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| B | C | D
| E | F | G
| H | I | J
| K | L | M
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A - MOON AND PHASES |
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A-1 |
Predicting Phases and Features |
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A-2 |
Observing Phases and Features |
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A-3 |
Modeling Moon Phases |
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A-4 |
Modeling Eclipses |
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B - SUN AND SEASONS |
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B-1 |
The Sun |
| B-2
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Observing the Sun Safely |
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B-3 |
Observing Where the Sun Sets |
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B-4 |
Sunrises at Stonehenge |
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B-5 |
The Reasons for Seasons |
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B-6 |
Making Pictures of Motion |
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B-7 |
Making a Sun Clock |
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B-8 |
Plotting the Apparent Daily Motion of the Sun |
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B-9 |
Solar Motion Detector |
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B-10 |
Modeling the Reasons for Seasons |
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C - THE PLANETS |
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C-1 |
The Earth's Shape and Gravity |
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C-2 |
What Shape is the Earth? |
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C-3 |
How Big is the Earth? |
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C-4 |
Observing a Planet |
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C-5 |
Staying Up While Falling Down |
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C-6 |
Morning Star and Evening Star |
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C-7 |
Venus Topography Box |
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C-8 |
Martian Canals |
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C-9 |
Planet Picking |
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C-10 |
Solar System Bingo |
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C-11 |
Can You Planet? |
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C-12 |
How High Can You Jump on Another Planet? |
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D - SCALE OF THE SOLAR
SYSTEM |
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D-1 |
A Question of Scale |
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D-2 |
3-D Model of the Earth and Moon |
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D-3 |
How Big is the Moon? |
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D-4 |
Finding the Size of the Sun and Moon |
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D-5 |
Solar System Scale Model Scaled to Your Room |
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D-6 |
Toilet Paper Solar System Scale Model |
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D-7 |
The Thousand Yard Model |
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D-8 |
Extraterrestial Excursions |
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D-9 |
Time Traveler |
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E - COMETS AND METEORS
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E-1 |
Experimenting with Craters |
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E-2 |
Make a Model Comet |
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E-3 |
Making a Comet in the Classroom |
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E-4 |
Make a Comet Motion Flip Book |
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F - STAR-FINDING AND CONSTELLATIONS
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F-1 |
Looking Up: Observing the Nighttime Sky with the Unaided Eye
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F-2 |
Locating the Big Dipper |
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F-3 |
Star Clocks |
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F-4 |
What's Your Latitude |
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F-5 |
Star Finding with a Star Finder |
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F-6 |
Star Frames |
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F-7 |
Creating Constellations |
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F-8 |
Three Dimensional Constellations |
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G - STARS |
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G-1 |
Compare the Sizes of Stars |
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G-2 |
Among the Stars |
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G-3 |
Investigating Types of Stars |
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H - GALAXIES AND THE UNIVERSE
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H-1 |
Your Galactic Address |
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H-2 |
Cosmic
Calendar and Time Line Scale Model of the Age of the Earth
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H-3 |
How many Stars? |
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H-4 |
A Ballooning Universe |
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H-5 |
The Expanding Universe |
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H-6 |
Visualizing the Expansion of Space |
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I - SPACE EXPLORATION AND SETI
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I-1 |
Designing a Planetary Probe |
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I-2 |
Decoding and Extraterrestial Message |
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I-3 |
Pack Up for a Trip to the Moon |
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I-4 |
Building a Lunar Settlement |
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I-5 |
Hello Out There: Message From Space |
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I-6 |
Invent an Alien |
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J - TOOLS OF THE ASTRONOMER
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J-1 |
Making Measurements of Objects in the Sky |
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J-2 |
Parallax - How Far Is It? |
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J-3 |
Hello Out There! |
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J-4 |
Light and Color - Activities from the FOSTER Project |
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J-5 |
Seeing the Invisible: Studying Infrared and Ultraviolet Radiation
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J-6 |
Infrared Light |
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J-7 |
Spectroscopes and Spectrometers |
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J-8 |
Light Collecting Model |
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J-9 |
What Makes Good Viewing? |
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J-10 |
Building an Optical Telescope; Making a Simple "Parabolic" Reflector
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K - DEBUNKING PSEUDOSCIENCE
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K-1 |
What's Your Sign? |
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K-2 |
Activities
about Astrology |
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K-3 |
UFO Detective |
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L - ASTRONOMY IN DIFFERENT
CULTURES |
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L-1 |
Create A Constellation |
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L-2 |
Stories in the Stars |
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L-3 |
Ancient Models of the World |
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L-4 |
The Astronomical Tourist: An Activity about What and Where in
the World to Visit |
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L-5 |
Teaching with Stories and Symbols |
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M - ACROSS THE CURRICULUM
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M-1 |
Who Was Right? |
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M-2 |
The Twelve Tourist Wonders of the Solar System |
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M-3 |
Astronomy in the Marketplace |
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M-4 |
Finding the Music of the Spheres: Astronomy in Music |
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M-5 |
Women in Astronomy: Some Activities to Get Students Thinking
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M-6 |
Picturing
an Astronomer |
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M-7 |
Puzzling Space Collection |
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