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This 356 page collection of activities and resources for teaching astronomy and space science is a supplement to The Universe At Your Fingertips. It includes 27 classroom-tested activities drawn from many sources, 8 resource guides and 4 articles on astronomy teaching.
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This interactive timeline from the NOVA Web site recaps what has happened since the theorized "Big Bang", including the birth of the earliest galaxies and of our own Sun, and it forecasts future events, from the merger of the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies to the death of the universe.
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This
website
from
NASA's
Infrared
Astrophysics
Data
Center
describes:
the
discovery
of
infrared
waves;
what
infrared
waves
are
and
how
they
are
used
in
astronomy;
atmospheric
windows;
near,
middle,
and
far
infrared;
the
infrared
universe;
and
infrared
(IR)
spectroscopy.
It
also
provides
an
IR
astronomy
timeline;
history
and
development
of
IR
detector
technology;
information
on
projects,
news
and
discoveries;
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Users
can
read
and
view
imagery
that
explains
objects
in
our
universe
that
produce
a
vast
range
of
radiation
with
wavelengths
either
too
short
or
too
long
for
our
eyes
to
see.
Materials
presented
here
show
that
the
type
of
radiation
emitted
by
an
object
is
determind
by
its
temperature.
A
table
showing
the
types
of
radiation,
temperatures,
and
types
of
celestial
objects
that
emit
them
is
included.
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This 813-page collection of activities and resources for teaching astronomy and space science includes 87 classroom-tested activities drawn from many sources, 29 educator resource guides, and 21 articles on astronomy teaching and background information.
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This
website
is
part
of
NOVA
Online,
which
is
produced
for
the
Public
Broadcasting
System
(PBS)
by
the
Science
Unit
at
WGBH
in
Boston.
This
site
accompanies
the
television
program
of
the
same
name,
and
ponders
the
question:
What
is
the
fate
of
our
Universe?
It
provides
information
on
the
history
and
size
of
the
universe,
supernova
explosions,
and
the
local
universe
around
the
Milky
Way.
There
is
also
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In
this
article,
The
Why
Files
examines
X-ray
astronomy
and
the
recent
history
of
this
field.
With
the
advent
of
X-ray
telescopes,
and
the
launch
of
the
Chandra
telescope
in
1999,
X-ray
astronomy
is
finally
gaining
credit
as
a
useful
field
of
astronomy.
This
article
discusses
how
X-rays,
which
are
used
to
sense
heat,
are
useful
in
astronomy,
and
how
they
view
black
holes,
pulsars,
dark
matter,
and
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Imagine
the
Universe
is
dedicated
to
discussion
about
the
universe,
how
it
is
evolving,
and
the
kinds
of
objects
and
phenomena
it
contains.
The
site
is
intended
for
students
age
14
and
up
and
is
a
service
of
NASA's
High-Energy
Astrophysics
Science
Archive
Research
Center
(HEASARC).
Contained
within
this
site
are
explanations
of
the
concepts
and
principles
used
to
study
and
understand
the
universe,
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Readers can learn about the latest advancements in X-ray astronomy, and how the newest generation of instruments are making observations of the behavior of light, matter, and space-time in the vicinity of black holes. These observations are then compared to results predicted by Einstein's General Theory of Relativity. Links to a glossary are imbedded in the text of the article.
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Windows to the Universe brings together scientific content on Earth and space sciences with interdisciplinary content on the arts and humanities. Three levels of content are provided: students (K-12 through undergraduate), teachers, and browsing adults. The site includes documents, images, movies, animations, sounds, games, and data.
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