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\n\"Astrolabe\n\n
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\nAstrolabe Lab\n

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\nIn this astrolabe learning exercise, students use a compass rose and an astrolabe to measure altitude and azimuth of five objects in the room and 5 objects outside the room. They answer questions about these two types of measurements.\n
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\n\"Create\n\n
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\nCreate an Astrolabe Instructions for Teachers\n

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\nStudents, who are teachers, make an astrolabe using the given pattern. They examine the uses of an astrolabe and apply the worksheets in their classrooms.\n
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\n\"Improve\n\n
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\nImprove Your Astrolabe\n

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\nFor this astrolabe worksheet, students answer questions about the astrolabe's use. They write five ways they can improve their astrolabe.\n
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\n\"Where\n\n
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\nWhere Am I?\n

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\nExtensive background on marine navigation is provided for you as the teacher. Assign groups to research marine navigation techniques and construct astrolabes. Resource links are listed for extension ideas. If you are teaching an...\n
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\n\"Stars\n\n
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\nStars and Constellations\n

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\nNinth graders investigate how ancient cultures viewed their world in terms of astronomy. They read and discuss an informational handout, construct an astrolabe, and locate stars and constellations using star charts.\n
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\n\"Astrolabe\n\n
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\nAstrolabe Activity\n

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\nStudents study how to use an astrolabe, define terms and understand the relationship between angle and altitude.  In this astrolabe lesson students complete an activity, record their measurements and complete a handout. \n
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\nLet the North Star Tell You Where You Are\n

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\nYoung scholars participate in activities in which they find the Big Dipper and locate the North Star in the night sky, examine the relationship between the angle to Polaris and latitude, and determine latitude by using an astrolabe.\n
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\nFrom Where to Where?\n

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\nStudents find locations based upon their latitude and longitude coordinates. In this latitude and longitude lesson, students locate points on a grid and learn how to use an astrolabe.\n
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\n\"Azimuth\n\n
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\nAzimuth and Altitude\n

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\nIn this altitude worksheet, learners define compass, azimuth, astrolabe, and altitude. Students use a protractor to determine the altitude of the given stars on a graph. This worksheet has 7 short answer questions and 8 fill in the blank...\n
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\nWhat's Your Latitude?\n

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\nStudents measure the height of items using an astrolabe.  In this latitude lesson students construct a sextant and determine height and latitude with it. \n
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\nLatitude\n

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\nStudents examine the theory of finding latitude and discuss the uses of an astrolabe, cross-staff and octant. They determine an Astronomical Table for their classroom.\n
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\nWhere Am I?\n

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\nSudents examine the types of instruments that can be used for marine navigation and position-finding. They practice using an astrolabe to solve trigonometric problems.\n
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\nThe Medieval Islamicate World: Crash Course History of Science #7\n

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\nThe Medieval Islamicate World was truly a world of wonders! Clocks with gears, armillary spheres ... and robots that played music? Journey to ancient Baghdad, the center of science and math with the seventh video in a History of Science...\n
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\nRocket Physics\n

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\nPupils investigate the relationship between impulse, momentum, kinetic and potential energy and aerodynamic drag. In this physics lesson, students calculate data taken from launching a rocket. They compare the theoretical and actual...\n
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\nLet the North Star Tell You Where You Are\n

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\nYoung scholars create an astrolabe and locate the North Star in the night sky. They determine the latitude of the North Star, and calculate an average latitude based on class results.\n
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\nStars and Galaxies\n

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\nEighth graders define constellations and how they are used as reference points and identify stars and constellations in the nighttime sky. They construct their own planetarium star finder and identify the location of circumpolar, zodiac,...\n
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\nTrigonometry Word Problems (Part 1)\n

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\nSal starts to solve a trigonometric word problem of a wayward ship captain who veers off course and once aware of his predicament, needs to know how far he is from his destination. Instead of using the Law of Cosines in his solution, Sal...\n
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\nAbsolute Location\n

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\nWhere in the world are we? As a reading comprehension exercise, kids read a short passage about navigation using latitude and longitude, and then respond to a series of questions based on the article.\n
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\nThe Age of Early European Explorations & Conquests\n

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\nYour students' world will literally take shape in this presentation, which chronicles the growing edges of the (flat) earth during European Exploration of New Worlds. Dias, da Gama, Magellean, and Columbus are key players in this game of...\n
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\nLooking At Illuminated Manuscripts: A Book Of Modern Astronomy\n

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\nStudents examine a medieval manuscript on astronomy and create their own books based on modern discoveries in astronomy. They choose a subject of modern astronomy that they would like to write and create an illuminated image about.\n
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\nChristopher Columbus WebQuest\n

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\nFourth graders are introduced to the voyages of Christopher Columbus to the New World. In groups, they use the Internet to complete a WebQuest on what conditions were like on the ships. They write journal entries and complete a worksheet...\n
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\nAstronomy\n

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\nStudents examine a medieval manuscript on astronomy and create their own books based on modern discoveries in astronomy. In this astronomy lesson, students compare astronomy knowledge in the middle ages to today and research modern...\n
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\nSpelling List 35: Sight Words, Gk Roots Audio/Astro, and Academic Vocabulary\n

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\nIn this spelling list worksheet, students practice spelling words that are sight words, Greek roots audi/astro, and vocabulary. Students practice spelling 21 words total.\n
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\nSun\n

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\nStudents study how the sun is at the center of the solar system.  In this solar lesson students measure the altitude of the sun and its size.\n
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