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Exploring the Electromagnetic Spectrum: The Herschel Experiment and Star Light, Star Bright

Exploring the Electromagnetic Spectrum: The Herschel Experiment and Star Light, Star Bright Dr. Denise Smith Origins Education Forum HST Formal Education Space Telescope Science Institute Hubble Space Telescope Stunning views of the universe in the ultraviolet, visible, and infrared

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Exploring the Electromagnetic Spectrum: The Herschel Experiment and Star Light, Star Bright

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  1. Exploring the Electromagnetic Spectrum:The Herschel Experiment andStar Light, Star Bright Dr. Denise Smith Origins Education Forum HST Formal Education Space Telescope Science Institute

  2. Hubble Space Telescope Stunning views of the universe in the ultraviolet, visible, and infrared

  3. Communicating the Excitement of the Universe Involves scientists and teachers

  4. interactive online lessons and hardcopy products latest news and pictures from HST Resources for Classroom Use

  5. Using HST Data and Research in the Classroom Tie resources to national education standards & build math, science, and technology skills (GOAL is not just astronomy!!) http://amazing-space.stsci.edu

  6. What is Special About Amazing Space? Created by scientists and teachers Promotes learning by exploring and making visual connections Designed for easy use • Grade appropriate • Standards • Links Evaluation

  7. Using Amazing Space Online Lessons Check out the lesson!

  8. Target Grades: 6-9 • Skill Areas: • Science, Applied Math, Reading & Graph Interpretation, Technology

  9. Amazing Space: Star Light, Star Bright Objectives: • identify properties of waves • explore the relationship between energy, wavelength, and frequency • show how a star’s temperature can be inferred from its color To go directly to Star Light, Star Bright: http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/light/index.html

  10. Teaching Tips! • Written by teachers for teachers • Designed to help you plan your lesson • How to use the lesson in different classroom settings • How to customize your lesson

  11. Star Light Star Bright

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  18. Educators Using Amazing Space Online Activities • Teacher designed activities • Internet based research lesson • Web resource • Homework Helper • Workshops and technology courses • Teacher training • School districts – correlation with local education standards

  19. Hardcopy Materials: HST Lithographs Eagle & Eskimo Nebula • Definitions • Electronic Address • Fast Facts • Image Description • Science Background

  20. Compare & Contrast Activity Differences • Age • Stellar Events • Location Similarities • Composition • Scale • Gravity

  21. Coming Soon: Stellar Evolution Educator’s Guide

  22. Using HST News in the Classroom The latest new stories – content information to use with your students. http://hubble.stsci.edu

  23. HubbleSite “News & Views” • content reading that gives updated information not found in most classroom textbooks • the most recent news releases and archives organized by topic and year

  24. HubbleSite Stories • Images • Animations • “Fast Facts” • Video Clips • “Related Links” • “Illustrations”

  25. Planetary Vacation Assignment: Create a brochure for travel to a planet. Student: Jessica LaPrade, 4th Grade. Research and images were derived from NASA Web sites. Teacher: Ms. Browne Halstead Academy Baltimore, MD This view of Uranus was taken by the Hubble Space Telescope

  26. Finding Related Resources for the Classroom Search for related resources produced by NASA’s Office of Space Science! http://teachspacescience.org

  27. How Can I Share My Opinions? Tell Us What You Think First Contact

  28. Bringing Scientists and Educators Together http://ideas.stsci.edu

  29. Sites to Remember http://amazing-space.stsci.edu http://hubble.stsci.edu http://sirtf.caltech.edu http://teachspacescience.org

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