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Pictures from
the Edge
Here is a gallery of space images. Choose the "Constellations" link to find the different constellations in the night sky. Use this guide to find Polaris in Ursa Minor. Try to identify
other constellations.
Hubble Space Telescope
This is the home page of the Space Telescope Science Institute, where the Hubble is maintained. Here you can find excellent pictures and links to news stories and explanations of images.
Make your own computer presentation of these images, explaining what they are and where they occur.
The Big Ear Home Page
The home page of the Big Ear in Delaware, Ohio, based out of the Ohio State University. This radio telescope is the home of the longest running SETI (Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence)
projects, a program that searches radio waves from space for signs of extra-terrestrial life. How does SETI accomplish this?
Galileo
and the Telescope
Learn about Galileo and his telescope. Use the directions on this site make a telescope like Galileo's and use it to look at some celestial bodies.
John Glenn's Return to Space
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Visit these sites for news stories, pictures, and video clips chronicling John Glenn's historic return to space in the shuttle Discovery. Use the information on these sites to make your
own news stories about this famous astronaut.
Space Shuttle
John Glenn: Return
to Space
CNN - John Glenn: Return
to Space
On the Internet Activity 20-2
Visit these sites to learn how to make your own astrolabe.
MEGA - Firenze
Cosmic
Voyage Travel Guide
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Work/Energy
Home Page
Visit this site to gather background on Work and Energy. Develop a showcase display highlighting the major points of these concepts..
Energy Research
The Office of Energy Research, a division of the U.S. Department of Energy, conducts Energy Research in various subjects from biological and environmental issues to nuclear physics.
Use this site to put together a monthly newsletter about current energy research.
Newton’s
Laws in Action
On this site, you'll find a nice video to demonstrate Newton’s Laws and later learn a little about momentum. Develop your own demonstrations of Newton's laws and momentum. Demonstrate
these to your class.
Movies Illustrating
Motion in Two and Three Dimensions
Here you'll find various QuickTime videos showing projectile motion and circular vector forces. It also has links to Java Applets demonstrating the same concepts. Write a journal entry
that explains five different videos.
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