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CERES: Educational Activities 
  
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Publisher: NASA CERES Project
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This page from CERES (Center for Educational Resources Project) features 25 classroom-ready lessons for K-12, developed by a team of master teachers, NASA researchers, and university…
http://btc.montana.edu/ceres/html/EdActivities.html
Nova: Origins 
  
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Publisher: WGBH Educational Foundation
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This web site has information about interesting inquiries into the origin life on Earth and the astronomical issues connected to life. Topics range from the big bang and the…
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/series/origins-series-overview/
ASPIRE: Lessons 
  
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P. Sokolsky
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The Astrophysics Science Project Integrating Research and Education (ASPIRE) website provides free access to interactive science labs with downloadable simulations for use in grades…
http://aspire.cosmic-ray.org/
Exoplanet Atmospheres Science: Determining Atmospheric Composition of Exoplanets  [ Report ]
  
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S. Willoughby and R. Vieyra; Editor: C. Hall
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This lecture tutorial by the NASA Space Science Education Consortium introduces students to the idea of how spectroscopy can provide information about the atmospheric composition of…
https://www.compadre.org/precollege/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=15180&DocI...
A One Credit Hour Eclipse Course for 2024: Description and Offer to the Community 
  
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G. Williger
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This github repository provides materials for a turn-key, general-education level, interdisciplinary eclipse course. It is designed to help prepare for the Apr 8, 2024 total…
https://github.com/gwilliger/Eclipsecourse_2024
Habitable Zones of Planets  [ Report ]
  
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B. Ambrose and R. Lopez; Editor: C. Hall
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This guided inquiry tutorial for upper-division physics and/or astronomy introduces students to various factors that influence the average surface temperature of a planet. First,…
https://www.compadre.org/precollege/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=16766&DocI...
exoplanets.org: Exoplanet Data Explorer 
  
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California & Carnegie Planet Search
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The Exoplanet Data Explorer is an interactive table and plotter for exploring and displaying data from the Exoplanet Orbit Database. The database is a regularly-updated compilation…
http://exoplanets.org/
Nebraska Astronomy Applet Project: Extrasolar Planets Lab 
  
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K. Lee; Publisher: Astronomy Education at the University of Nebraska
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This learning module introduces the search for planets outside of our solar system using the radial velocity and transit methods. The module is based on the solar nebula theory of…
http://astro.unl.edu/naap/esp/esp.html
Exoplanet Exploration: Planets Beyond Our Solar System 
  
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Publisher: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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This website is dedicated to keeping the public updated and informed about the recent discoveries of exoplanets. This website provides information on NASA's missions, the technology…
https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/
Center for Educational Resources (CERES) Project 
  
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Editor: G. Tuthill; Publisher: NASA CERES Project
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This is the portal for CERES, an extensive library of on-line and interactive K-12 science education materials for teaching astronomy. The site also contains web based lessons that…
https://btc.montana.edu/ceres/