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.

Triple Success with the Real Time Interface

By Neil Pacheco Neil Pacheco is the science subject leader at Kiveton Park Meadows Junior School in Sheffield, UK. Neil and his pupils have had some tremendous success with the Faulkes Telescope Project Real Time Interface! Here is what Neil had to say… I am the science subject leader at my school and teach in Y5, where one of our ...
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Exploring Galactic Structures from Romania

By Valentina Matei A secondary school in Oradea, Romania has taken some wonderful images using the Faulkes Telescopes and LCO Network. One of their physics teachers, Valentina Matei shared their story with us: I teach physics for 12-14 years old students at “Dacia” Secondary School in Oradea, Romania. I teach Astronomy in extracurricular activities for 13 years old students in ...
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Getting ready to chase some comets!

Helen Usher, from the Faulkes Telescope Project Team and a PhD Candidate at the Open University spent an afternoon with pupils at St Mary’s Catholic School in Bridgend, Wales (UK). The school is getting stuck into the Comet Chaser project. The aim of the project is to deliver unique and engaging educational activities to primary schools that explore the observation ...
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Threats from the Cosmos

By Mika Wawerzonnek Mika Wawerzonnek, A 17-year-old 11th grade student studying at Ratsgymnasium Münster in Germany has been using the telescope network to complete his term paper (German: “Facharbeit”). The title of Mika’s paper translates to “Identification, Confirmation and Trajectory Tracking of Near-Earth Objects – Threats from the Cosmos”. As part of his project, Mika has had intense involvement in ...
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Observing Novae from Norway

By Vegard Rekaa During May and June 2021, two bright Novae appeared in the night sky. The first in Cassiopeia (Nova Cas 2021) and the second in Hercules (Nova Her 2021). A nova appears when a white dwarf in a binary system of stars accumulates sufficient gas from its companion star. As this gas accumulates, the newly added layers are ...
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