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Online Course
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Open Course Ware: Courses: Extrasolar Planets: Physics and Detection

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A university-level course that examines the atmospheres and interiors of extrasolar planets, or exoplanets. The course also looks at the search for planets that could support life. Includes lecture notes and assignments.
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Cosmology

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive module will help students understand cosmology. Learn about the standard cosmological model and explore if life is possible in other places besides the Earth.
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Website
NASA

Nasa: Hubble Finds 16 Exoplanet Candidates

For Students 9th - 10th
In the past, extrasolar planets have either been too far away to detect or conditions did not allow them to be seen. Hubble has made this possible and has determined that planets are as abundant in other areas of the milky way as they...
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Exoplanets

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes the features of exoplanets.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Exoplanets

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes the features of exoplanets.
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Alien Planets

For Teachers 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction piece discusses the discovery of previously unknown planets in the solar system. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies...
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: A New World!

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This informational text passage describes the exoplanet named Gliese 581c in the solar system. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and...