Resource presents information about the solar system through a list of most frequently asked questions. Click on each question and be transported to a wealth of knowledge about our solar system and the planets within it.
What is a star? How many stars can you see at night? How far away are the stars? Find the answer to these questions and more as Cool Cosmos and NASA astronomers answer the most frequently asked questions about stars!
Cool Cosmos provides the answer to many questions about the sun! Just find your question and click on it.
This resource provides a look into the vast concept of the universe. Click on the question links to learn more.
Resource offers the answers to many frequently asked questions about Venus. Kids can click on the user-friendly question links to learn more about this amazing planet.
Explore some of the wonders of modern engineering in this video from the Sciencenter in Ithaca, New York. Hear a diverse selection of engineers explain how things work. [7:14]
Explore some of the wonders of modern engineering in this video from the Sciencenter in Ithaca, New York. Hear a diverse selection of engineers explain how things work.
Finding themselves in the middle of the Amazon rainforest after a plane crash, students use map scales, keys, and longitude and latitude coordinates to figure out where they are. Then they work in groups to generate ideas and make plans. They decide where they should go to be rescued, the distance to that location, the route to take, and make calculations to estimate walking travel time.
In this video segment produced for Teachers' Domain, Andres Berrio, an associate scientist at Biogen Idec, discusses what he has done to succeed in the biotechnology field.
Through this earth science curricular unit, student teams are presented with the scenario that an asteroid will impact the Earth. In response, their challenge is to design the location and size of underground caverns to shelter the people from an uninhabitable Earth for one year. Driven by this adventure scenario, student teams 1) explore general and geological maps of their fictional state called Alabraska, 2) determine the area of their classroom to help determine the necessary cavern size, 3) learn about map scales, 4) test rocks, 5) identify important and not-so-important rock properties for underground caverns, and 6) choose a final location and size.
In this lesson, students learn some basic facts about asteroids in our solar system. The main focus is on the size of asteroids and how that relates to the potential danger of an asteroid colliding with the Earth. Students are briefly introduced to the destruction that would ensue should a large asteroid hit, as it did 65 million years ago.
Dr. Tim McCoy delves into how we can learn about the formation of the solar system through studying meteorites. [29:16]
In this audio resource from NOVA: "To the Moon," astronaut Gene Cernan recounts his harrowing experience during America's first attempt to do work in outer space.
Astronomy 13 A Brief Historyof Astronomy. A Brief History of Astronomy. Introduction Essential Questions Module Minute Astronomy Astronomy A Brief History A Brief History of Astronomy Ancient Astronomers Discussion Assignment The Copernican Revolution
Astronomy 17 Astronomy Astronomers History. Astronomers' History. Astronomys History Key Terms Astronomers History Ancient Civilizations Nicolas Copernicus Tycho Brahe and Johannes Kepler Isaac Newton Universal Gravitation Module Wrapup Final Assessments
Astronomy 17 Astronomy Astronomers Tools. Astronomers' Tools. Astronomys History Key Terms Astronomers Tool Astronomers Tools Spectroscopy Telescopes Technological Advances Review Module WrapUp Final Assessment
NASA scientist Sten Odenwald calls this his "web site for the astronomically disadvantaged." Do you have lots of questions about space that you can't seem to get answers to? Would you like to learn about a career in astronomy, Big Bang cosmology, and many other in astronomy? If so, this is the place to get the answers.
Astronomy 17 Astronomy Cosmology. Cosmology. Astronomys History Key Terms Astronomers Tool Astronomers Tools Earth Moon Sun Solar System Inner and Outer Planets Solar System Asteroids Coments
Astronomy 13 Cosmology The Changing Universe. Cosmology The Changing Universe. Cosmology The Changing Universe The Big Bang Theory Discussion Discussion Big Bang Theory SelfAssesment The Early Universe Assignment The Evidence is Clear Activity SelfAssessment Assessment
Astronomy 17 Astronomy Earth. Earth. Astronomys History Key Terms Astronomers Tool Astronomers Tools Earth Seasons Other Cycles Night Sky and Other Observations Night Sky and Other Observation BELOW