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Worksheet
Curated OER

Star Magnitudes and Multiplying Decimals

For Students 7th - 9th
In this star magnitude and multiplying decimals worksheet, students solve 5 problems using the magnitudes of given stars to determine which stars are the brightest, they determine the magnitude differences of stars and they sort given...
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Activity
NASA

Star Brightness

For Students 9th - 12th
In this brightness of stars learning exercise, high schoolers answer 7 questions about the apparent magnitudes of stars, the sun, and the moon. They compare the brightness of stars, galaxies, astronomical objects and the sun.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Stellar Magnitudes

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers analyze the stellar magnitude scale. In this stellar magnitude lesson plan, students examine the stellar magnitude scale. Middle schoolers predict the Sun's magnitude from various planets.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Star Magnitudes

For Students 9th - 12th
In this stars worksheet, students use a chart comparing the absolute and apparent magnitudes for different stars to complete 4 fill in the blank and 2 short answer questions.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

How Many Quasars Are There?

For Students 9th - 11th
In this quasars worksheet, students read about how astronomers can detect quasars by their luminosity. Students use a given equation to solve 4 problems including finding quasar magnitude, determining the number of quasars with given...
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PPT
Glynn County School System

Characterizing Stars

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Are brighter stars actually brighter? Turns out they are probably just closer! A presentation compares features of stars to our favorite star, the sun. In addition, solar lovers learn to classify stars based on their masses,...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Universe

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars describe what scientists mean by an "expanding universe" in their own words. They explain how scientists comprehend the universie is expanding. Students comprehend the vast scale of the universe. They comprehend how...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students examine the relationship between temperature and brightness.  For this astronomy lesson students will correlate the evolution of stars to the HR diagram plotted.