hands-on experimentation and observation.
• It is principally a modern descendant of the Celestial Globes and Armillary Spheres used for hundreds of years in Europe and Asia as a teaching device.
• The activities are sequenced to help students build up an understanding of how daily and seasonal changes occur in the sky.
• With a tiny Earth globe in the center, a transparent shell for the Sun and other stars, plus a flat ring for the local horizon, the ESS models what we see in the sky by day and night.
• Its key feature is the way you – the observer – imagine yourself in the middle of the celestial sphere,and model accurately what happens in the real sky.
• The ESS adjusts to your location at any latitude.
• Activities using the ESS introduce essential concepts gradually, each building on the one before.
• The ESS can be used during the day to provide easy explanations of things in the night sky.
• A teacher may re-sequence the activities to suit their students abilities.
• It can be used for the simplest demonstrations at elementary school or for complex mathematical modeling at college level
model with your ESS:
• Sunrise and sunset positions.
• Using the Sun to track time.
• Longest and shortest days.
• Identifying solar noon and true north/south.
• Time and daylight differences around the world.
• Earth’s orbit and the reason for the seasons.
• The ecliptic (path of the Sun during the year).
• Star trails in the night sky.
• The Zodiac calendar.
• Mapping the stars.
ESS and your Science Curriculum.
The Pipehenge program is a unique way of learning Earth and Space Science because it:
• Develops skills and interconnections in Mathematics,Science,Technology and Social Studies.
• Meets relevant core curriculum requirements for each year or grade level.
The Pipehenge program can be used to help achieve objectives in Project 2061 and National Science Education Standards.
is provided.
This includes comprehensive easy to assemble instructions plus a 55 page
Resource and Activities Book.
