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This is a high school lesson plan on the topic of periodic motion. Students analyze data obtained from high-energy satellites of various binary stars orbital periods, then construct their own pendulum in a hands-on lab. The lesson provides multiple animated instructions to help students through each step of the process. It was developed by the Imagine the Universe project through NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.
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astronomy lesson plans, orbital motion, pendulum, periodic behavior, periodic motion, stellar rotation period
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<a href="https://www.compadre.org/astronomy/items/detail.cfm?ID=8097">Whitlock, Laura, and Kara Granger. Imagine the Universe: Time that Star! Lesson Plan on Periodic Behavior and Data Analysis. May 7, 2015.</a>
L. Whitlock and K. Granger, Imagine the Universe: Time that Star! Lesson Plan on Periodic Behavior and Data Analysis (1999), <https://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/educators/lessons/time/>.
Whitlock, L., & Granger, K. (2015, May 7). Imagine the Universe: Time that Star! Lesson Plan on Periodic Behavior and Data Analysis. Retrieved May 16, 2025, from https://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/educators/lessons/time/
Whitlock, Laura, and Kara Granger. Imagine the Universe: Time that Star! Lesson Plan on Periodic Behavior and Data Analysis. May 7, 2015. https://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/educators/lessons/time/ (accessed 16 May 2025).
Whitlock, Laura, and Kara Granger. Imagine the Universe: Time that Star! Lesson Plan on Periodic Behavior and Data Analysis. 1999. 7 May 2015. 16 May 2025 <https://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/educators/lessons/time/>.
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Month = {May 7, 2015},
Year = {1999}
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