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[ Complete Modules | Grab Bag | Make Your Own ]

Complete Lesson Modules

• *Classifying Galaxies For grades 5-9. Learn to identify and classify galaxies the way astronomers do. Then go to the Hubble Space Telescope Institute for more advanced study. [SMV]
• *Measuring Stellar Temperatures: How Hot Is That Star? For grades 8-9. This multi-part module uses the Sun as a first example to illustrate how astronomers measure temperature and what this tells about a star. [SMV]
• *Third from the Sun For grades 3-6. Learn about observing earth from space and guess the locations pictured in satellite images. [Exploratorium]
• *The Great Satellite Search! For grades 9-12. Learn skills of doing Internet research and then organize and present information on one of several science satellite programs. [Exploratorium]
• *Exploring the Planets Online Gallery . For grades 6-12. Discover the wonders of the solar system through an extensive image collection in self guided exhibits on planets, comets, and NASA satellite missions. [CEPS/NASM]
• Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer (EUVE) Satellite Data Flow Demonstration For grades 4-12. Hands-on "lab" with documentation shows how data get from satellite to scientist. [CEA]
• Eyes in the Sky For grades 6-8. Students use the Internet adn technology to track and study orbiting NASA spacecraft. [CEA]
• The Guest Investigator Puzzle For grades 6-8. Learn asics of spectroscopy by matching EUV spectra of "mystery" stars with those of known stars. [CEA]
• How Satellites See For grades 3-6. Meet three NASA satellites and compare images from each to learn how they "see" the Universe at different wavelengths. [CEA]

  

Grab Bag: Ready-to-use activities, interactive tools, and images

• Movie Clip: EUVE Satellite Launch
• Movie Animation: EUVE Satellite in Orbit
• JAVA Applet: Classify Galaxies with Hubble
• Geography From Space Online Quiz
• Real Time Plot of a Satellite's Position
• Get Satellite Position Data For Any Time Period
• JAVA Animation: How Do We Get Data from Satellites?
• What are Celestial Coordinates?
• NASA/JPL's online Ephemeris Generator
• NASA Sky View Virtual Satellite Observatory
• Starmaps for plotting positions of planets and comets.
• Satellite Passes Over Your Home Town
• Cool Shuttle Pictures from Johnson Space Center
• EUVE Spacecraft Picture
• Astronomy Satellite Missions List
• High-Energy Astronomy Missions

  

Make Your Own On-Line Lessons: Templates and tools

• A Lesson Plan Template to help you create a hyper-linked learning environment for your curriculum.
• Talk of the Town-- An easy way to create your won interactive "bulletin board" on the Internet
• NASA Spacelink -- Educator's tool to search for NASA info and selected data. Try searching the site for "satellite + data"
• Ask An Astronomer @ Lick Observatory --Ask your favorite Space Science or Astronomy Question
• Lesson Development Guidelines from SII

  

Related Activities and Resources:

• Browse Sites of the NASA Research Centers
• MIR Space Station Page at the Maximov Web Site
• Meet Shuttle Astronauts on the Web

  

[ Complete Modules | Grab Bag | Make Your Own ]

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