On Wednesday, 25.09.2024, a group of 14 students from grades 7 (Dwujęzyczna Szkoła Podstawowa nr 1), participating in the project: E-soleo, no. 2024-1-PL01-KA121-SCH-000197216, Erasmus+ program, visited the Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw. The aim of the visit was to observe the Sun using a professional telescope. The weather was great! Our guides were PAN PhD students from Chile, who talked with extraordinary passion about observing the Sun, telescopes and their research.
Photos: M. Tymowska-Wicha
Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center in Warsaw, Poland.
Photo: M. Tymowska
Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center in Warsaw, Poland.
Photo: M. Tymowska
Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center in Warsaw, Poland.
Photo: M. Tymowska
Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center in Warsaw, Poland.
Photo: M. Tymowska
Students from Spain travelled to Àger to the Astronomical Parc of Montsec, Spain, to do some solar observations using professional telescopes. They also attended two workshops related to sun and light.
Photos: R. Prats
Throughout October, students of the Bilingual Elementary School in Warsaw-Wesoła observed sunrises and sunsets. Additionally, on October 8 and 22, they measured the length of a shadow during a sunny day. Here are the results of their research.
Photo: J. Piechociak
The chart shows the progression of daylight hours in October 2024, highlighting the gradual shortening of days as sunrise occurs later and sunset happens earlier throughout the month.
The chart displays the changes in sunrise times throughout October 2024. It highlights a consistent delay in sunrise as the month progresses, reflecting the seasonal shortening of daylight hours.
The graph shows the change in shadow length over time, showing the change in the sun's position.
The graph shows the changes in the sun's elevation angle during the day, with the maximum angle reached at noon.
Results of observations of sunrises and sunsets and measurements of shadows in October 2024, developed by students of Bilingual Primary School No. 1, Warsaw, under the supervision of Justyn Piechociak, biology teacher
A slightly different form of solar observation in Bergisch Gladbach, Germany.
What does observing the sun have to do with mathematics and physics? Quite a lot, as we have discovered! The German pupils worked on the ray theorem.
Photos made by German team