Astronomy: Galaxies and stars
These resources support teachers and students as they learn about galaxies and stars in high school Earth Science classes.
Included Resources
A series of literary activities and well curated readings for students of astronomy. By the American Museum of Natural History.
NOVA's Sun Lab Guide for Educators shares videos, lesson plans and interactive tasks to engage students as they learn about the sun. All of the PBS sun videos have transcripts attached. NOVA Labs is a free digital platform that engages teens and lifelong learners in games and interactives that foster authentic scientific exploration.
A Better Lesson shares lessons on topics in astronomy: The Big Bang, life cycle of stars, calculating orbital eccentricity and other lessons. These lessons were created and vetted by teachers of astronomy in NYC.
This document shares an overview of the WeTeachNYC collection for high school astronomy students learning about galaxies and stars.
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