Course Length: Full academic year (30 weeks)
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Aims of the Course
The Dreaming Spires Astronomy course will help you explore the universe. You will learn to find your way around the night sky, spot planets and galaxies and notice details about the stars. We will also look at what others have seen from Earth’s major observatories and learn how both manned and unmanned missions have enabled us to gather information. We will aim to focus on the facts rather than tackling the hypothetical and theoretical.
The course will include science, geography and history but we will not be doing any hard maths. There is no pre-study required, just an interest in the subject.
Who Teaches Astronomy: Observation and Exploration?
Sandra Bird has a degree in Combined Science from Sheffield University and taught geography for a number of years before home educating her two daughters. She has 26 years of experience as a geography examiner, including being principal examiner for 14 of them. Her Blog About Britain website is a free resource for UK geography. This website also hosts her shop for homeschooling resources, Ichthus Resources, which has been serving the community since 2003.See all courses taught by Sandra