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Interactive
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Sky Server: The Constellation Game

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Sky Server of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey provides the information here on constellations. "Here is your chance to make up your own constellation!" Learn about the various constellations and then play the game.
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Website
Other

Has: Charles Messier

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief, concise facts about Charles Messier and his catalog of comets, galaxies, and other astronomical bodies. Included are photographs of each of the 110 objects listed in his catalog.
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Graphic
Other

Pedro Re's Messier Gallery

For Students 9th - 10th
Are you looking for information on Charles Messier? This site includes a detailed biography of his life along with a timeline, how to conduct a Messier Marathon, and photographs of the astronomical objects in Messier's catalog.
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: The Solar System: Lesson 1

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will develop a map of the solar system in proportion to the distance between the planets. It is 1 of 3 in the series titled "The Solar System."
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Constellations: Lesson 2

For Students 7th - 8th
This lesson will demonstrate how to predict constellations in the night sky. It is 2 of 4 in the series titled "Constellations."
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Constellations: Lesson 3

For Students 6th - 8th
This lesson will demonstrate how to predict constellations in the night sky. It is 3 of 4 in the series titled "Constellations."
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Constellations: Lesson 1

For Students 6th - 8th
This lesson will demonstrate how to predict constellations in the night sky. It is 1 of 4 in the series titled "Constellations."
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Constellations: Lesson 4

For Students 6th - 8th
This lesson will demonstrate how to predict constellations in the night sky. It is 4 of 4 in the series titled "Constellations."
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Activity
NASA

Nasa: Make Star Cookies

For Students 3rd - 5th
This site from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration provides a fun project on stars and cookies. "Make these yummy star cookies with genuine star-colored centers you can see through." Plus, learn interesting facts about...
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Website
NASA

Nasa: Imagine the Universe: "Twinkle, Twinkle (Really Fast!), Little Star"

For Students 9th - 10th
"The Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer has discovered neutron stars that emit streams of X-rays pulsing over 1,000 times a second." Visit this site to read the rest of this article. Site offers additional resources as well as a Teacher's Corner.
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Website
NASA

Nasa: Imagine the Universe: X Ray Binary Stars

For Students 9th - 10th
Site provides a brief introduction to binary stars. Additional resources for students and teachers on this topic are offered as well as related topics.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Orion

For Teachers 5th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart features a well-known constellation in our skies - Orion.
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Website
Space Telescope Science Institute

Hubble Site: Supernova Shock Wave

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Hubblesite highlights an article written about a supernova shock wave. Provides images as well as video footage. Site offers links to fast facts, a question and answer section as well as related links.
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Website
Space Telescope Science Institute

Hubble Site: Planetary Nebula

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Hubblesite provides a brief news article as well as colorful pictures of a nearby Planetary Nebula. Offers links to images, video, fast facts, a question and answer section as well as related links.
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Graphic
Other

Stellarium: Planetarium

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Bring a planetarium to your computer with this free open source software. Download the software to show the sky in 3D with the naked eye.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Diagram of Zodiac Constellations

For Students 9th - 10th
Paper presents the explanation behind the Zodiac signs. Discusses motions of celestial objects, the Plane of the Ecliptic, and the constellations of the Zodiac.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Constellation

For Students Pre-K - 1st
orion