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Amazing Space: Star Light, Star Bright

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This online exploration provides an opportunity to identify the different properties of waves and the relationship that exists between energy, wavelength, and frequency. Correlate images from the Hubble Telescope to the wavelength,...
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Amazing Space: Telescopes From the Ground Up

For Students 9th - 10th
Students can investigate the historical development of six different telescopes. The technical aspects of different telescopes are also presented.
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Amazing Space: Comets: Comet Facts, Myths, and Legends

For Students 6th - 8th
An interactive book full of interesting information about comets - their discovery, beliefs about them, factual information, and famous comets. An 'All about comets' link at the bottom of the page has lots of background information on...
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Hubble Site: Images From Space

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides vivid images taken in space by the Hubble Telescope. You can view the entire collection or choose an area you enjoy the most. Explore galaxies, the solar system, nebulae and more!
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Amazing Space: Black Holes

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an interesting and comprehensive resource for black holes. In addition to teaching you about black holes, it has quizzes to test your knowledge of the topic and a link to share your own essay on black holes.
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Hubble Space Photographs: Hst's Greatest Hits 1990 1995

For Students 9th - 10th
Breathtaking images from the Hubble Space Telescope give a new perspective to our world.
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Hubble Site: Newscenter

For Students 9th - 10th
Read up to the minute as well as archived news reports about the Hubble space telescope at this site. Here you can view pictures taken by the telescope as well as learn about its help in the advancement of space exploration.
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Amazing Space: Albert Einstein: A Genius, Relatively Speaking

For Students 9th - 10th
Albert Einstein was one of the most influential scientists in the 20th century. Read about his contributions on the fact filled site from the Space Telescopes Science Institute.
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Space Telescope Science Institute: Hubble Site

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the universe and celestial phenomena made visible by Hubble. High-quality photos of planets, stars, nebulae, and galaxies, complete with individual descriptions, can be viewed online and downloaded for printing and personal use.
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Black Holes: Gravity's Relentless Pull

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive site introduces the properties of black holes. You can travel to and into a black hole and see what happens to certain objects when they are placed in a black hole. Many interactive exercises to help illustrate the text...
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Hubble Site: Black Holes

For Students 9th - 10th
An incredible interactive site with a wealth of well-organized information about black holes. Take a simulated journey to a black hole or try one of the interactive experiments in the Black Hole Encyclopedia to see if you can safely...
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Hubble Site: Hand Held Hubble

For Students 3rd - 8th
This site has an activity to make a hand-held telescope. "The Hubble Space Telescope that's orbiting Earth right now is the size of a school bus, but you can make a model of it that you can hold in your hands!"
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Hubble Site: Quick Facts

For Students 9th - 10th
Site provides quick facts and figures on the Hubble Space Telescope. Site includes spaceflight statistics, optical capabilities and data statistics and much more.
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Amazing Space: Star Light Star Bright: Electromagnetic Radiation

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this tool to learn facts about the range of the electromagnetic spectrum, from radio waves to gamma rays.
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Amazing Space: Star Light, Star Bright

For Students 6th - 8th
An online exploration where students learn the basics about light and the properties of waves and the electromagnetic spectrum. Students will also learn how to measure wavelength and frequency so they can understand the electromagnetic...
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Amazing Space: Galaxy Hunter

For Students 9th - 10th
Journey to the wildest regions of space, and wrestle with cosmic giants, galaxies. Explore the Hubble Deep Fields from a statistical point of view.
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Amazing Space: Mission Mastermind

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is provided for by Amazing Science. "NASA needs your help in planning a Hubble Servicing Mission. Join the team!"
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Amazing Space: Star Light Star Bright

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn all about stars and the electromagnetic spectrum in this series of activities.
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Space Telescope Science Institute

For Students 9th - 10th
The homepage for the Space Telescope Science Institute provides a variety of resources on the James Webb Space Telescope and Hubble Telescope. Also provided is information on the institute itself, a data archive, and a wide range of...
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St Sc I: Elie Wiesel's Relationship With God

For Students 9th - 10th
An interesting paper by Wiesel. "The Holocaust presents one of the most disturbing theological dilemmas of the twentieth century. As a survivor of the Holocaust, Elie Wiesel has to reevaluate God in his world. He does so through is...
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Space Telescope Science Institute: Hubble Space Telescope

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out how astronomers are conducting extensive observations to estimate how many planets in our Milky Way galaxy might be potential abodes for life.
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Amazing Space: Hubble Deep Field Academy

For Teachers 9th - 10th
At this site, students can become a Steller Statistician, Cosmic Classifier, Galactic Guide or a Universal Graduate by attending the Hubble Deep Field Academy--and entering information in their Hubble Academy Log (HAL), which is assessed...
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Amazing Space: Comets: Make a Comet

For Students 9th - 10th
Create your own comet using different combinations of chemical ingredients and see what it looks like when completed.
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Amazing Space: Comets: Comet Tails

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how to recognize a comet by the type of tail it has.