Education

Teacher Sheila Kanani creates a comet from dry ice
RAS services for teachers
The Education and Outreach team at the RAS are qualified teachers and experts in astronomy and geophysics. This means we are able to offer teachers a variety of resources and services free of charge. Some of the things we can provide include: Space…
Partial solar eclipse
Teacher resource: Solar eclipse worksheet (age 11–14)
The Solar eclipse worksheet (age 11–14) can be found here.
A partial solar eclipse
How to observe an eclipse safely
What is a solar eclipse, and how is it caused? What can members of the public expect to see, and how can they observe an eclipse safely? This booklet, first published January 2015, explains the answers to these questions and more. It also includes...
A partial solar eclipse
Teacher resource: Solar Eclipse Newspaper Article
The Solar Eclipse Newspaper article resource can be found here.
A student looking through a telescope
Educational resources database
The RAS work closely with lead educators and teachers to identify excellent educational resources that can be used by students and teachers, in order to support the teaching of astronomy and geophysics topics. One of the most comprehensive databases…
Sources of astronomy images
Astronomy Picture of the Day A new astronomical image every day, with an archive of thousands of pictures. 2MASS images Infrared colour composites constructed from 2MASS Atlas Images AAO images Thumbnails of the celebrated images taken by David…