Students review the concepts of the branch of science known as astronomy. They discuss stars and constellations and then view the night sky using a portable digital planetarium projector. They identify a variety of constellations using a...

Students explore space science by participating in a class WebQuest. For this constellation identification lesson, students view star charts based on the four seasons and identify the changes our sky goes through in the course of 12...

High schoolers explore the topic of astrology and review the beliefs behind it. They read sample horoscopes. Using a portable digital planetarium, they view the night sky and the zodiac constellations. They examine and discuss the...

Students are introduced to both celestial coordinates and to the first rung on the distance determination ladder. They convert spherical coordinates to Cartesian coordinates to construct a three dimensional model of a constellation...

Students participate in activities that begin with the letter "U". They also expand their vocabulary.