Classroom-Ready Activities

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In this section you will find classroom-ready actvities that fall into the following categories
(available as html & pdf files):

Investigations

Earth and Space Science
Ice Core Records – From Volcanoes to Supernovas (High School Version)

• Teacher Guide html | pdf
• Background Information
  • The Scientific Evidence within the Ice Core Record html | pdf
  • Icelandic Volcanoes and the Greenland Ice Sheet Connection html | pdf
  • The Historical Sunspot Record html | pdf
  • The Astronomers Tycho Brahe and Johannes Kepler html | pdf
  • John Flamsteed and the Cassiopeia A Supernova Event html | pdf
  • King Charles II and Cassiopeia A html | pdf
  • Summarizing the Evidence for Dating the Cas A Supernova html | pdf
• Student Ice Core Records Investigation html | pdf
  • Student Ice Core Data Worksheet (B&W) pdf
  • Student Ice Core Data Worksheet (Color) pdf
  • Volcanic Eruptions Data Tables pdf
  • Solar Proton Events and Supernova Data Tables pdf
  • Ice Core Data Worksheet Labeled (Answer Key B&W) pdf
  • Ice Core Data Worksheet Labeled (Answer Key - color) pdf
• Entire Ice Core Strip Versions
  • Entire Ice Core Strip Labeled (B&W) pdf
  • Entire Ice Core Strip Unlabeled (B&W) pdf
  • Entire Ice Core Strip Unlabeled (Color) pdf
  • Entire Ice Core Strip Labeled (Color) pdf

Electromagnetic Spectrum (EMR)

• Introduction http://chandra.harvard.edu/edu/formal/ems/
• Demonstration:
  • Modeling the Earth-Moon System Demonstration html | pdf
• Pre-Assessment Exponents Activity:
  • The Exponential Clothesline html | pdf
  • The Exponential Clothesline Conversion Table html | pdf
  • The Exponential Clothesline Answer Key html | pdf
  • Number and Exponent Cards html | pdf
• Modeling the Spectrum Activity:
  • Student Handout (middle school version) html | pdf
  • Student Handout (high school version) html | pdf
  • Model Construction Template pdf
  • Teacher Guide and Answer Key html | pdf
  • Alignment with national standards html | pdf
• Exploring the Universe with the Electromagnetic Spectrum:
  • Student Handout html | pdf
  • Teacher's Guide html | pdf
• Post Activity:
  • EMR Pasta demonstration html | pdf
  • EMR Pasta task description html | pdf
• Star Formation and U/HLXs in the Cartwheel Galaxy
  • Cartwheel Galaxy Introduction html | pdf
  • Star Formation and U/HLXs in the Cartwheel Galaxy ds9 Activity html | pdf
  • Teacher Guide and Answer Key html | pdf
• 3-Color Composite Images of Supernova Remnants (Ds9 Image Analysis Activity)
  • 3-Color Composite Images Activity html | pdf
  • 3-Color Composite Images Answer Key pdf
• Extension Performance Task Activities with Task Specific Scoring Rubrics and alignments to National Science Standards
  • Point of View
    • Task description html | pdf
    • Alignment of performance task with national standards html | pdf
    • Task specific scoring rubric html | pdf
    • Composite Image Galleries
      • Cassiopeia A
      • Crab Nebula
  • Oh Say Can You See
    • Task description html | pdf
    • Alignment of performance task with national standards html | pdf
    • Task specific scoring rubric html | pdf
  • Signals from the Cosmos
    • Task description html | pdf
  • Alignment of performance task with national standards html | pdf
  • Task specific scoring rubric html | pdf


• Chandra Resources:
  • Podcasts:
    • 3-D Flyby Cas A
    • M101
    • NGC 6543 (Cat's Eye Nebula)
    • NGC 4258
  • Composite Images
  • Printable Multiwavelength Overlays:
    
    • Cas A
    • Crab Nebula
  • Illustrations
  • Printable Multiwavelength Transparency Overlays:
    • Cas A
    • Crab Nebula
  • Posters, Lithographs and other resources available upon request: http://chandra.harvard.edu/edu/request.html
  
  
• Other Useful Resources:
  • The Electromagnetic Spectrum Poster:
    http://www.tufts.edu/as/wright_center/products/svl/posters/ems.html
  • Illustrations:
    http://chandra.harvard.edu/resources/illustrations/elec_mag_spec.html
  • The Multiwavelength Milky Way: http://mwmw.gsfc.nasa.gov/
  • A Tour of the Electromagnetic Spectrum:
    http://imagers.gsfc.nasa.gov/ems/waves3.html
  • Logarithm Tutorial Websites:
    • Understanding Mathematics by Peter Alfeld, Dept. of Mathematics, University of Utah. Has a logarithm calculator.
      http://www.math.utah.edu/~alfeld/math/log.html
  • Powers of Ten Visual Journey
    http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/scienceopticsu/powersof10/index.html
  • Self-Guided Powers of Ten Visual Journey
    http://microcosm.web.cern.ch/Microcosm/P10/english/P0.html

Stellar Evolution

• Introduction and Background html | pdf
• Interactive Guide to Stellar Evolution flash | pdf
• Teacher Guide Our Cosmic Connection html | pdf
• Our Cosmic Connection Activity
  • Task Description html | pdf | flash
  • Image Set ppt | pdf
• Our Cosmic Connection Webquest Version
  • Task Description html | pdf
  • Webquest Activity html | pdf
  • Table of URL's html | pdf
  • Templates html | pdf
  • Image Set pdf | ppt
• Stellar Cycles Post/Pre Assessment Activity html
  • Task Description html | pdf
  • Set of Images pdf | ppt
  • Teacher Guide and Answer Key html | pdf
  • Task Specific Scoring Rubric html | pdf
• Supplemental Image Set (Beta Version)
  • Supplemental Introduction html | pdf
  • Supplemental Image Set Description html | pdf
  • Supplemental Image Set ppt | pdf
• Investigating Supernova Remnants (Ds9 Image Analysis Activity)
  • Introduction and Background html | pdf
  • Ds9 Version: html | pdf
  • Pencil & Paper Version:html | pdf
  -Request a set of the stellar cards
• 3-Color Composite Images of Supernova Remnants (Ds9 Image Analysis Activity)
  • 3-Color Composite Images Activity html | pdf
  • 3-Color Composite Images Answer Key pdf
• Estimating the Age of Supernova Remnants (Ds9 Image Analysis Activity)
  • Ds9 Version: html | pdf
  • Pencil & Paper Version:html | pdf
  • Answer Key :html | pdf
• Extension Performance Task Activities with Task Specific Scoring Rubrics and alignments to National Science Standards
  • The Crab Through Time
    • Task description html | pdf
    • Alignment of performance task with national standards html | pdf
    • Task specific scoring rubric html | pdf
  • Point of View
    • Task description html | pdf
    • Alignment of performance task with national standards html | pdf
    • Task specific scoring rubric html | pdf
    • Composite Image Galleries
      • Cassiopeia A
      • Crab Nebula
• Useful Resources
  • Cassiopeia A Timeline Story
  • SNR Podcasts
  • Animations
  • Posters, Lithographs, and other resources available upon request
  • Supernova-Related Demonstrations

Stars

• Variable Stars html
  • Stellar Heartbeats html | flash | pdf | ppt
  • A Variable Star in Cygnus html | flash | pdf | ppt
• Plotting Pulsating Variable Stars on the Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram html
  • Teacher Guide html | pdf
  • Background Information html | pdf
    • Plotting Pulsating Variable Stars on the H-R Diagram Student Activity html | pdf
    • H-R Diagram Answer Key pdf
    • Blank H-R Diagram Student Worksheet pdf
    • Bright and Nearby Star Data Tables pdf

Imaging

• De-Coding Starlight: From Pixels to Images (Introduction to Imaging)
• Investigating Supernova Remnants (Ds9 Image Analysis)
  • Introduction and Background: html
  • Download instructions for ds9: html
  • Tutorial to use the ds9 software: html
  • X-Ray Spectroscopy and Supernova Remnants ds9 Version: html | PDF
  • X-Ray Spectroscopy and Supernova Remnants Pencil and Paper Version: html | PDF
  • Cas A: The Supernova as Cosmic Recycling Center: A set of 6 activities that utilizes ds9 and Chandra data to explore the science of Cas A
• The Cartwheel Galaxy
  • Cartwheel Galaxy Introduction html | PDF
  • Star Formation and U/HLXs in the Cartwheel Galaxy ds9 Activity html | PDF
  • Teacher Guide and Answer Key html | PDF
• 3-Color Composite Images of Supernova Remnants (Ds9 Image Analysis Activity)
  • 3-Color Composite Images Activity html | pdf
  • 3-Color Composite Images Answer Key pdf
• Estimating the Age of Supernova Remnants (Ds9 Image Analysis Activity)
  • Ds9 Version: html | pdf
  • Pencil & Paper Version:html | pdf
  • Answer Key :html | pdf
• Analyzing X-Ray Pulses from Stellar Cores (Ds9 Image Analysis Activity)
  • Ds9 Version: html | pdf
  • Pencil & Paper Version:html | pdf
  • Answer Key :html | pdf

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