This page from the National Hurricane Center hosts a variety of still …
This page from the National Hurricane Center hosts a variety of still graphics that can be looped into animations of the storm's progress. Images include 3- and 5-day Watches and Warnings, Wind Swaths and Strike Probabilities.
This collection includes resources for teaching college-level introductory astronomy courses. The resources …
This collection includes resources for teaching college-level introductory astronomy courses. The resources include interactive lecture slides, class activities, and projects. Topics include solar system astronomy, stellar astronomy, and galaxies and cosmology. Sample schedules are included for a sequence of three 10-week courses.This collection was created by Andrea Goering (goeringa@lanecc.edu) and Richard Wagner (wagnerr@lanecc.edu), instructors of physics and astronomy at Lane Community College in Eugene, Oregon, USA. Development of these resources was funded through LCC's OER Initiative (https://inside.lanecc.edu/oer).
These activities cover a 10-week course on the astronomy of the Solar …
These activities cover a 10-week course on the astronomy of the Solar System using the OpenStax Astronomy textbook. Topics cover chapters 1-5, 6-13, and sections of 14 and 21 covering exoplanets. All activities are designed to be done in small groups in the classroom, but most can be adapted for use as homework or projects. Quantitative and Hands-on activities may be used as labs. Activity types: Tutorial, Article, Quantitative, Hands-on, Collaborative, Poster.
We offer a variety of educational support, resources and opportunities designed for …
We offer a variety of educational support, resources and opportunities designed for K-12, college and educators, including materials, lessons, webcasts, video conferencing and much more. We encourage you to incorporate these wonderful opportunities into your classroom. Please contact us with any questions or comments. Teachers may request educational materials by emailing us at the address below. The LSP Outreach Office can provide your students with educational materials and resources to enhance and support your curriculum. All educational lessons and materials relate directly to the national standards of education. For more information, please e-mail us at ksc-lsp-education@mail.nasa.gov.
In this video segment adapted from NOVA, scientist Mike Garcia draws lava …
In this video segment adapted from NOVA, scientist Mike Garcia draws lava samples at the foot of the active Kilauea volcano to see if it is related to its neighboring volcano, Mauna Loa.
NASA Wavelength is a collection of resources that incorporate NASA content and …
NASA Wavelength is a collection of resources that incorporate NASA content and have been subject to peer review. You can search this collection using key words and/or the drop down menus to pinpoint resources to use with your audience of learners. Set Materials Cost dropdown to 'Free' before searching. Materials' copyright will vary.
A dynamically simplified solar system is constructed from online data to explore …
A dynamically simplified solar system is constructed from online data to explore the real solar system on many different scales.
The realistically scaled solar system is surprising because nothing is visible due to the presence of many different scales. That is why it is usually rescaled in animations or illustrations. This is nice but gives us a wrong sense of distances and sizes. This Demonstration is intended to show the solar system's different scales in their full glory.
Since it is hardly possible to see anything when the real scales are used, controls have been added to modify the sizes of the celestial bodies.
In my PBL I created a scenario that combined research, fiction writing …
In my PBL I created a scenario that combined research, fiction writing and presentation skills by posing the problem that if you were sent to explore one of the newly discovered Earth-like exoplanets as part of a group expedition what would you report back to Earth. The idea behind this is to get students excited about both science and fiction writing. They would be asked to create a science fiction story, based on research, that chronicled their adventure. The students would have the freedom to write about what forms of life they may encounter, environmental hazards, different weather patterns and anything else they can imagine encountering. As the assignment is based on a group expedition, the students would work in groups throughout the entire research and writing process. The culminating activity would be that a reporter from a local news source would come in an interview each group in regards to their adventure. They would be asked to role play the characters from their story and answer questions about their discoveries. The questions would be taken from their papers and based on the research they gathered.Driving Question: Imagine you landed on one of the newly discovered exoplanets, what would you report back to the public back on Earth?Grabber: Instructor begins by asking the question: “What do you think is out there in outer space?” This will get the students to postulate on what they already know and theorize about the possibilities of the final frontier. After a short discussion the instructor will introduce an article from CNN discussing the discovery of seven exoplanets and then show a video from the history channel that goes further in depth in regards to the topic. This will give the students a base of knowledge from which to start. The exciting graphics and commentary from the video will inspire the students to do further research and start to think creatively about their upcoming storyCulminating Activity: Interview by local reporter.
This is a hands-on activity to learn that energy can be transformed …
This is a hands-on activity to learn that energy can be transformed into various forms. Potential energy is converted into kinetic energy. Moreover, this kinetic energy can be used (if more than the relative binding energy) to break atoms, particles and molecules to see “inside” and to study their constituents.
In this collection of science activities, seven thorough lesson plans regarding distinct …
In this collection of science activities, seven thorough lesson plans regarding distinct topics in Astrobiology are presented. Each lesson plan has direct and descriptive rationale, objectives, materials, instructions, assessments, reflections, standards, grade levels, and evaluations. The activities range in age and grade level, allowing for variations and optional add-ons. The lesson plans cover a variety of topics including extraterrestrials, the Seagar equation, the Drake equation, exoplanets, life’s essentials, NASA exploration, and NASA scientists.
This book is a journey through the world of physics and cosmology, …
This book is a journey through the world of physics and cosmology, and an exploration of our role in this universe. We will address questions such as: What if the force of gravity were a little stronger? What if there were more of fewer atoms in our universe? What if Newton and not Einstein had been right? Would we still be here? Can the universe exist without us to observe it? Can chance explain the world around us, as well as us?
The purpose of this book is to phrase these questions and pursue the consequences of potential answers through rigorous scientific reasoning; in the process we will learn how the very small and the very large are interconnected, and even how we can affect events that happened six billion years ago.
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Table of Contents
Introduction 7 The fundamental forces 10 The force of gravity 18 What if … the force of gravity were different? 23 The electric and magnetic forces 26 The electric force 27 What if … the electric force were different? 39 The magnetic force 48 What if … the magnetic force were different? 58 The strong and weak forces 59 What if … ? 65 How do forces work? 74 The history of the universe 85 What if … ? 94 The history of our species 106 Odds 124 The building blocks of the universe 128 What if … ? 140 Dark energy 150 What if … dark matter were more interesting? 159 When you do not look…. 162 Manifestations of the wave nature of matter 169 The delayed choice experiment: Affecting the past 186 What if … ? 191 The story so far 195 Unification and our role 199 Fine-tuning? 214 The Multiverse and aliens 226 The laws of physics 234 The Anthropic Principle and Puddle Theory 237 Post mortem 249 Further reading and chapter notes 251
Students are introduced to the International Space Station (ISS) with information about …
Students are introduced to the International Space Station (ISS) with information about its structure, operation and key experiments. The ISS itself is an experiment in international cooperation to explore the potential for humans to live in space. The space station features state-of-the-art science and engineering laboratories to conduct research in medicine, materials and fundamental science to benefit people on Earth as well as people who will live in space in the future.
In this video segment adapted from NOVA, scientists are startled to discover …
In this video segment adapted from NOVA, scientists are startled to discover evidence for the three key ingredients for life on Saturn's moon Enceladus.
In order to understand how we study the universe, we need to …
In order to understand how we study the universe, we need to talk a little bit about light. Light is a form of energy. Its wavelength tells us its energy and color. Spectroscopy allows us to analyze those colors and determine an object’s temperature, density, spin, motion, and chemical composition.
Chapters: Introduction Light is a Wave Electromagnetic Spectrum How is Light Made? Atomic Structure Spectroscopy Redshift vs Blueshift Review
Did you know that when you look at a star, your eyes …
Did you know that when you look at a star, your eyes are capturing light that traveled all the way from the star to your eye? Learn more about how light carries information from distant objects. This Moveable Museum article, available as a nine-page printable PDF file, offers a kid-friendly look at how information about distant objects comes to us in the form of light. It includes suggested resources for further research.
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