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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"?
 View Instructional Video
 Download December 2009 IYA Discovery Guide
(PDF, 874 KB)
 Download these Planetary Postcards of exoplanets
Use Star Maps to find other stars with planets
Kepler Mission Star Wheels
See how we are searching for planets with this PPT
Check out What's Up in the sky now with this video
Find out what else is happening for IYA in the US
Keywords: |
*IYA 2009, Extrasolar Planets, Solar System
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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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