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.)
- 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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