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.

School pupil and teacher help with astronomical discovery

by Evan Jones (Swansea University) In early 2018, the ESA Gaia spacecraft was busy observing the cosmos, detecting points of light in space as part of its mission to map out the physical features of our Galaxy. In Eastbury Community School, Barking, Essex, Megan Greet, the Head of Physics, was working on a project with her Year 13 students, which ...
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Astronomical successes at the Maui County district Science and Engineering Fair

From the HI STAR team: J. D. Armstrong, Carolyn Kaichi, Jenny Shih (Maui, Hawaii) The recent Maui County district Science and Engineering Fair saw a number of successes involving schools’ programmes using the telescopes. Image: In the past the fair has been a major event showcasing the full range of science being done in schools on the island of Maui ...
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From my School, I see the Universe

By Álvaro Folhas Image 1: Students watching the telescopes take their requested images in real-time. Image Credit: Álvaro Folhas Students in a high school science club from Escola Secundária Marques Castilho have been busy gathering and processing astronomical images via the Faulkes Telescope Project. The students used the real-time interface to access the telescopes in Australia and Hawaii in real-time, ...
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Supernova Hunting – A Year 12 Research Project

By Kevin Mosedale Figure 1 – Students and Teacher, Kevin Mosedale, identifying the supernova from their image Over the years that I’ve used the Faulkes telescopes with students, I’ve always wanted to try to do some ‘proper’ research and then in September 2019, the Curriculum Extension Programme at Radley College (UK) offered me that opportunity. A group of five new ...
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Chasing Comets (whilst spinning ducks and potatoes!)

By Helen Usher Helen Usher, a member of the Faulkes Telecope Project and PhD candidate at the Open University will be presenting at the National Astronomy Meeting (NAM) this year. NAM brings together a number of astronomy-related communities across the UK to present a wide-reaching programme that demonstrates the diversity and interests of these communities. Helen will be talking about ...
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