+
Handout
Other

History of Rock 'N' Roll: Roy Orbison

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical summary of the life of Roy Orbison, a legend in popular music in the 1960s.
+
Handout
Other

Stat Soft: Statistics Glossary

For Students 9th - 10th
Dozens of statistical terms are defined and illustrated in this glossary.
+
Website
Other

The Electronic Sky: Light Year

For Students 9th - 10th
Electronic Sky site provides users with the definition of a light year as well as a light year conversion table.
+
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.
+
Article
Other

Christopher Crockett: The Astronomy Word of the Week Is "Barycenter"

For Students 9th - 10th
While astronomers and philosophers have long mused on the possibility of other solar systems, the first planets confirmed to orbit a star other than our Sun weren't found until 1992. The reason it took so long is that it's really hard!...
+
Website
Other

Roger Ebert: Review of Anna Karenina

For Students 9th - 10th
Roger Ebert, film critic for the Chicago Sun-Times, reviews the 1997 film version of Leo Tolstoy's classic novel Anna Karenina. The movie starred Sophie Marceau and Sean Bean as Anna and Vronsky.
+
Website
Ministerio de Educación (Spain)

Ministerio De Educacion: Cosmologia

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has many articles from the first moments of life of the universe to its properties, current models, black holes, galaxies, etc.
+
Handout
Other

The Astrolabe: Home Page

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a very general overview of astrolabe principles with links to other pages for more detailed information.
+
Graphic
Curated OER

Eternal Egypt: Stela of Ankhnesneferebre

For Students 9th - 10th
The stela, an upright stone with a sculpted surface, of the Lady Ankhnesneferebre is an ordinary stela with a semicircular top decorated with stars and the winged sun disk.
+
Graphic
Curated OER

Science Kids: Science Images: Solar Flare

For Students 9th - 10th
A photo of the sun showing an incredible solar flare reaching out away from the glowing star.

Other popular searches