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Students investigate the history of astronomy. They use video, class discussion, interactive software and research to determine major discoveries in astronomy and reflect on the discoveries still to be made.
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- 3rd - 6th Grade
Students engage in a wonderful lesson which has them discuss who "can" be an astronomer. They utilize websites and worksheets imbedded in this plan to research famous astronomers and create a visual and written product.
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- 6th - 12th Grade
Students hear of the recent discovery of a group of planets orbiting the star Upsilon Andromedae. Each student create a page about an element of the universe,
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- 7th - 8th Grade
Students identify celestial objects from descriptions and definitions. They perform mathematical function operations and graphing. They become near-Earth object hunters in a math and space science review game. Students review the various celestial objects in space.
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- 2nd Grade
Students, working in cooperative groups, will create a multimedia presentation about the Earth's moon. Their research must be presented through three or more methods. (i.e. charts; graphs; oral reports; multi-media; dramatic role play, etc.).
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- 5th - 6th Grade
Students create a classroom planetarium. in small groups, they research the planets using the Planet Information Sheet. In addition, they use balloons and paper mache to create planet models.
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- 9th - 12th Grade
Students discuss the light spectrum and light waves as well as how the properties of light and color have contributed to important discoveries about properties of the universe. They research the term redshift and the redshift phenomenon prior to participating in a hands-on activity.
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- 5th - 8th Grade
Students discuss sunlight and rainbows. They view a picture of the visible light spectrum and discuss the differences in wave length for each color. Students discuss other differences in colors we see when using a prism. They discuss ways to test for differences. Students measure the temperature in different parts of the spectrum. They write a hypothesis about what will happen to each of the thermometers.
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- 3rd - 5th Grade
Students compare Earth and Mars to find similarities between the two planets using given websites. They collect and download pictures of geological features of both planets from print and non-print sources. Descriptions of the geological features are written and pairs of pictures are posted side-by-side for comparison.
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- 5th - 8th Grade
Students scale the evolution of the universe to a one year calendar, with the Big Bang occuring on the first moment of January 1st. They estimate where on this one year time line significant events in Earth's history should be placed.
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