Yale-New Haven Teachers InstituteHome Space: That Vast Frontier by Grayce P. Storey Contents of Curriculum Unit 96.06.12: Philosophy Life In Space Travel Through Space Probes and Detectors Conclusion Vocabulary Lesson Plan I Lesson Plan II Lesson Plan III Student Reading List Teacher’s Reading List Bibliography To Guide Entry Philosophy Astronomy is said to excite the imagination in ways that no other area in science can. Often students imagine and ...

A Guided Tour of this Site In Spring 1996, for the first time ever, students in grades K-l2 had a chance to help do real science using the Hubble Space Telescope. The Space Telescope Science Institute (which operates Hubble) contributed three HST orbits to the PASSPORT TO KNOWLEDGE educational project for this purpose. The planets Neptune and Pluto were selected as targets for original observations by students who served as Hubble Space Telescope (HST) "Co-Investigators", wo ...

Solar System drawing by Naomi, a 1st-grader in Room 100 of the Buckman Elementary School in Portland, Oregon A Note to K-12 Educators Planetary exploration is exciting. Very exciting. It is one of the rare subjects which interests almost everyone. It clearly demonstrates to young students that science and mathematics are not inherently dry and uninteresting. Furthermore, it demonstrates that careers for scientists, engineers and mathematicians can be both rewarding and fun! Members of th ...

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Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2006 June 10 Moon Over Haleakala Credit & Copyright: Rob Ratkowski Explanation: A waxing crescent Moon shines over the caldera of dormant volcano Haleakala and observatory domes in this dramatic view from above the clouds. Looking west from Maui, Hawaii on May 31st, the scene also reco ...

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Table of Contents Introduction Main Contents: 1. What Is a Comet? 2. The Motion of Comets 3. The Fragmentation of Comets 4. The Discovery and Early Study of Shoemaker-Levy 9 5. The Planet Jupiter 6. The Final Orbit of Shoemaker-Levy 9 7. The Collisions 8. How Can These Impacts and Their Consequences Be Studied? 9. What Do Scientists Expect to Learn from All of This? Appendices A. Comparative Tables B. The K-T Event C. The Probability of Collisions with Earth Acknowledgments Return to Shoemaker-Levy 9 home page Text by Ray L. Newburn, Jr. Hypertext version by Jeff Foust

Welcome to ExInEd's home page on the Internet. ExInEd (Exploration In Education) is a program of the SpecialStudies Office at the Space Telescope Science Institute. Please stop and take a look at our latest electronic offerings of Macintosh, Windows, and DOS software available for downloading! Electronic PictureBooks For Macintosh and now for Windows! Chock full o' beautiful images and informative text! Macintosh versions requires HyperCard Player 2.1. Windows versions requir ...

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What's New Site Map NASA Homepage Search: HOMEScienceSpecial ExhibitSatellites and DataTeachers' Corner Ask an AstrophysicistDictionaryResourcesFeedback Welcome to Imagine the Universe! This site is intended for students age 14 and up, and for anyone interested in learning about our universe. If you're looking for grade school level astronomy information, please see the StarChild web site. Enjoy your cosmic journey! Happy 10th Anniversary Imagine the Universe! Happy 10 ...

Unlock the Mysteries of Deep Space in Your Classroom Bring "Mysteries of Deep Space" into the classroom with these great lesson plans: Episode 1 "To the Edge of the Universe" Time Travel to the Edge of the Universe and Back! Determining Red-Shift in a Receding Star Demonstrating the Distances of Stars Episode 2 "Exploding Stars and Black Holes" A Classical & Relativistic Trip to a Black Hole Warped Space-Time Model Episode 3 "The Search for Alien Worlds" Is There Really Li ...

A team of master teachers, university faculty, and NASA researchers have created a series of web-based astronomy and astrobiology lessons for the CERES Project. These classroom-ready activities for K-12 students represent a robust combination of contemporary teaching/learning strategies from the National Science Education Standards (NRC, 1996), exciting and current NASA science data, and Internet pointers to an endless supply of accurate and timely resources. Three Types of Classroom-Ready ...

An encompassing curriculum designed for grades 4-6 by Mary Urquhart Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences Department University of Colorado at Boulder. (Now at NASA Ames Research Center) Developed for the 4-6 grade gifted and talented students at Van Arsdale Elementary School in Arvada, Colorado. What is Reaching for the Red Planet? Reaching for the Red Planet is a multi-purpose curriculum focusing on planning a Mars colony. The project entails learning general facts about the planets ...

Our web site provides a collection of multi-disciplinary, interactive exercizes and activities based on the Sun and solar science. We've geared these to 4-12 grade students, but interested adults might be intrigued as well. What follows is an overview of the activites you'll find here. Educators: If you do any of our activities in the classroom, we can arrange to send you enough SOHO Posters for your entire group. We encourage your feedback, suggestions, and ideas for new projects. Thanks! ...

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© 1995,1996The Regents of the University of California This site has been ratedby the Topics covered by these lessons: Doing Astrophysics Research with an Artificial Earth Orbiting Satellite, Sine Waves, The Electromagnetic Spectrum, Images of the Universe in Different Wavelengths, Satellite Communications, Satellite Dishes, Constellations and the Zodiac, Solar System Objects, Earthquakes, and More! When creating your own lesson, you may want to look at the following Lesson Plan ...

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SEGway home > for educators > space science > about Eyes in the Sky > lesson summary Eyes in the Sky by Bryan Yager Grade Levels: 6th - 12th grades Prerequisites:This lesson is designed for students who are taking industrial technology classes. Time Requirements: Full Unit: Approximately - Several Weeks Topics Covered: Satellite Communications Description Middle school students who are taking industrial technology classes (Itech students) will use technology to learn abo ...

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