Innovative Science Education

The Kit Club

Telescopes

A number of different kits available

KS2, KS3, KS4, KS5

 

Hydrogen-alpha Telescope KS3/4/5

This telescope can be used to view the sun through a hydrogen filter.

Manual Telescope (x2) KS2/3/4

These manual telescopes are very straightforward to use. They come with a manual and a selection of lenses (technical details – two 4.5″ altazimuth reflector tabletop telescopes (Orion StarBlastTM )

Sunspotters (x2) KS1/2/3/4

These simple Kelparian devices make a safe and easy way to look at the Sun – full instructions are included

Tracking telescope KS2/3/4

This kit contains a 70mm aperture reflector telescope, tripod, digital camera, an astronomy CD-ROM, solar system posters, a scale model solar system, a solar filter and a camera mount. The telescope can be set to find and track individual stellar objects. It can also be controlled using a PC. There are accompanying notes on the use of the telescope.