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CERES: Educational Activities 
  
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This page from CERES (Center for Educational Resources Project) features 25 classroom-ready lessons for K-12, developed by a team of master teachers, NASA researchers, and university…
http://btc.montana.edu/ceres/html/EdActivities.html
Spectra 
  
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This is a comprehensive resource that explains how astronomers use spectra to understand star composition, structure, and evolution. The page begins with an introduction to the…
http://stars.astro.illinois.edu/sow/spectra.html
Double Vision: How we learned the distance to the stars 
  
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This tutorial talks about how the distance to the stars was determined. It begins with the first attempt made by Aristarchus and the subsequent wrong answers until final…
http://www.astronomycorner.net/games/parallax.html
Cosmology: An Introductory Resource Guide for Instructors 
  
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A. Fraknoi; Publisher: Astronomical Society of the Pacific
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This resource guide for introductory astronomy highlights useful and accessible materials on the web and in print. It is designed to help instructors quickly compile high-quality…
http://www.researchgate.net/publication/270648471_Cosmology_The_Origin_...
Star Spectra Science: Using Balloons and Buttons to Model Spectroscopy  [ Report ]
  
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R. Vieyra; Publisher: American Association of Physics Teachers
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This lesson blends physics, math, and space science as students explore the spectra of stars using a physical model composed of balloons and buttons. It was inspired by "Balloons and…
http://www.compadre.org/precollege/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=14318&DocI...
The Exploration of the Earth's Magnetosphere 
  
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This site provides a non-mathematical overview of research on the magnetic fields and space environment around Earth. It includes articles on particles, electromagnetic forces, the…
http://www.phy6.org/Education/Intro.html
General Education Astronomy Source 
  
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This website provides an extensive set of resources for both traditional and distance-learning undergraduate introductory astronomy courses. These materials cover topics from…
http://astronomy.nmsu.edu/geas/oview/geas.shtml
The Nebraska Astronomy Applet Project: Online Labs for Introductory Level Astronomy 
  
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The Nebraska Astronomy Applet Project provides online laboratories targeting the introductory astronomy audience. Each lab consists of background materials and one or more simulators…
http://astro.unl.edu/naap/
ASPIRE: Star Life Cycle 
  
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High Resolution Fly's Eye: Physics at the University of Utah
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This website provides a tutorial on the evolution of stars. It begins with proto-stars, then provides information about main-sequence stars, hydrostatic equilibrium, helium burning,…
http://sunshine.chpc.utah.edu/Labs/StarLife/
ASPIRE: Lessons 
  
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The Astrophysics Science Project Integrating Research and Education (ASPIRE) website provides free access to interactive science labs with downloadable simulations for use in grades…
http://sunshine.chpc.utah.edu/
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