ASTRONOMY

Multiple Topics

• CK-12 Flexbooks https://www.ck12.org/fbbrowse/list/?Language=All%20Languages&Grade=All%20Grades&Subject=Astronomy 

• Teachnology https://www.teach-nology.com/ ; https://www.teach-nology.com/teachers/lesson_plans/science/ 

• Lumen Learning https://courses.lumenlearning.com/astronomy/ 

• Geoscience Australia - current astronomical information and data https://www.ga.gov.au/scientific-topics 

• Khan Academy https://www.khanacademy.org/: includes transcripts and lessons 

  • • • Physics

      • Cosmology & astronomy

Individual Topics

• Giant Star Spots Believed To Have Caused The Mysterious Dimming Of Betelgeuse https://www.iflscience.com/space/giant-star-spots-believed-to-have-caused-the-mysterious-dimming-of-betelgeuse/?fbclid=IwAR0QVXsspiKF85VkB7A0jVslb8G44nhHNfqsvTh5JDwBqWn_z3SEh_qHZUo 

Videos

• [4.45 mins] Introduction to Astronomy

• ABC Science https://www.abc.net.au/science/
  
  

• Live worksheetes, self-marking https://www.liveworksheets.com/
  
  

• Teaching science through role play: https://www.fizzicseducation.com.au/articles/how-to-teach-science-using-role-plays/
  
  

• Animations and quizzes https://www.footprints-science.co.uk/?fbclid=IwAR3hbWF9YGjWOyQOhtPGXVlJQ7OC0vKr6N_bXcQQZu4f82VSXKbGdqAK_6U
  
  

•  Phet simulations (most now converted to html5, so do not require Flash)
  
  

• Quizizz import Qs to make quizzes as pre-tests, AFL and AOL
  
  

• Quizlet learning tools, flashcards, quizzes  
  
  

• Free animated gifs (search by topic)  https://giphy.com/explore/free-animation
  
  

• Webquests: 

1. Multiple (54) various topics https://www.teach-nology.com/teachers/lesson_plans/computing/web_quests/science/

• Worksheets:

1. 1. Free, multiple subjects eg Space  https://www.teach-nology.com/worksheets/science/  with a range of styles - word searches, cryptograms,  acrostic poems, vocabulary list/definitions
      
      

• Virtual Labs:

1. 1. Go Labz virtual labs https://www.golabz.eu/ 

   2. Free online class - The Astronomy of Stars and Planets book in your class https://www.superchargedscience.com/opt/aw7-eg-stars-planets-opt/?fbclid=IwAR1dwRIl5VeZP5gbq7ISeatdXfUfoL6CjZRSNMf-Am9hfgJhkWxDaXBN8-I
      
      

• Quizzes/tests:

1. Rubric maker plus various rubrics https://www.teach-nology.com/web_tools/rubrics/ 

2. Quizlet https://quizlet.com/  includes matching term/definition games

3. Quizizz https://quizizz.com/  start a new quiz, search a topic, ' telepot  questions and modify to suit your class. Publish private and set as homework, test, or game (like Kahoot)

4. Footprints: Go to Physics tab at top and  look down list for Space quizzes and animations.

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• Excursions/Incursions - physical:

1. Macquarie University Observatory Night Sky Discovery

2. Parkes Observatory Visit the Dish

3. STARR's Planetarium Incursion

4. Fizzics Education Telescope Evening
   
   

• Excursions- virtual:

1. Free astronomy classes from your classroom The Astronomy of Stars and Planets

2. Google AirPano for multiple https://www.airpano.com/ 

3.  https://www.360cities.net/ 
   
   

• Literacy Resources:

1. Online wordsearch creator (complete online or download) https://thewordsearch.com/maker/ 

2. Wordsearch and crossword generator to download http://puzzlemaker.discoveryeducation.com/WordSearchSetupForm.asp 

3. Literacy assistance (modified) organisers https://www.sciencea-z.com/main/resourcetype/type/graphic-organizers

4. Great writing in Science  (Grammarly Chrome extension) https://www.grammarly.com/?utm_source=gdn&utm_medium=cpc&utm_phase=student&utm_campaign=F2&utm_content=bmd179&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIx7PgmrzT6gIVhUYrCh3RXgsGEAEYAyAAEgJb2_D_BwE 

• Posters:

1. 1. Design a Science poster https://blog.addgene.org/guide-to-designing-the-scientific-poster?gclid=CjwKCAjwxqX4BRBhEiwAYtJX7ctOFavJiY96CI2KiNOTzgX82oWAcxu4nIin3kVd13aHJk-7BPMNZRoCKJUQAvD_BwE 

• Depth Study Ideas:

1. 1. The Sky is Falling  (Mathematical analysis is required) as unknown objects approach earth's orbit.

• Activities 

1. 1. ABC Animation And now for the sun's weather how the sun causes weather in space: solar wind, solar flare and solar storm.  

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• Practicals:

1. 1. Solar oven SciShow Kids video 

   2. Solar oven instructions
      
      

• Videos:

1. ABC [2.41 mins] From Stonehenge to Stereo Humans have been studying the sun for a long time, possibly because life on Earth is directly influenced by the sun. Think about what would happen to life on Earth if the sun didn't exist.

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• Role plays:

1.  Discovering the Sun 
   
   

• Webquests: 

1. Discovering the Sun - It will be your mission to gather as much information about the sun and report to the aliens as soon as possible. Building solar oven, https://www.freetech4teachers.com/2021/06/four-summer-science-lessons.html?fbclid=IwAR0NSuZbW5BaFccl7jNqCtMuwSp5Q4RV15E5DU4bbWIjAxRFproNZwxAhAI
   
   

• Interactives:

1. 1. DIY Sun Science  https://apps.apple.com/us/app/diy-sun-science/id836712493?ign-mpt=uo%3D8 free iPad app from The Lawrence Hall of Science. The app features directions for activities using common household goods that students can do on their own and activities that they should do with adult supervision: measuring the sun, making UV detectors, detecting solar storms, and cooking with a solar oven.
      
      

• Videos:

  1. 1. Set the scene - [30.00 minute loop, but just watch for a few rotations] The Earth from space

     2. [1.01 minutes] Day and Night Explained
        
        

• Modelling:

  1. 1. View video 0.50 secs onwards https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Xnlmr7Z-Ms

     2. position of the sun and moon on a world map in real time  

     3. Modelling with two balls, tape, torch

• Place the torch/lamp/phone torch (sun) on a surface.

• If you can, draw a ring or put tape or tape paper around the centre of the large ball (earth) to show the equator (a basketball may already have this.)

• Draw or stick on a cross where Australia might be.

• Hold the ball (earth) so the equator is straight on compared to the light (sun).

• Tilt the  ball like in the gif http://taylorsciencegeeks.weebly.com/uploads/5/9/2/0/59201005/758428228.gif 

• Rotate the ball to see how the equator and Australia are not straight to the sun (can mention equinoxes here). 

• Interest:

1. How long is a day on other planets? read here. If it has a long day, the planet spins slowly. If the day is short, the planet spins fast. Can you tell which planet spins slowest?

• Extension:

If the Earth was not tilted to the sun, every place on earth would have 12 hours of day and 12 hours of night. But the Earth IS tilted, so some places experience much longer days and shorter nights, and then shorter days and longer nights. This is most dramatic at the North Pole and countries near it. In fact, Norway id know as the Land of the Midnight Sun because for 2.5 months of the year, the sun is still visible at midnight.

• 1. [5.58 minutes] this video  to see why this occurs.

  2. Read this short article.

• Activities:

  1. Scootle Modelling the Seasons download a scaffold for students to undertake a simple experiment. Students use a world globe and a heat lamp to investigate how the tilt of the Earth’s axis causes the seasons. 

  2. Scootle Year Length download resource consisting of three animated slides with diagrams, written explanation and voice-over to understand the length of a year. It could also be used to demonstrate day length and the duration of the moon's orbit. There is a two-question quiz and a summary slide. 

• Videos:

  1. [4.53 mins] Climate zones of the earth 

  2. [1.02 mins] One year 

  3. [3.16 mins] Why we have seasons

  4. [2.36 mins] The tilt of the Earth, seasons and angle of sun's rays

  5. and read NASA What causes the seasons?

  6. [1.56 mins] Demonstrations -  Changing Seasons Pt 1 and [2.11 mins] Pt 2

• Interactives:

  1. Seasons animation and Quiz options (see the tabs at the top). 

  2. Seasons Word Search

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• Live worksheets (interactive, auto marking):

  1. Movements of the Earth 

• Animated gifs:

  1. https://i.pinimg.com/originals/16/03/5c/16035c4792aee28e775664f0879923c6.gif
     
     

• Sites:

  1. https://www.liacoseducationalmedia.com/shedding-light-on-the-sun-and-earth-episode-1-seasons (videos and readings) Transcript could be modified to PPT.
     
     

• Posters:

  1. A monthly photograph of the sunrise from a fixed location, and for a whole year. Shows the effect of the earth's movement around the sun. Credit: ZAID ALABBDI https://www.facebook.com/groups/awesomenswscienceteachers/permalink/1647005412122952/ 

• Videos:

1. 1.  [9.45 minutes] Crash Course Moon Phases

   2. [6.33 minutes] Phases of the Moon

   3. [0.45 minutes] animation Moon Phases 

   4. [1.13] Maybe with headphones Phases of the Moon Rap

   5. [1.40 mins] Phases Explained

   6. [4.15 minutes] Moon Phases Demonstration

   7. [1.21 mins] Phases of the Moon Demonstration
      
      

• Live worksheets (interactive, automarking):

1. https://www.liveworksheets.com/worksheets/en/Science/Moon_phases/Phases_of_the_Moon_nb1858921ua

2. Earth in the Universe

3. The Solar System
   
   

• Interactives:

1. Phases Simulator

2. Phases of the Moon move the slide to view the phases

• Videos:

  1.  [2.00 mins] How do the tides work?

  2. [5.10 minutes] Ocean’s Tides Explained

• Live worksheets:

1. Tides and waves

Lunar and Solar Eclipses

• Sites:

  1. https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/subjects/science/earth-and-space-science/earth/sun/moon-system/lunar-and-solar-eclipses/ 

  2. https://lsintspl3.wgbh.org/en-us/lesson/buac18-il-noeclipsemonthly/?as_guest=True&next=https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/buac18-68-sci-ess-noeclipsemonthly-il/why-isnt-there-an-eclipse-every-month/ 

Lunar Eclipse

• Videos:

  1. [1.46 mins] video Lunar eclipse

  2. [6.40-10.10 mins] Crash Course Eclipses

• Interactives:

1. 1. ABC Animation Eclipse of the Moon

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Solar Eclipse

• Videos:

  1. [0-6.40 mins] Crash Course Eclipses

  2. Real total solar eclipse in USA  (start at 20 minutes for faster view. Check the bottom right corner.)

  3. Demonstration [1.35 mins] Solar Eclipse
     
     

• Sites

  1. Lesson plan https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/buac18-68-sci-ess-expsolareclipse-lp/experience-a-solar-eclipse-lesson-plan/ 

Identifying the type of Eclipse:

• Videos:

  1. [stop at 2.00 mins]] Which is Which?

• Videos:

1. [7.52 mins] How Astronomy Came of Age - Changing Models
   
   

• Interactive notes: 

1. USD$2.70 but very useful remote learning https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Astronomy-Solar-System-The-Models-of-Galileo-Copernicus-Ptolemy-and-Kepler-1902439?st=aeefa4f4debc85e3349108d1f356c8ba can be converted to a click and drag in Google Slides.

2. [10.47 mins] A History of Our View of the Solar System

• Content:

1. How are galaxies formed? simple explanation

• Content:

1. Constructing the H-R diagram

• Virtual Demonstrations:

1. Interactive H-R Diagram (click on graph field for temp and luminosity)

2. Interactive H-R Diagram HTML5 

• Activities:

1. 1. Depth Study? Project Lab:  The Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram and Stellar Evolution: Students explore the basic phases of stellar evolution on and beyond the Main Sequence, and learn to utilize a Hertzsprung-Russell (color-magnitude) diagram to understand the relationship between fundamental parameters for stars such as mass, luminosity, temperature, and age. A detailed study of the M67 cluster enables students to fit radial profiles to individual stars, place them on the cluster color-magnitude diagram, and then derive an age estimate for the cluster based on the Main Sequence turn-off point.  Contains resources: PDF Lab exercise, Video tutorial, Web application #1: H-R diagram (HTML5 courtesy NAAP), Web application #2: M67 cluster (HTML5 version), Report template, PDF Instructor supplement
      
      

• Virtual/Demonstrations:

1. Video [4.48 mins] Doppler effect demonstration also available for download as mp4 or mov, for mov: click download link and in menu select source (direct download); to get mp4 go here https://dlmultimedia.esa.int/download/public/videos/2014/07/046/1407_046_AR_EN.mp4 and click three dots for download option.
   
   

• Practical/Activities:

1. Document Determining Red Shift in a Receding Star

2. Embodied learning to demonstrate Red Shift [1.54mins] video instructions

Aboriginal Perspectives

• Videos:

  1. [2.30 mins]  How the Moon Was Made

  2. [5.00 mins] Through Our Eyes Documentary - Emu in the Sky

  3. [5.00 mins] The world's oldest observatory!
     
     

• Readings: 

  1. World's Oldest Astronomical Map found in Australia

2. Read: Aboriginal Astronomy: Navigating Seasons by the Sta

• Spotify podcast [31 mins]: The Moon - Why are we really going back?  Countries — and billionaires — are lining up to take a crack at returning to the moon. But why are we really going? Some say this is a lunar gold rush, that countries want to mine the moon for resources. Others are saying the real reason to go to the moon today is that it’ll help us get to Mars. Engineer Dr. Angel Abbud-Madrid, physicist Prof. Nicolle Zellner, and astronomer Prof. Gregg Hallinan.  

• NASA Launches new $23 million dollar toilet to ISS interesting exploration of challenges of space for humans and ingenuity to overcome them.