Black Holes and Relativity

Cosmic Times

Posted October 21st, 2009 by admin
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NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
http://cosmictimes.gsfc.nasa.gov/

COSMIC TIMES: POSTERS, LESSONS AND TEACHER GUIDES FOR GRADES 7-12  read more »

Invisible Universe

Posted December 18th, 2007 by admin
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LHS GEMS
Lawrence Hall of Science - UC-Berkeley

This guide introduces students to the mysteries of gamma ray bursts as a gateway and motivation for gaining fundamental understandings of waves and the different wavelengths of the EM spectrum.  read more »

Universe Forum Activities for Informal Education Settings

Posted October 22nd, 2007 by admin
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Structure and Evolution of the Universe Education Forum
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/seuforum/gsa/

Cosmic Poetry
Cosmic Survey
Modeling the Universe
Time Scavenger Hunt
Black Hole Game

How Fast Do Galaxies Move?

Posted October 19th, 2007 by admin
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Universe Forum
Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/seuforum/galSpeed/
http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/seuforum/learningresources.htm#

This web-based interactive laboratory combines real data with the Virtual Spectroscope and introduces students to the concepts of spectra and galactic motion in the expanding universe.

Modeling the Universe

Posted October 19th, 2007 by admin
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Universe Forum
Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/seuforum/mtu/
http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/seuforum/learningresources.htm#

Materials from a short course for teachers of grades 7-12 developed by the Universe Forum
http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/seuforum/mtu/

Black Hole Interactive

Posted October 19th, 2007 by admin
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Universe Forum
Harvard Smithsonium Center for Astrophysics
http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/seuforum/bh_popup_spacetimelab.htm
http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/seuforum/learningresources.htm#

A web-based SpaceTime Lab that lets you explore how a planet and a black hole affect the space and time around them.
http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/seuforum/bh_popup_spacetimelab.htm

Afterschool Universe: Bringing Astronomy Down to Earth

Posted October 10th, 2007 by admin
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NASA Beyond Einstein Program http://beyondeinstein.nasa.gov/au/
in partnership with NASA Imagine the Universe Program http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/

The Afterschool Astronomy Program (formerly called Beyond Einstein Explorers Program) is aimed at middle school-aged out-of-school groups to introduce participants to basic astronomical concepts and t  read more »

The Spandex Universe

Posted July 17th, 2007 by David Rothstein
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Gravity Probe B Educator's Guide (see p. 43 of the PDF file at http://einstein.stanford.edu/RESOURCES/education-index.html#guide for instructions on how to build the Spandex Universe, although the one we have in the Cornell Astronomy Department was built using a slightly different method)

The Spandex Universe is a large two-dimensional space-time model.  read more »

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