Street Spectra - Teaching Materials

This lesson plan is to be used in the classroom of 12 and 13 years old students and aims to educate its users on the topic of light pollution. 

Aside from gaining awareness, the students will be introduced to the Street Spectra citizen science project through which they will learn how to analyze and classify sources of light pollution contributing to science as a citizen scientist.

https://streetspectra.actionproject.eu/

These pages will discuss: artificial light at night in general, different types of light pollution, their negative effects as well as the most efficient way to install lighting sources in such a way that any negative impact is minimized.

The Street Spectra project with its objectives as well as its relationship to citizen science are explained during the course. Theory is accompanied with suggested activities adapted to the level of the students. 

With this unit the authors intend to gather contents that can be implemented in the classroom, and which can serve as a guide so that both students and teachers can participate in this citizen science project.

In order for a citizen science project to grow the input of researchers, disseminators and a wide range of  volunteers are needed. The participation of the students and teachers  will directly help the study of light pollution.