2009 three senior school physics students from West Galilee handed in their research projects completed using data from the Faulkes Telescopes to the Board of Education in Israel. 40% of the students final grade in physics was based on these projects. Teachers examined each student for over an hour and were very ...
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The Faulkes Telescopes and the Nuffield Science Bursary Scheme

Armagh Observatory As part of the 2009 Nuffield Science Bursary Scheme, two students from Northern Ireland carried out summer projects under the supervision of Dr David Asher at Armagh Observatory. Details of the projects they carried out can be found by clicking here ...
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First EU-HOU Comenius teacher training workshop – a teacher’s point of view

Glenlola Collegiate Following the successful Comeniu-funded EU-HOU teacher training workshop in France on 7th-10th May, Jacquie Milligan, a regular Faulkes Telescope user who attended the workshop, had this to say about the weekend: “The Observatoire Haute Provence (OHP) was the setting for an excellent Teacher Training workshop from 7 – 10 May 2009, under the sponsorship of the EU ‘Hands on ...
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Faulkes Telescope Projects

Sydney Girls High School, Australia Jeff Stanger, a teacher at Sydney Girls High School, has written a number of projects based around using the Faulkes Telescopes in the classroom. His excellent activities and worksheets can be found by clicking on the link here ...
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