astronomy lesson plans

Amazing Space __ You will find a site which offers an assortment of lesson plans and web-based activities for astronomy along with a wealth of information for any astronomy unit. - From stsci.edu - http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/

AskERIC - EduRef - Astronomy __ An assortment of lesson plans for space science. - From eduref.org - http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/lessons.cgi/Science/Astronomy

At-Home Astronomy __ Here is a collection of lessons and activities to explore the universe. Goals and procedure. - From berkeley.edu - http://cse.ssl.berkeley.edu/AtHomeAstronomy/index.html

Exploring Planets in the Classroom __ You will find more than 25 hands-on science activities provided in classroom-ready pages for both teachers and students for exploring Earth, the planets, geology, and space sciences. - From spacegrant.hawaii.edu - http://www.spacegrant.hawaii.edu/class_acts/index.html

Eyes on the Sky, Feet on the Ground __ "Welcome to our collection of children's online astronomy activities. In the following six chapters are hundreds of fun explorations into astronomy as a classroom tool for learning how to theorize, experiment, and analyze data. The activities are fully illustrated and contain detailed, step-by-step instructions as well as suggested discussion topics. This book is lots of fun for teachers and students alike." Alltext and graphics are online. - From harvard.edu - http://hea-www.harvard.edu/ECT/the_book/index.html

Hands-on Astronomy Activities __ Here are more than 25 hands-on activities for students. - From nasa.gov - http://lunar.arc.nasa.gov/education/activities/index.htm

Lesson Plan Library __ Here is a collection of dozens of lesson plans related to astronomy for all grade levels. - From discoveryeducation.com - http://school.discoveryeducation.com/lessonplans/astronomy.html

Mars Program (NASA) __ K-12 lessons and resources to bring Mars into your classroom activities as well as an Earth-Mars comparision poster. - From jpl.nasa.gov - http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/classroom/index.html

Math-Science Learning Coalition - Astronomy Lessons __ Wide range of astronomy lessons for elementary, middle school, and high school. - From reachoutmichigan.org - http://www.reachoutmichigan.org/funexperiments/agesubject/astronomy.html

NASA/MSU-Bozeman CERES Project Educational Activities __ "...team of master teachers, university faculty, and NASA researchers have
created a series of web-based astronomy and astrobiology lessons for the CERES Project. These classroom-ready activities for K-12 students represent a robust combination of contemporary teaching/learning strategies from the National Science Education Standards (NRC, 1996)..." - From montana.edu - http://btc.montana.edu/ceres/html/EdActivities.html

Paper Plate Education __ You can visit the Activities area for over 30 lesson ideas using paper plates to teach concepts in astronomy. - From depaul.edu - http://analyzer.depaul.edu/paperplate/Default.htm

Space and Astronomy Lesson Plans __ A list of 53 lesson plans and resources. - From teach-nology.com - http://www.teach-nology.com/teachers/lesson_plans/science/astronomy/

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