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Pbs Learning Media: Spin a Spiral Galaxy

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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 are obser

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Concepts
astronomy, gravity, size, stars, the universe
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Additional Tags
galaxy composition, motions and forces, observable, orbit, properties, properties of objects and materials, the uni, milky way galaxy, pbs learningmedia: spin a spiral galaxy, teachers' domain, wgbh, milky way, spiral galaxies
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Classroom Considerations
  • Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
NGSS
MS-ESS1-2