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University of Texas at Austin

The University of Texas Mc Donald Observatory: Stars and Galaxies

For Students 9th - 10th
Do galaxies collide? Apply concepts of scale to grasp the distances between stars and galaxies.
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Lesson Plan
American Association of Physics Teachers

Com Padre Digital Library: Open Source Physics: Colliding Galaxies

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Examine colliding galaxies with this science simulation that demonstrates how galactic bridges are formed and how galactic cores are made up.
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Graphic
NASA

Nasa: Dwarf Galaxies

For Students 9th - 10th
This space telescope image, "Dwarf Galaxies Swimming in Tidal Tails" features little galaxies forming in the midst of two colliding galaxies. In addition, a detailed textual overview explains various specifics of the picture.
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Website
NASA

Nasa: Antennae Galaxies

For Students 9th - 10th
This image, titled "Fire Within the Antennae Galaxies" features three individual pictures of the antennae galaxies taken with different equipment (x-ray, infrared, etc). The text under the image details various specifics about the picture.
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Graphic
NASA

Nasa: Spiral Galaxy

For Students 9th - 10th
This Spiral Galaxy image is part of a series of photographs taken from the Spitzer Space Telescope. The picture is accompanied by a textual overview of a spiral galaxy with specific attention given to the details of the picture.
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Website
Space Telescope Science Institute

Hubble Site: Secret Lives of Galaxies

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is provided by HubbleSite from NASA. "Telescopes around the world are beginning to harvest new clues to the origin and evolution of the universe's largest building blocks, the galaxies." Site offers links to images, video,...
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Handout
University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Cosmology: Galaxies

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Cambridge Relativity provides a brief description of the structure of the Milky Way galaxy. The parts described are the disc, bulge, and halo.
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Handout
Cosmos 4 kids

Cosmos4 Kids: Galaxies

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn the basic facts about galaxies. Brief, to the point text make this site most appropriate for younger students.
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Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: The Milky Way and Beyond: Globular Clusters

For Students 9th - 10th
Globular clusters, compact groups of about a million stars that move around together in galaxies, are among the oldest objects found in the universe. Since they are found most galaxies and since they've been around for so long, globular...
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Website
PBS

Pbs: Nova Online: Galaxies, Clusters, and Superclusters

For Students 9th - 10th
PBS site explores these building blocks of the universe as well as their various types and clusters.
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Interactive
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Spin a Spiral Galaxy

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive activity from NOVA Online lets you spin a spiral galaxy, including our own Milky Way. It demonstrates that what you can learn from visible light observations of a galaxy is largely determined by the angle from which you...
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Activity
Education.com

Education.com: Different Types of Galaxies

For Students 3rd - 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A downloadable worksheet that looks at the features of three types of galaxies.
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NASA

Astronomy Picture of the Day: Quasar Galaxy Collision

For Students 9th - 10th
An image of a quasar. The large redshifts imply that quasars lie near the edge of the observable universe and must emit tremendous amounts of energy. There are also many embedded links to related topics.
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Website
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Spiral Galaxy as Never Seen Before

For Students 9th - 10th
From ABC News in Science, this article covers information related to a photo of the largest spiral galaxy ever captured in a picture. The photo is taken of the Pinwheel galaxy.
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Handout
NASA

Nasa Space Place: Types of Galaxies

For Students 3rd - 8th
Brief description of a few types of galaxies.
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Website
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Galaxy Spinning the Wrong Way

For Students 9th - 10th
From ABC News in Science, this February 2002 article revolves around findings posted by images from the Hubble Space Telescope which suggest a spiral galaxy spinning in an opposite direction than expected.
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Website
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Sucked In! Our Galaxy Eats Neighbour

For Students 9th - 10th
From ABC News in Science, Judy Skatssoon's article discusses evidence and research surrounding the remains of the Arcturus stream of stars, remains that suggest the possibility of the Milky Way as a carnivore galaxy.
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Website
NASA

Nasa Star Child: Can You See Other Galaxies Without a Telescope?

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn how and when to look up into the sky to see the Andromeda galaxy.
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Professional Doc
Other

University of Alabama: M31: The Andromeda Galaxy

For Students 9th - 10th
View satellite photographs of the Andromeda Galaxy.
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NASA

Nasa: The Space Place: How Old Do I Look?

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out how the Galex space telescope is determining the age of galaxies using red-shifted light. View pictures taken by Galex. This site also has a game which involves determining the ages of objects.
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Website
Space Telescope Science Institute

Hubblesite: News Center Release Archive

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Hubblesite has a very long list of Hubble Space Telescope Images listed by subject. General categories of subjects include Solar System, Stars, Nebulae, Star Clusters, Novae, Supernovae, Stellar evolutionn, Galaxies, and...
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Unit Plan
Ministerio de Educación (Spain)

Ministerio De Educacion: Las Galaxias Modulo Vii Unidad 2

For Students 9th - 10th
In this module you can learn about galaxies, their morphology classification, masses, distances, etc.
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Website
Kidport

Kidport: Space Science

For Students 3rd - 5th
This complete resource will help students to improve their understand of space exploration. Includes images of the universe, galaxies, stars and planets.
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: In Our Galaxy, Far, Far, Away

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about earth-like planets in other solar systems. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.

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