Lessons
Download all lessons, along with the glossary and newsletters (doc, pdf).
(Note that the pdf of the newsletters are included in the .doc
file. In addition, the PDF handouts for the "Discovering the Milky Way" and
"Unsung Heroes" lessons are included in the .doc file.)
- Discovering the Milky Way – Students will look at historic
astronomical data to find a pattern originally seen by Henrietta
Leavitt.
- Just How Far is that Star? – Students will work with light
meters to determine how astronomers find distances to objects of
known brightness.
- Cosmic CSI: Stellar Fingerprints and Doppler Red Shifts – Students will explore what spectra
from different elements looks like and how astronomers can learn
composition of objects with this tool.
- Lesson Plan (doc, pdf)
- Handout with sample spectra to view and identify
(PDF)
- Determining the Universe– Students will measure the size of
several galaxies to reproduce a plot of Hubble's Law.
- Lesson Plan (doc,
pdf)
- Supporting Materials:
- Appendix A: The Rule of 57
(doc,
pdf)
- Appendix B: Galaxy Images
(doc,
pdf)
- Appendix C: Galaxy Fact Cards
(doc,
pdf)
- Appendix D: Questions for Students
(doc,
pdf)
- Unsung Heroes of Science– Students will explore figures in
science who are often overlooked.
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