Extractions: Resource Activities Astronomy Sunspots Spotted I n this activity students will study sunspots and their motion. From data gathered, they will determine the significance of the sunspot data. The data will be used to calculate the rotational period of the sun. The students will then draw conclusions as to the sunspot's impact on the world. This activity will also include a historical study of astronomy. Electrostatics A Hair Raising Experience This activity is designed to help students understand the concept of charged particles and neutral materials. Students will work with conductors and insulators to produce, detect, and transfer charges. Electrostatics 2 A Positively NEGATIVE Experience Students will work in cooperative learning groups to discover how Gauss's Law applies to conductors and dielectric materials. Geology Geology 1 Topsy-turvy Maps Students will use the data analyzer and motion detector to collect data and measure distances. The graphing calculator will be used to show the profile of the simulated land features. They will create topographic maps drawn to scale of a given setup and relate the concepts to the creation of historical ocean maps. Geology 2 Dirty Investigation Given a set of minerals found with the skeleton of an ancient traveler, students will identify the minerals, plot their location on a map, and determine the trail the man walked. Finally the students will right a story about the adventures they think the man might have had. Suitable for 4th and 5th grade students.
The RXTE Learning Center a forum for explaining the science the satellite RXTE does, as well as striving to introduce concepts of Xray astronomy to the public and to provide teachers with data and lesson plans that can be used in the classroom. This NASA site also includes descriptions of discoveries RXTE has made. Ages Upper High School to adult. http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/xte/learning_center/
The Science Education Gateway SEGway provides commercial space science and astronomy lessons for grades 412, many with lesson plans printable worksheets. Fast-loading interface lets teachers browse by grade and topic. http://cse.ssl.berkeley.edu/segwayed/index.html
DOLORES GENDE: INDEX Sites for her high school physics, AP physics, honors physics, and astronomy courses. Syllabi, lesson plans, problem solving skills, projects, tutorials and annotated science resources. http://dgende.homestead.com/index.html
Extractions: @import url(http://www.homestead.com/~media/elements/Text/font_styles.css); AP PHYSICS B AP Physics B Home AP Physics B Weekly Simulations and Virtual Labs Interactive Problem Solving Physics Tutorials Physics Textbooks Physics Lectures AP Physics B Labs AP Physics Homepages AP Physics B Syllabus Physics Demos PhysicsQuests AP Physics Problem Solving AP Physics B Homework AP Physics Facts AP Physics B Information Physics Resources AP Physics Lab Format SCIENCE RESOURCES Science Resources Home Astronomy Resources Biology Resources Chemistry Resources Environmental Science Resources General Science Resources Physics Resources You are visiting the homepage of Dolores Gende. COLLEGE PREP PHYSICS College Prep Physics Home Physics Weekly Physics Tutorials Physics Information Physics Syllabus Simulations and Virtual Labs Interactive Problem Solving PhysicsQuests Physics Problem Solving Physics Resources PHYSICS PROJECTS Students Projects Home PhysicsQuests Robotics Club Bridge Building The Electric House Mousetrap Cars Model Rockets The Lawnmower Project Einstein's Birthday Light and Color ASTRONOMY Astronomy Club Home Astronomy Syllabus Astronomy and the Universe Our Planetary System Stars and Stellar Evolution Galaxies and Cosmology Astronomy Resources HONORS PHYSICS Honors Physics Home Honors Physics Weekly Physics Tutorials Honors Physics Information Honors Physics Syllabus Simulations and Virtual Labs Interactive Problem Solving
Awesome Library - K-12 Science Lesson Plans Provides carefully reviewed K12 education resources and lesson plans covering astronomy, biology, botany, ecology, earth sciences, problem solving, and general science topics. http://www.awesomelibrary.org/scienceg.html
Deep Impact Home Page NASA homepage for the planned mission, which will fly by Comet 9P/Tempel 1 on July 4, 2005. Includes kids' activities, lesson plans for educators, and an amateur astronomy observing program. http://deepimpact.jpl.nasa.gov/
The Teacher's Corner: Multidisciplinary Classroom Activities A multidisciplinary resource for lesson plans, study guides, and laboratory activities for middle school to college level. Math, Chemistry, Physics, and astronomy are all taught through the single unifying theme of the exciting world of highenergy astrophysics! The Teacher's Corner also includes information on NASA programs and opportunities. http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/teachers/teachers_corner.html
Extractions: : The aim of Thursday's Classroom is to provide a lasting connection between NASA's latest research and the classroom environment. We would appreciate your feedback about how we might make this a more useful resource. We also hope you'll become a regular weekly customer by subscribing to our Express News email service! Dr. Tony Phillips , Production Editor Thursday's Classroom Archive Aug. 28 Having a Ball on Mars - A funny accident in the Mojave desert has inspired a new kind of Mars rover a two-story high beach ball that can descend to the Martian surface and explore vast expanses of the Red Planet. Aug. 15 Samples of the Future - The advanced space ships of tomorrow will be crafted from far-out materials that can handle the harsh environment of space. Aug. 09 Horse Flies and Meteors Splat! There goes another bug on the windshield. But wait, before you scrape off that disgusting mess, look carefully there's an astronomy lesson in there! Aug. 03
Lesson Plans ERIC astronomy Gopher Menu. ERIC Gopher Menu features an online sixweek astronomy unit with 30 lesson plans and activities for students in grades 4-6. http://www.csun.edu/~vceed009/lesson.html
Extractions: Academy Curriculum Exchange (K-5). Academy Curriculum Exchange (K-5) provides 130 mini-lesson plans for the elementary school covering a variety of science topics. Among these are microscope use, mapping constellations, water pollution, studying owl pellets and caterpillars to butterflies. Academy Curriculum Exchange (6-8). Academy Curriculum Exchange (6-8) features 60 mini-lesson plans for many science topics covered in the middle school. Among these are weather forcasting, photosynthesis, building a psychrometer and "ph" and solvent activities. Academy Curriculum Exchange (9-12). Academy Curriculum Exchange (9-12) offers 22 mini-Lessons plans suitable for the high school science. Among these are chemistry magic, a parallax experiment with candles, and a magnetic fields activity. Access Excellence Activities Exchange. Access Excellence Activities Exchange contains an archive of hundreds of lessons and activities submitted by high school biology and life sciences teachers participating in the Access Excellence program. High school teachers will find the activities from the 1996 collection , the 1994-1995 collection , the 1996 Share-A-Thon collection , the partners collection , and the classic collection . Teachers can also search for individual activities from the Access Excellence archive. A new collection, "The Mystery Spot", will added in 1997.
Teacher-Developed Lesson Plans The purpose of this lesson plan is to familiarize students with astronomy and with the process of scientific research carried out by professional astronomers http://cse.ssl.berkeley.edu/lessons/lessons_teacherdeveloped.html
Extractions: This site has been rated by the Doing Astrophysics Research with an Artificial Earth Orbiting Satellite, Sine Waves, The Electromagnetic Spectrum, Images of the Universe in Different Wavelengths, Satellite Communications, Satellite Dishes, Constellations and the Zodiac, Solar System Objects, Earthquakes, and More! When creating your own lesson, you may want to look at the following Lesson Plan Template The Martian Sun-Times by Florence Vaughan and Jeff Benson. Intended for junior high school students and their teachers. Student weather reporters investigate seasons, temperatures and clouds on Mars and compare them to Earth. Electromagnetic Radiation - On Trial by Nellie Levine (aka N. Levandovsky.) Intended for high school students and their teachers. This lesson engages students in collaborative work to gather evidence regarding beneficial or nefarious properties of various types of electromagnetic radiation . Students place the electromagnetic spectrum "On Trial" and take advantage of an electronic interactive WWW forum to gather, post, and discuss their evidence. The Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer (EUVE) Satellite Orbit by Leslie Dietiker, Delano Spicer and Isabel Hawkins.
Space Astronomy - Lesson Plans Webquests and related resou.. lesson plans Extraterrestrials (68, astronomy/Space) All DiscoverySchoolStudent Eyes in the Sky http://www.edhelper.com/cat281.htm
Aerospace And Astronomy aerospace astronomy and space theme page containing links to lesson plans, webquets, thematic units and online activities. Aerospace and astronomy. lesson plans. http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Atrium/5924/aerospaceandastronomyunit.htm
Extractions: Aerospace and Astronomy Lesson Plans Thematic Units Online Activities WebQuests Lesson Plans Aerospace Experiments - really fun activities for the students! Amazing Space is a set of web-based activities primarily designed for classroom use Astronomy in a Puddle -Teach at what point the sun is in the sky by using a reflective puddle. Astronomy With a Stick -Teach students about the sun's shadow and the changing of seasons. Astronomy With Glass -This activity shows what happens when light passes through two unparalleled sides. Astronomy With Air -Why do stars glimmer? This activity uses lenses to illustrate the glittering of stars. Aurora Borealis: What Creates These Shimmering Celestial Lights? Birthday Moons Students become familiar with lunar phases by locating and then graphing the Moon phase of their own birthdays. After listening and discussing lunar myths and legends they create their own Birthday Moon Stories. Collecting Micrometeorites Constellations Counting the Stars -An activity where sky charts are made to estimate how many stars are visible in the night sky.
Web-based Astronomy Lessons For Grades K-12 TeachersInstructions.html. Participant Web pages and lesson plans. Alexander IMPACT CRATERING A webbased astronomy lesson. Grades 8-12. Barbour http://einstein.stcloudstate.edu/nook/IDEAS/computers/
Extractions: This project is funded by an IDEAS Grant from the Space Telescope Science Institute through NASA . The grant was used to bring together a group of 5th to 12th grade science teachers to take part in a workshop at St.Cloud State University . This workshop was developed to help teachers incorporate the internet and commercially available astronomy software into their science curricula. Most of the projects are based on Web pages that the participants developed, but a couple are based on adaptation of commercial software packages. This site contains links to curriculum guides to each of the developed lessons, plus links to sites used during the workshop. This site also serves as the home page for the workshop and its particpants and contains links to other web pages used by the participants. Facilitators: Mark A. Nook
Lesson Plan Central - Thousands Of Free Lesson Plans astronomy Students will learn the importance of our advancement in space technology and space lesson plans http //imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/teachers/lesson_ http://lessonplancentral.com/lessons/Space/Astronomy/
The Science Page: SCIENCE LESSON PLANS, LABS And ACTIVITIES Science Power 2000 lesson plans and activities for K-8 science astronomy, biology, chemistry, earth science and physics; plus extensive links to resources http://sciencepage.org/lessons.htm
Extractions: Amazing Science at the Roxy - this site offers a variety of science information and activities. See the Teacher Workroom for lesson plans on specific topics. Around Physics - Java applets, programs, a physics quiz and information about famous physicists and physics history. AskERIC Science Lesson Plans - one of the most well known and most extensive lesson plan sites. Big Sky Lesson Plans - a very large number of lesson plans are available on a variety of science topics. Blue Web'n Learning Applications - check out the science area for lesson plans, activities, projects and resources. CEC Lesson Plans - check the science area for an extensive list of lesson plans. Chemistry Teacher Resources - labs, demonstrations, project ideas and information of interest to chemistry teachers. Cool Science for Curious Kids - this interactive site encourages elementary students to explore science, and features hands-on science activities from five children's and science museums from across the country. Dragonfly - a site designed to stimulate scientific exploration and investigation through information, and real and virtual activities.
Astronomy Lesson Plan The lesson Plan Library offers astronomy and other science lesson The lesson Plan Library offers astronomy and space science lesson plans for students of http://www.supercrawler.com/pages/astronomy_lesson_plan.html