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	resource title	grade level	topics

	Origins Web Site A far-ranging Web site that explores the people, places, tools, and ideas behind the search for the origins of matter, the universe, and life itself. The site covers the European Center for Nuclear Research... HTML Document: 10 kb	6-8 9-12 Postsecondary	Measurement, Stars and Galaxies, The Scientific Process, Astronomy, Heat and Temperature, Atomic Structure, Weather and Climate, Elementary Particles and Nuclear Physics, Animals, DNA Structure and Function, Protists and Fungi, Historical Perspectives, Human Impact, Evidence for Evolution, Oceans and Water, Ecosystems, Classification, Origins of Universe, Probes, Satellites and Spacecraft, Science as a Career, Geologic Time

	Modeling the Seasons This activity provides instructions for students to model the seasons with their own earth globes. HTML Document: 13 kb	3-5 6-8	Measurement, Astronomy, Mathematics, Cultural Perspectives, Historical Perspectives, The Sun, The Planets, Seasons, Days

	Pinhole Projector Activity This activity provides instructions for safely viewing a solar eclipse through a box pinhole projector, a hole in cardboard, or your fingers. HTML Document: 9 kb	6-8 9-12	Reflection and Refraction, Astronomy, The Sun, Eclipses, The Moon

	Global Climate Change: Research Explorer At this Web site, you can find real-time scientific data and research relating to the atmosphere, the oceans, the areas covered by ice and snow, and the living organisms in all these domains. See how... HTML Document: 19 kb	6-8 9-12 Postsecondary	The Scientific Process, Heat and Temperature, Weather and Climate, Atmosphere, Biosphere, Science and Society, Oceans and Water

	Ancient Observatories This extensive Web site explores two ancient astronomical observatories, Chaco Canyon, NM, and Chichen Itza on the Yucatan peninsula. Activities, history, interviews, images, maps, and Webcasts are included. HTML Document: 13 kb	6-8 9-12 Postsecondary	Astronomy, Mathematics, The Sun, Seasons, Eclipses

	Chichen Itza This Web site explores Chichen Itza, home to the ancient Maya, and looks at their understanding of astronomical events, particularly the equinox. Maps, images, interviews, history, activities, and a Webcast... HTML Document: 13 kb	6-8 9-12 Postsecondary	Astronomy, Mathematics, The Sun, Seasons, Eclipses

	How Do You View It? This activity provides instructions for viewing the transit of Venus safely by building a binocular viewer. HTML Document: 19 kb	K-2 3-5 6-8 9-12	Stars and Galaxies, Astronomy, Lenses and Mirrors, The Sun, Eclipses

	Why is the Transit of Venus Important? This activity provides instructions for repeating the mathematical computation of the distance form the earth to the sun, or, the Astronomical Unit (AU). HTML Document: 17 kb	9-12	Measurement, Astronomy, The Sun, The Planets, Eclipses

	A View to the Edge of Space Web Site This extensive Web site serves as an introduction to the Hubble telescope and its mission of exploring space and looking at the origins of the universe. The site includes a short history of humankind's... HTML Document: 16 kb	6-8 9-12 Postsecondary	Stars and Galaxies, Astronomy, Electromagnetic Spectrum, Historical Perspectives, Origins of Universe, Probes, Satellites and Spacecraft, Science as a Career

	Space Weather Research Explorer Web Site An extensive web site that examines the many factors that create space weather, or changing conditions in space that in turn affect weather here on earth. The site covers coronal holes, solar flares,... HTML Document: 12 kb	6-8 9-12 Postsecondary	Electricity and Magnetism, Gases, Astronomy, Energy, Heat and Temperature, Sunlight, Weather and Climate, Atmosphere, The Sun, Gathering Data, Earth, Moon and Sun

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