Astronomy: Stars

Level: Grades 6-10
Included:

• Videos: Searching for Black Holes (ASTRONOMERS SERIES) with Teacher’s Guide. What are Stars? (EARTH & ENVIRONMENT Series) ENV-002 (15:00 min.) & Guide + The Night Sky Part 1 (NASA VIDEO) VAN-157 (60:00 min.), containing 4 segments: Types of Telescopes (17:00 min.) A binocular Tour Through the Night Sky (15:00 min.); Observing the Night Sky (14:00 min.); A Conversation with John Dobson (14:00 min.).

• NASA Materials: Teacher Guide: Telescope Primer, Concept Outline & Transparency Masters Article from Astronomical Society of the Pacific; “Star Science in the Autumn Sky” Poster: “Star Birth in the Eagle Galaxy,” Hubble Space Telescope images . HST images: Cartwheel Galaxy, Galaxy Gallery, Coma Cluster of Galaxies. Classroom Activities connected with Hubble Space Telescope. Article: “Hubble Space Telescope, New & Improved.”

• Teacher Guide with Activities: Live From the Hubble Space Telescope

• Book: West’s Great Ideas for Teaching Astronomy

• Magazine: National Geographic April 1997: “Hubble’s Eye on the Universe”