Hubble Site: Hand Held Hubble

Students explore and locate information about the universe using the Internet.

Explore what it takes to service the Hubble telescope. In the set of three activities, groups investigate several aspects of the Hubble telescope, including robotic arms used during repairs, spacesuits, and extravehicular activity (EVA)...

Students investigate the Hubble telescope's role in astrophysics research. They complete a Webquest, watch a video, view Hubble photographs, play online games, answer discussion questions, and evaluate newspaper articles about optics.

As an online exhibit at the Tech Museum of Innovation, this site provides an overview of information as well as links and pictures of the Hubble Space Telescope.

This site provides information about the Hubble Space Telescope, and its mission into space.

Students investigate the Hubble and Webb telescopes. For this space telescope lesson, students research Internet sites to find out what type of information these telescopes provide. They debate whether it is financially responsible to...

Students use the Internet to broaden their knowledge and understanding of the Hubble Space Telescope by participating in an Internet scavenger hunt, searching for information about the objectives, past successes and repair of the telescope.

Learners study pictures of space vehicles and make their own space vehicle. In this space vehicle lesson, students study pictures of the vehicles and compare and contrast the pictures. Learners classify the space crafts and then create...

Students make wings that produce enough lift to fly a hand held styrofoam glider.

Learners discover proper microscope use. In this microscopy lesson, students create picture books that show the detail of organisms as seen with the human eye, through a hand lens, and at each power of the microscope.