Transit of Venus

Year  – 2012
Number of Kits  – 10,000
Number of activities – 20 and 10 respectively
Target group  – 8 to14 year olds
Outreach – All India
Languages – 3
Commissioned by – Science City and Vigyan Prasar, Government of India

Eclipses help us understand the solar system. The transit of Venus happens when the planet Venus passes between the earth and the sun in a way that it is visible to earthlings. This is a rare phenomenon that happens every 243 years, and it happens as a pair. This means that it is visible twice over a period of 12 years. The transit is a good opportunity for students to get interested in astronomy and understand celestial world since such occasions are rare.The kit includes a pair of viewer glasses made with black polymer, a flip book that when flipped showed the Venus transition in progress and a chart of dates of the transit going back to the year 1631 among many other activities.