This is an activity about size and scale. Learners will identify and label their location on a series of maps, at successively larger scales, starting with their classroom location outward to the Milky Way galaxy. This is Activity H-1 of Universe at... (View More) Your Fingertips 2.0: A Collection of Activities and Resources for Teaching Astronomy DVD-ROM, which is available for purchase. (View Less)

This is an activity about size and scale. Learners will identify and label their location on a series of maps, at successively larger scales, starting with their classroom location outward to the Milky Way galaxy. This is Actividad 8.1 as part of El... (View More) Universo a Sus Pies, a Spanish-language curriculum, available for purchase. (View Less)

This is an activity about cultural references to astronomy. Learners will create a list of products that have been named after astronomical objects, which the class discusses. As a homework project, they can search local stores or media for... (View More) additional astronomical references. This is Actividad 13.2 as part of El Universo a Sus Pies, a Spanish-language curriculum, available for purchase. (View Less)

This is an activity about the Doppler effect. Learners will use long springs or ropes to examine the frequency and wavelength of various waves. Then, they will observe a demonstration of the Doppler effect for sound waves, using this understanding... (View More) to investigate the shifted spectra of sample galaxies. Finally, learners will user their data to create a graph of distance versus recession speed, illustrating Hubble’s Law regarding the expansion of the Universe. This is Actividad 8.3 as part of El Universo a Sus Pies, a Spanish-language curriculum, available for purchase. (View Less)

This is an activity about constellations. Learners will create a simple star finder using basic materials and learn to use it to be able to identify constellations in the night sky for various dates and times. The star finder can also be used to... (View More) reinforce the concept that the sky seems to change in a predictable pattern. This is Activity F-3 of Universe at Your Fingertips 2.0: A Collection of Activities and Resources for Teaching Astronomy DVD-ROM, which is available for purchase. (View Less)

This is an activity exploring the connections between astronomy and culture. Learners will design their own constellation pattern based on the stars representing Ursa Major and write a short story to go along with their design. Then, they will share... (View More) their pictures and stories to the group and discuss how other cultures around the globe have viewed the same group of stars and created their own myths to explain them. This is Activity L-1 of Universe at Your Fingertips 2.0: A Collection of Activities and Resources for Teaching Astronomy DVD-ROM, which is available for purchase. (View Less)

This is an activity about the expansion of the Universe. Learners will use a special set of transparency and master sheets with dots representing clusters of galaxies at two different eras of the Universe's history. After aligning the transparency... (View More) and underlying page, learners then observe and measure clusters moving away from particular locations, graph their data, compute a slope and relate the slope to the age of the Universe. This is Actividad 8.4 as part of El Universo a Sus Pies, a Spanish-language curriculum, available for purchase. (View Less)