Curated OER
Johannes Kepler
In this online interactive history quiz worksheet, students respond to 50 multiple choice questions about the accomplishments of Johannes Kepler. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
Curated OER
Johannes Kepler
In this online interactive history worksheet, students respond to 10 short answer and essay questions about the achievements of Johannes Kepler. Students may check some of their answers on the interactive worksheet.
Curated OER
Astronomer Research
Students discover the contributions of early astronomers and scientists. In this research skills lesson, students research electronic and print sources about Galileo Galilei, Aristarchus, Hipparchus, Claudius Ptolemy, Nicholas...
NASA
Nasa: Imagine the Universe: Supernovae (Advanced)
Supernovae are divided into two basic physical types, including a description of supernova types and how they are classified based on the existence of hydrogen spectral lines. Definitions of key terms are provided.
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: The Apple, the Moon, and the Inverse Square Law
Describes the logic behind the development of Newton's law of universal gravitation. Beginning with Johannes Kepler and his three laws of planetary motion, content walks the reader through Newton's thought process and development of this...
Exploratorium
Exploratorium: Your Age on Other Worlds
How old would you be on Mars? Venus? Have fun plugging in your birthdate to see your age on other planets then read scroll down for a full explanation.
NASA
Nasa: Kepler and His Laws
This site from NASA provides biographical details about the lives of Tycho Brahe and Johannes Kepler. Discusses Kepler's successes at developing laws of planeatry motion. States the three laws and discusses each one individually....
Rice University
Galileo Project: The Copernican System
This site from The Galileo Project of Rice University contains information relating to Copernicus's sun-centered solar system theory. Pictures are provided throughout this article along with links to additional information.
Rice University
Galileo Project: Johannes Kepler
This site from The Galileo Project of Rice University provides information on ten fields of biographical data which are compiled about Johannes Kepler, including dates (birth/death), father (occupation/wealth), nationality, education,...
University of Virginia
University of Virginia: The Studies of Kepler
Biographical information of the early life of Kepler is provided as well as a somewhat detailed look at the highs and lows of his work in studying planetary motion.
University of Virginia
Johannes Kepler
General biographical information about Johannes Kepler, includes information about his mathematical achievements.
Rice University
Galileo Project: The Telescope
This site from The Galileo Project of the Rice University provides an in depth history of the telescope and it's invention and growth over time. Too detailed for an Elementary student, but a great resource for an Elementary teacher.
University of Virginia
University of Virginia: Lecture on Kepler
The University of Virginia provides a continuation of a lecture given on astronomer Johannes Kepler, this lecture covers his different works within the field of astronomy.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Tycho Brahe
A great overview of the life of astronomer Tycho Brahe from Wikipedia Encyclopedia. This article discusses his contributions to the world of astronomy, and his building of his observatory called Uraniborg.
NASA
Nasa: Kepler: A Search for Habitable Planets: Transit Tracks
Classroom lesson plan for teaching astronomy uses PowerPoint presentations and illustrations of Kepler's light curves used to discover planets.
Virginia Tech
University of Virginia: Johannes Kepler
The University of Virginia provides notes from a lengthy lecture given on the life of Johannes Kepler. This site has GREAT information and is easy to understand.
Famous Scientists
Famous Scientists: Johannes Kepler
This article explains the life and scientific discoveries of Johannes Kepler.
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: Johannes Kepler O Logy Card
Flip this interactive OLogy card to find fast facts, questions and answers, and other bite-size pieces of information about Johannes Kepler.
Children's Museum
Children's Museum: Field Guide to the Universe: Astronomers
Read brief biographies of astronomers who are grouped by time period.
Other
University of Cambridge: Tycho Brahe
The Department of History and Philosophy of Science at Cambridge University provides biographical information on Tycho Brahe, the most famous obervational astronomer of the sixteenth century.
Other
Platonic Realms: The Irrationality of the Square Root of Two
An informative resource on the nature of Platonic Solids and what constitutes these figures.
Sonoma State University
Sonoma State University: The Copernican Revolution
This site has a time line featuring discoveries, and publications which sprang from Copernicus's publication of De Revolutionibus in 1543, and the people active in the field of physics between 1543 and Newton's death in 1727.
University of St. Andrews (UK)
University of St. Andrews: Johannes Kepler
An exhaustive biographical account of Johannes Kepler. Describes at length his upbringing, childhood, education, personality and scientific endeavors. Focus is on his development of a cosmological model and the laws of planetary motion.
Curated OER
Rice University: The Telescope
This site from The Galileo Project of the Rice University provides an in depth history of the telescope and it's invention and growth over time. Too detailed for an Elementary student, but a great resource for an Elementary teacher.