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- 11th - 12th
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Students explain how an element can be identified using emission spectra. They relate the emission spectrum of hydrogen to its absorption spectrum and identify hydrogen absorption lines in the spectrum of stars. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students produce quilting stars that challenge students with unusual piecing situations, and the sampler format allows quilters to create freely with unusual fabric combinations. Full Review »
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- 2nd - 5th
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Students study about stars, constellations, and myths that accompany them. Then they create their own constellation using black paper and toothpicks and write a myth about their constellation. Their constellation can be viewed on an overhead. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students research a particular phase in the life of a star and prepare and present a poster to explain the phase. They examine the use of different techniques of scientific investigation. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 12th
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Students examine the distance from Earth to stars. They create a model to show the arrangement of constellations. They also identify the importance of the parallax effect. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
Students practice manipulating algebra formulas with more than one variable. They examine the topics of velocity, wavelength and frequency. They determine the amount of red-shift in a receding star. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 8th
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Students describe how astronomers measure distances to stars as well as how stars are classified. They define what a galaxy and universe are and discuss distances to stars in light-years. They name five sizes of stars, in order from smallest to largest. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Kindergarten - 5th
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Students create a motivational star banner to inspire the writing of poetry. As a class they read poems, songs, and quotes about stars and night skies, view and discuss "Starry Night" by Vincent Van Gogh, then create a star banner on black construction paper. Full Review »
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- 1st - 6th
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Students create a KWL chart on stars and telescopes. In groups, they make estimates on the distances between the Earth and different stars. To end the lesson, they make their own paper stargazer and use it to complete other activities. Full Review »
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- 6th - 10th
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Students investigate why the North Star was important for navigation, how stars move across the night sky, how to locate the North Star, how to make a crude sextant, and how to determine latitude using a sextant and the North Star. They make a sextant and then determine the angle of elevation relative to the horizon of the North Star. Full Review »
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