Eryn Douglas (Yr 12 VET student from JTCC), assisted in the cutting of the timber (Horns) this morning for the Radio Telescope Project.
Tuesday 24 March 2020
Sunday 8 March 2020
Communications Methods
As we move through the build process teams will want to communicate share questions and show off progress.
We would reccomend you use the google tools you and the students have available to you.
This is a part of the Google Suite.
Your Students may want to check out this blog :
This was created by the student team at Magdalene to share their efforts in the High Altitude Balloon Launch.
Send me the addresses of each blog created and we will post them here.
The kids cannot create a Zoom meeting but they can particpate in them. You as teachers can create meetings and we suggest you do so.
I think we should schedule meetings between all teams, maybe once a month with each team allocated 5 minutes to do a verbal report on where they are up to.
in each post.
Everyone is busy and has different timetables and calendars. Use
This allows to to select potential meeting times from your calendar and create a poll that you can send out to participants. This way all your participants can select the time that works for them.
We would reccomend you use the google tools you and the students have available to you.
Progress Reporting
for progress reporting useThis is a part of the Google Suite.
Your Students may want to check out this blog :
This was created by the student team at Magdalene to share their efforts in the High Altitude Balloon Launch.
Some Ideas on setting up the Blog
- Make the Blog public - brief the kids on the implication of this keep an eye on the blog
- Turn off comments - It reduces the trolls
- Get a Media Manager - Encourage the teams to nominate one person to handle the communications
- Create Competition - Ensure each team follows the others Blogs this will create a friendly competition and the quality of all Blogs will improve
- Post Often - A good blog has lots of short posts.
- Share - Make sure you school staff all know the blog addresses. Share them with us and we will share them out across the Diocese and into other Dioceses.
Send me the addresses of each blog created and we will post them here.
Real Time Collaboration
Encourage your teams to useThe kids cannot create a Zoom meeting but they can particpate in them. You as teachers can create meetings and we suggest you do so.
I think we should schedule meetings between all teams, maybe once a month with each team allocated 5 minutes to do a verbal report on where they are up to.
Social Media
Have the teams create a Twitter account and publicise that account. Get the kids to create a hash tag that embodies the essence of their team. Get the teams to put
#spotlight20
in each post.
Organising Meetings
Everyone is busy and has different timetables and calendars. Use
This allows to to select potential meeting times from your calendar and create a poll that you can send out to participants. This way all your participants can select the time that works for them.
Sunday 9 February 2020
School Involvement
What we thought is one school in the MacArthur (North West), one in Wollongong (Coastal Central) and Nowra (Coastal South).
Along with the sorts of measurments SpaceAus are looking for us to make we would like to look for and differences in the signals recorded by each of the sites. This means that the individual teams need to collaborate across the Diocese. We will use Zoom to minimise travel and face to face meeting.
Each telescope would have a team of 5 or so students. We would reccommend that the team members create specialist positons:
- Team Leader
- Media Officer
- Software Manager
- Hardware Assembly
- Data Manager
Obviously the teams can choose how they do this and these positions are not mandatory just a guide.
The data collection will begin in March 2020 and run for about six months. This way we will get to look at the Milky Way for one half of the orbit of the earth.
We will report our data to the SpaceAus team and to the Diocese at Spotlight20 our Spotlight on Technology conference.
The ICLT Team will cover all costs of the project and will send equipment to all schools participating.
An FAQ will be put together shortly.
Here is a link to an article in the Age about the project https://www.theage.com.au/national/using-cereal-boxes-paint-tins-and-aluminium-foil-to-see-the-universe-20200203-p53xc3.html
Here is a link to an article in the Age about the project https://www.theage.com.au/national/using-cereal-boxes-paint-tins-and-aluminium-foil-to-see-the-universe-20200203-p53xc3.html
Introduction to the Project
In 2020 the Diocese of Wollongong will be joining Space Australia in building our own do it your self radio telescopes. The Space Australia Webpage for the Project is:
However in DOW we will use this and individual team blogs to track our progress. We will communicate with the SpaceAus teams using Slack.
To give you some background here are some links to project information
However in DOW we will use this and individual team blogs to track our progress. We will communicate with the SpaceAus teams using Slack.
To give you some background here are some links to project information
- Project Website: https://
spaceausscope.com/ (also see http://spaceaustralia.com/ news/community-science- project-diy-radio-telescope )
- Project Overview: https://docs.google.
com/document/d/ 1OmnqajNfkKFP6BDKG1cXxpNnTDhnO SZrgEN5rX-NNko/edit
- Linking the DIY telescope to science: https://docs.google.
com/document/d/ 1hbmPvzVuMl92XQRY07IlZQV3AGB6i m8Np9qp6YTT4sw/edit
- Some early results from another team: https://spaceaustralia.
com/news/diy-radio-telescope- sees-first-light
We have introduced some students to particpate there is a short video from the Sydney Morning Herald https://www.smh.com.au/
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