Measure and Map Our Galaxy: The Milky Way Project needs your help …
Measure and Map Our Galaxy: The Milky Way Project needs your help looking through tens of thousands of images from the Spitzer Space Telescope. By telling us what you see in this infrared data, we can better understand how stars form. The scale of this project necessitates group participation. We need the help of the public to classify the thousands of images we have on file. If all 900,000 Zooniverse members classified a few images, this project would be done in no time!
This module introduces students to minerals, crystals, and gems by using pictures …
This module introduces students to minerals, crystals, and gems by using pictures and discussions of some of the extraordinary specimens residing in the collections of the Smithsonian Institution. It includes three lessons in which they draw pictures of specimens, grow their own crystals of magnesium sulfate, and perform a scavenger hunt in which they look for minerals in commonly used objects and products.
In this Digital Universe activity, students learn about observation, representation, perspective, and …
In this Digital Universe activity, students learn about observation, representation, perspective, and modeling by working up from two-dimensional perspective drawings to constructing and examining three-dimensional models. The printable PDF activity includes illustrated step-by-step instructions for the following hands-on and computer-assisted activities: Rendering Perspective in Two Dimensions and Creating a Three-Dimensional View. The American Museum of Natural History's "Digital Universe" program, including the Partiview software and Milky Way Atlas data set are needed for this activity and can be downloaded.
In this activity, candy models are used to demonstrate the features of …
In this activity, candy models are used to demonstrate the features of the Earth, including its internal structure and layers. Students learn why models are essential in Earth science and answer questions about how their candy models do and do not compare with the actual Earth.
In this Night Sky Activity, students use a simple indoor Earth-Moon-Sun model …
In this Night Sky Activity, students use a simple indoor Earth-Moon-Sun model to explore and learn about Moon phases and eclipses. Many children (and adults) have misconceptions about what causes the phases of the Moon, and helping them confront those misconceptions with evidence makes this activity pretty enthralling. While it’s pretty easy to see the phases of the Moon in the sky, it’s not possible from our perspective to observe the entire system, which often leads to inaccurate explanations of what’s going on, most commonly that Moon phases are caused by Earth’s shadow. It’s a perfect situation to use a scientific model. Students are challenged to use the model to struggle to figure out, develop understanding of, and explain the phases of the Moon, discuss ideas with others, then adjust their ideas based on evidence from the model. This activity usually includes a lot of big, “aha’s!” as participants encounter evidence while using the model that often contradicts what they previously thought was going on.
Join Phil for a tour of our capital-M Moon, from surface features, …
Join Phil for a tour of our capital-M Moon, from surface features, inside to the core, and back in time to theories about its formation.
Chapters: Introduction: The Moon How Big is the Moon? Internal Structure of the Moon The Moon's Surface: Highlands and Maria How the Moon Formed: The Giant Impact Hypothesis The Moon's Craters Water on the Moon? H2O Yeah! Review
Moon phases model using creme filled cookies. Students will model each of …
Moon phases model using creme filled cookies. Students will model each of the moon phases to understand how each of the moon phases look in the night sky.
This activity is an observation opportunity for students to view the phases …
This activity is an observation opportunity for students to view the phases of the moon and learn that the juxtoposition of the Earth and moon dictates the appearance of the moon in the sky.
In this episode of Crash Course Astronomy, Phil takes you through the …
In this episode of Crash Course Astronomy, Phil takes you through the cause and name of the Moon's phases.
Chapters: Why does the Moon Have Phases? New Moon Waxing Crescent First Quarter Waxing Gibbous Full Moon Waning Gibbous, Third Quarter, and Waning Crescent Earthshine Review
Through discussion and two experiments, participants will explore how the maria that …
Through discussion and two experiments, participants will explore how the maria that covers about 16% of the moon's surface was formed and the science behind moon craters. We will also discuss the different types of rock that have been discovered on the moon and how they differ from those found on Earth.
Students learn about the Earth's only natural satellite, the Moon. They discuss …
Students learn about the Earth's only natural satellite, the Moon. They discuss the Moon's surface features and human exploration. They also learn about how engineers develop technologies to study and explore the Moon, which also helps us learn more about the Earth.
The goal of the Moon Zoo website is "to provide detailed crater …
The goal of the Moon Zoo website is "to provide detailed crater counts for as much of the Moon's surface as possible." On the website, interested parties can help out with this effort by examining images of the moon's surface and providing feedback to be used by the team of researchers in charge of the Moon Zoo project. First-time visitors should click on the "How To Take Part" for a tutorial that will help determine which project they might be best suited for. Visitors who wish to take part in the project will need to register on the website, and that process only takes a few minutes. Moving on, the website has an online forum where users can trade information as well as a blog.
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