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- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students read periodicals relating to radioacitivity and interpret a Geiger Counter. They work in small groups, share information and help each other explain the Geiger Counter. They discover the relationship distance to bombardment/contact. Full Review »
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- 5th - 8th
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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. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Kindergarten - 1st
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Students explore the world of stars. They see that the color of a star tells how hot or cold it is, that stars come in different sizes. and that stars are moving through space. They draw lines connecting start to star. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students expand their galactic knowledge by visiting Internet Websites to classify objects in the Hubble Deep Field Image. They discover how to use representative sampling to estimate the number of galaxies in the universe. In groups, they conduct stellar statistician and cosmic classifier activities located on the Hubble Deep Field Academy Website Full Review »
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- 5th - 12th
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Students investigate a variety of African mask types, design several masks, and create an example of an African ceramic mask in this 5th grade through High School Art lesson. The lesson can take anywhere from 6 lessons to 16 lessons. Full Review »
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- 10th - 12th
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Students explore a Planetarium. They review physics concepts that may be applied on cosmic scales, such as gravitation, centripetal force, Newton's Laws of Motion. They expand the study of physics concepts related to the presentation such as red shift and nuclear fusion. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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In groups, students create their own scientific impact experiments using ordinary materials, and observe and measure results with a variety of impacting bodies and velocities. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students investigate the effects of radiation exposure and how it can effect objects on earth and space. They conduct research using a variety of resources and use the information to create a project that is reflective of good research methods. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Kindergarten - 4th
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Students explore the concept that not all light is visible to the human eye. Although UV light is not visible, it can still be harmful, causing sunburns or skin cancer. They use special beads to detect UV light around the school. Students then conduct an experiment to determine what types of materials are best for blocking UV light on Earth, as well as in space. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 8th
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Students explore, analyze and study the solar system with a unique integrated art and science project. They imagine walking down the halls of their school and seeing a spaceman or spacewoman. Each student also experiments with the exploration of how passing through the lines of the Earth's magnetosphere while in orbit would affect magnets and metallic materials. Full Review »
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