Stars and Planets Teaching Resources :: 601

California Institute of Technology

Spitzer Science Center: Crystals Around Brown Dwarfs

For Students 9th - 10th

This image, titled "Planet Clumps and Crystals around Brown Dwarfs" features a chart representing four brown dwarf stars. The text under the image details various specifics about the picture.

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Cosmo Learning

Cosmo Learning: Introduction to Astrophysics

For Students 9th - 10th

A collection of audio lectures from an introduction to astrophysics course taught at the University of California, Berkeley. The course discusses the solar system, stars, quantum mechanics, gravitation, and cosmology focusing on how...

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ClassFlow

Class Flow: The War of 1812

For Teachers 6th - 9th

[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart describes the War of 1812 from the first battle of the U.S.S. Constitution to the Battle of New Orleans. It includes paintings of the major battles and important participants, as well as...

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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Oceans

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st

[Free Registration/Login Required] This fun 5 page flipchart is a great introduction to oceans for primary grades. It contains links to web sites about oceans, a cute star fish song, and water poem. It also displays the 4 oceans on a...

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ClassFlow

Class Flow: United States of America Symbols of Government

For Teachers 3rd - 8th

[Free Registration/Login Required] Identify & research symbols used to depict Americans' shared values, principles and beliefs, and explain their meaning. Students can list specific symbols in the design of the Statue of Liberty.

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ClassFlow

Class Flow: All About Starfish

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st

[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart contains facts about starfish, a crossword puzzle, and a poem. The last page contains several links to stories, games, puzzles, and pictures of starfish.

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Ministerio de Educación (Spain)

Ntic: Astronomia Visible

For Students 6th - 8th

In this site you can learn about stars, planets, satellites and a little history of Astronomy.

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Ducksters

Ducksters: Space Science: Astronomy for Kids

For Students 1st - 9th

Kids learn about astronomy, the study of outer space including the stars, planets, comets, black holes, and the Solar System. History and astronomers in this astronomy for teachers and kids section.

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Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies

Mocomi: How Big Is the Universe?

For Students 2nd - 8th

Provides facts about the Universe, Jupiter, the Milky Way Galaxy, and Superclusters.

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Space Telescope Science Institute

Space Telescope Science Institute: Hubble Site

For Students 9th - 10th

Explore the universe and celestial phenomena made visible by Hubble. High-quality photos of planets, stars, nebulae, and galaxies, complete with individual descriptions, can be viewed online and downloaded for printing and personal use.

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Curated OER

Science Kids: Science Images: Universe Timeline

For Students 9th - 10th

This diagram shows a universe timeline as suggested by many scientists and theoretical physics experts. This popular timeline of the universe has different stages which include: quantum fluctuations, inflation, dark ages, first stars,...

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Science Kids: Science Images: Telescope

For Students 9th - 10th

This photo shows a common telescope used to observe the stars and other astronomy related objects seen in the night sky such as planets, moons and comets.

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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Build Your Own Solar System

For Students 9th - 10th

This Java applet creates a model of a solar system with user-defined data. Users can create a solar system with up to four planets, choosing the star type at the center of the solar system, planet name, size, eccentricity of orbit and...

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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Can You Solve the Unstoppable Blob Riddle?

For Students 9th - 10th

A shooting star crashes onto Earth. It's unstoppable: no matter what you throw at it, it just re-grows and continues its rampage. The only way to save the planet is to cut the entire blob into precise acute triangles, rendering it inert....

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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: The Law of Conservation of Mass

For Students 9th - 10th

Everything in our universe has mass- from the smallest atom to the largest star. But the amount of mass has remained constant throughout existence even during the birth and death of stars, planets and you. How can the universe grow while...

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Space Telescope Science Institute

Nasa: Hubble Space Telescope: Universe

For Students 9th - 10th

At this site from HubbleSite you can discover the universe by taking a look back toward the beginning of time. Site contains links to information on planets, stars, galaxies, and much more.

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NASA

Nasa: Nasa's Carl Sagan Fellows to Study Extraterrestrial Worlds

For Students 9th - 10th

NASA announces the new Carl Sagan Postdoctoral Fellowships in Exoplanet Exploration, created to inspire the next generation of explorers seeking to learn more about planets, and possibly life, around other stars.

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California Institute of Technology

Cal Tech: Stories From Space: What's in Space?

For Students Pre-K - 1st

Through this story you will be introduced to outer space: stars, the Milky Way, planets, the Solar System, the Sun, clouds of dust and gas, galaxies.

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Christopher Crockett: The Astronomy Word of the Week Is "Barycenter"

For Students 9th - 10th

While astronomers and philosophers have long mused on the possibility of other solar systems, the first planets confirmed to orbit a star other than our Sun weren't found until 1992. The reason it took so long is that it's really hard!...

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Exploratorium: Your Weight on Other Worlds

For Students 9th - 10th

Want to lose weight in a hurry? Just step on a scale on almost any other planet! This page allows you to enter your weight on Earth and it will calculate your weight on all of the other planets, some moons and even some stars. Requires a...

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