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LAMBDA - Educational Resources 
  
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Student projects designed as supplements to an undergraduate cosmology course are available on the LAMBDA website (Legacy Archive for Microwave Background Data Analysis). One project…
https://lambda.gsfc.nasa.gov/education/
Comets: The Universal Recipe? 
  
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M. Bailey, G. Bernstein, and D. Brownlee; Publisher: The Why Files
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This collection of web pages explores the makeup, motion, and observation of comets in the Solar System. The material includes photographs and illustrations of comets, an activity to…
https://whyfiles.org/011comets/
Sky Observing Project 
  
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J. Scott
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This guide describes a novel project structure for sky observations commonly assigned in introductory level astronomy students at either the high school or undergraduate level. The…
http://wp.towson.edu/jescott/observingprojectguide/
Black Lives in Astronomy 
  
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"Black Lives in Astronomy," a new 8-page resource guide includes written and video resources about and by 25 Black astronomers, as well as general materials to examine the history…
http://www.fraknoi.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Fraknoi-Black-Lives-in...
Star Spectra Science: Using Balloons and Buttons to Model Spectroscopy  [ Report ]
  
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R. Vieyra; Publisher: American Association of Physics Teachers
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This lesson blends physics and Earth science as students explore the spectra of stars using a physical model composed of balloons and buttons. This activity introduces students to…
https://www.compadre.org/astronomy/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=14318&DocID...
Newtonian Mechanics 
  
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D. Stern
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Algebra-based material at the high-school level, oriented towards astronomy and spaceflight, which explores Newton's Laws and their application. Concepts are stressed such as vectors…
http://www.phy6.org/stargaze/Smechopen.htm
The Sun 
  
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This material uses the Sun as an example of diverse parts of physics. Topics include weather and climate, magnetism and the interplanetary field, color, spectra and the…
http://www.phy6.org/stargaze/Sunopen.htm
From Stargazers to Starships: Spaceflight 
  
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This is an historical overview of spaceflight, stressing the technology of rockets, satellites and orbits, and its use in unmanned missions. It contains sections on rocket motion,…
http://www.phy6.org/stargaze/Spaceflt1.htm
Sunlight and the Earth - Climate and Weather 
  
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These web pages trace the processes involved in the sun's impact on weather. This is an exploration of the importance of radiation and reflection of light, both visible and…
http://www.phy6.org/stargaze/Sun1lite.htm
From Stargazers to Starships: Orbits in Space 
  
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These pages explore synchronous orbits and "Lagrangian points," those points where an object will orbit the sun with the same period as the earth. This has applications for solar…
http://www.phy6.org/stargaze/Sorbit.htm
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