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ASTRONOMY OUTREACH AND EDUCATION RESOURCES

12 December 2009 IYA Discovery Guide: <br><b>Discovering New Worlds</b> 12 December 2009 IYA Discovery Guide:
Discovering New Worlds

Use these IYA Discovery Guides to participate in the excitement of the International Year of Astronomy. December's theme is Discovering New Worlds. Find out how NASA astronomers are finding planets around other stars and what characteristics they are hunting for in search of extraterrestrial life with the activity What is the "Habitable Zone"?

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Download FileDownload December 2009 IYA Discovery Guide (PDF, 874 KB)

Go to URLDownload these Planetary Postcards of exoplanets
Go to URLUse Star Maps to find other stars with planets
Go to URLKepler Mission Star Wheels
Go to URLSee how we are searching for planets with this PPT
Go to URLCheck out What's Up in the sky now with this video
Go to URLFind out what else is happening for IYA in the US


Keywords:
*IYA 2009, Extrasolar Planets, Solar System
Audience Levels:
Lower Elementary, Upper Elementary, Middle School, High School to Adult, General Public, Youth Groups, Scouts, Amateur Astronomers
Venues:
Inside - auditorium size, Inside - classroom size, Outside - before sunset, Outside - Daylight
Educator Types:
Amateur Astronomer, K-12 Teacher, Museum/Nature Center Educator, Planetarium Professional, Professional in Astronomy-related Field, Youth Group Leader (e.g. Scouts)
Category:
IYA 2009
Source:
Astronomical Society of the Pacific

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