This activity demonstrates the need for cooperation among competing interests to make scientific measurements of planetary phenomena using "body-fixed" instruments.  read more »

Use a desk chair, light and a ball on a dowel to demonstrate synchronous rotation

Activity demonstrates methods developed by astronomers to map objects too distant to show detail when viewed with a telescope.

Demonstrates the methods developed by astronomers to discover asteroids, comets, and variable and exploding stars.

Impact cratering has shaped planetary surfaces and life on Earth.  read more »

Demonstrates the effect of the inverse square law of illumination with distance.

Allows students to experience wave interference with their own senses.

Demonstrates traveling, standing, transverse, and longitudinal waves with coiled spring toy.

The lessons in Reading, Writing & Rings serve as a roadmap of student learning. Each lesson contains age-appropriate learning goals for language arts and science.  read more »

The lessons in Reading, Writing & Rings serve as a roadmap of student learning. Each lesson contains age-appropriate learning goals for language arts and science.  read more »