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Year of the Solar System Math Guide
This collection of 160 math problems covers the 20 science topic themes presented by the NASA/JPL Year of the Solar System (YOSS) website, covering the solar system, planets, the search for life, and robotics.
Astro101 Slide Set: Debris Belts around Vega
This slide set focuses on the discovery of debris belts around Vega. It is one of a series of short, topical presentations on new developments from NASA astrophysics missions, relevant to introductory astronomy topics.
Astro101 Slide Set: Binary System Makes Near Miss
This slide set focuses on evidence of a binary star that passed within 0.8 ly of our solar system. It is one of a series of short, topical presentations on new developments from NASA astrophysics missions, relevant to introductory astronomy topics.
Dawn: Find a Meteorite
This online activity introduces the importance of meteorites to the understanding of the origin of the Solar System. Learners will use a key to determine if samples are meteorites.
Paper Model of Comet ISON's Orbit
This paper model shows the orbit of Comet ISON (late 2013) with respect to the innermost planets of the solar system.
What is a Planet? Video
This classic video explains the history, debate and continuing discussion of the definition of a planet.
Vegetable Light Curves
In this lesson, students observe the surface of rotating potatoes to help them understand how astronomers can sometimes determine the shape of asteroids from variations in reflective brightness.
Deep Impact Fact Sheet
Learners can read about the Deep Impact mission to encounter comet Tempel 1, including the mission, the experiment, results, the comet, the team, and how the results were transmitted back to Earth. Includes pre- and post-encounter fact sheets.
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