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Unit Plan
Ministerio de Educación (Spain)

Ministerio De Educacion: Instrumentacion Astronomica Modulo I Unidad 2

For Students 9th - 10th
In this unit you will combine all the major components of a telescope to obtain the desired system for different types of astronomical observations.
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Unit Plan
Ministerio de Educación (Spain)

Ministerio De Educacion: Instrumentos Auxiliaries Modulo I Unidad 3

For Students 9th - 10th
In this unit you will learn the main advantages and disadvantages offered by the refractor and reflector telescopes for a particular observation. You will also learn about the main types of telescopes.
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Handout
University of Chicago

University of Chicago: Reflector and Refractor

For Students 9th - 10th
From the Yerkes Observatory Virtual Tour web site. Compares and contrasts reflecting and refracting telescopes. A link from the page leads to a second page which explains why most modern research telescopes are reflecting telescopes.