TOPIC: TELESCOPES

Objective: Students know more about the origin of the telescope.

 Draw a telescope and identify its parts.

The optical tube

The objective lens

The eyepieces
The tripod

Why do people need a telescope nowadays? How is it important in people’s lives?

Nowadays ,people need telescopes for manI purposes.

For example people use them to watch distance objets and explore the outer space
LISTEN TO THE TEACHER'S LECTURE AND COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING ACTIVITIES.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT WE CAN USE TO SEE WHAT IS IN OUTER SPACE?
 Listen to the teacher's lecture and complete the following activities. Do you know what we can use to see
what is in outer space?

Answer true (T) or false (F). If it is false write the correct statement.

1. Humans have always been interested in learning about the sky. (T)
2. The telescope has always been the same. (F)
THE TELESCOPE HAS PASSED THROUGH MASSIVE TRANSFORMATION
3. The first patented telescope in 1608 was used to see the sky. (T)
4. Galileo Galilei was the first person to see the moon and its craters. (F)
HE WAS THE FIRST TO SEE THE RINGS OF SATURN AND SOME JUPITER´S MOON
5. The first enormous telescope was invented in 1694 by Christian Hygens. (F)
HUGGES BUILT THE MOST POWERFUL TELESCOPE IN 1655
6. Isaac Newton invented a smaller, portable telescope. (T)
7M51 is a star. (F)
THE M51 IS A NEBULA
8. Giant telescopes were built in the XVIII century. (T)
9. Radio telescopes were invented before giant telescopes. (F)
RADIO TELESCOPES WERE INVENTED AFTER GIANT TELESCOPES.
10. Space telescopes are the most powerful telescopes (T)
LNTERESTING FACTS

Hubble Telescope
This telescope was named in honor of Edward
Hubble who discovered thousands of galaxies
from an observatory in California. It is located
547 km from the planet’s surface and can travel
the complete orbit in 95 minutes. Since 1990,
Hubble has made more than 1.3 million
observations
Source: https://n9.cl/9id
SELF-EVALUATION

Do you think the telescope is a necessary instrument in the world? Yes or no and why?

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