Resources for Educators
Space Math @ NASA -- Problem 294 Star Cluster Math
Resources for the segment: "Looking into the Past -- The James Webb Space Telescope"
-- A simple counting exercise involving star classes lets students work with percentages and ratios.
Space Math @ NASA -- Problem 295 Details from an Exploding Star
-- Students work with an image from the Hubble Space Telescope of the Crab Nebula to calculate scales and sizes of various features.
Cool Cosmos Lessons
-- Find guides and activities about infrared astronomy.
The Right Circle
-- In "Classroom Activity: Find the Right Circle," students study the Galaxy Trading Cards and other materials supplied here to observe and record the properties of galaxies. Students use a Venn diagram to compare galaxies' properties.
Online Exploration -- Hubble Deep Field Academy
-- Students will simulate the process astronomers went through to count, classify and identify objects in the image as well as estimate their distances from Earth.
Resources for Students
-- Quick Facts about the James Webb Space Telescope.
NASA Space Place
-- Find word puzzles, scrambled pictures, crazy quizzes and even a board game. But you'll never be bored on this page!
Cool Cosmos for Kids
-- Learn about infrared astronomy.
-- See what new information you can gather about the animals here that you would not get from a visible light picture.
Revealing the Universe in All of its Light!
-- Learn about all different types of wavelength.
-- See how the James Webb Space Telescope is built using the "Webb-cam."
James Webb Space Telescope
-- Videos and images of the James Webb Space Telescope.