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Parallax Lesson Plans
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Students increase their understanding of astronomical measurements by using parallax to measure distances on their school campus. They also gain an appreciation of the difficulties with such measurements by statistically analyzing the class' results.
Students examine the concept of parallax. They determine a method to calculate the distance of objects from their data, participate in a demonstration, and describe how our eyes use parallax to determine the distance of objects.
Students devise a method to calculate the distance of objects from their data. They describe how our eyes use parallax to determine the distance of objects. They make estimates of distances using parallax.
Learners 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.
Students use parallax to estimate distances and statistically analyze their results. In this parallax lesson students complete their lab and discuss their data as a class.
Learners address a major misconception in astronomy, the understanding of scale. The lesson is designed to introduce students to both celestial coordinates and to the first rung on the distance determination ladder, parallax.
Students explore the idea of parallax. In this astronomy lesson, students study the distances of stars. They investigate how parallax can be used to determine these distances.
Young scholars will determine distances to nearby stars using parallax. In this Astronomy lesson plan, students will use a web program, trigonometry, and sketches to determine the distance of stars.
Students explore the parallax technique. Students use a nail and a pencil located in different positions in front of a mirror to determine if the image shifts as the viewing angle is changed.
Young scholars examine and explain how the distance to nearby stars can be measured by the parallax method, discuss the role of women in the history of American astronomy, form their own opinions of the importance of Harlow Shapley and Edwin Hubble in the history of astronomy, and examine and explain the Doppler shift and especially the significance of the red-shift.
