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Be the Local Transit Authority [Activity - Shadows and Silhouettes] Download - Be the Local Transit Authority (PDF, 2.06 MB) Toolkit Page: Shadows and Silhouettes https://www.youtube.com/embed/vjW0I7ul73Q
Does the Moon Rotate? [Activity - Shadows and Silhouettes] NASA Night Sky Network Does the Moon Rotate? Activity (PDF, 267 KB) Observing the Moon activity
Why Does the Moon Have Phases? activity
Why Do Eclipses Happen? activity
Why Don't Eclipses Happen Every Month? activity
Planet Phases: Why Does Venus Look Like the Moon? [Activity - Shadows and Silhouettes] NASA Night Sky Network Activity: Venus Phases (PDF, 238 KB) Activity: Why Does the Moon Have Phases? https://www.youtube.com/embed/uXUHUQvrCNE
Shadows & Silhouettes ToolKit - Main Page & Manual NASA Night Sky Network ToolKit Manual (PDF, 6.99 MB) Activity Tutorial: Standing in the Shadow of the Earth
Activity: Why Does the Moon Have Phases?
Activity: Why Do Eclipses Happen?
Activity: Spotting Craters
Video Tutorial: What is a Transit?
Video Tutorial: How Will Kepler Detect Transits in Space?
Activity: Be the Local Transit Authority
https://www.youtube.com/embed/videoseries?list=PLjLQn63Cw1AJZ_gsgDVKNhLATCRoPf5Pv
Skywatcher's Guide to the Moon [Handout - Shadows and Silhouettes] NASA Night Sky Network Moon Map - Full Activity and Map (PDF, 726 KB)
Moon Map - Standalone (PNG, 1.46 MB)
Why Does the Moon Have Phases? activity
Why Do Eclipses Happen? activity
Why Don't Eclipses Happen Every Month? activity
Does the Moon Rotate? activity
Spotting Craters activity
Spotting Craters [Activity - Shadows and Silhouettes] NASA Night Sky Network Make Moon craters with this activity (PDF, 514 KB) Observe the Moon in greater detail using this guide
Easily show Why the Moon has Phases
3D Print your own craters from NASA data
https://www.youtube.com/embed/Zxyv2nQb1eU
Standing in the Shadow of Earth [Activity - Shadows and Silhouettes] NASA Night Sky Network Standing in the Shadow of Earth Activity (PDF, 388 KB) https://www.youtube.com/embed/wetTD9xuHCA?&cc_load_policy=1
Trip Around the Triangle [Activity & Handout - Shadows and Silhouettes] NASA Night Sky Network Trip Around the Triangle Handout Master File (PDF, 183 KB)
Trip Around Triangle Activity Write-up with handout (PDF, 12.6 MB)
Writeup of activity in Shadows & Silhouettes manual(page 89)
Use this PowerPoint to learn about the Kepler mission
Construct a model of our Milky Way Galaxy
https://www.youtube.com/embed/wr8MK2OXWT8?cc_load_policy=1
What is a Habitable Zone? [Activity - Shadows and Silhouettes] NASA Night Sky Network Activity: What is the Habitable Zone? (PDF, 463 KB) Download these Planetary Postcards of exoplanets
Use Star Maps to find other stars with planets
Kepler Mission Star Wheels
NASA''s Kepler Mission and its search for planets (PPT)
https://www.youtube.com/embed/2qPAdKfR7y0
Why Do Eclipses Happen? - The Yardstick Eclipse Demonstration [Activity] NASA Night Sky Network Yardstick Eclipse Activity (PDF, 17.13 MB) Does the Moon Rotate? activity
Why Does the Moon Have Phases? activity
Why Don't Eclipses Happen Every Month? activity
Solar Eclipse Resources
https://www.youtube.com/embed/0ISD2OyPgTs?&cc_load_policy=1
Why Does the Moon Have Phases? [Activity - Shadows and Silhouettes] NASA Night Sky Network Why Does the Moon Have Phases? activity (PDF, 493 KB) Observing the Moon activity
Why Do Eclipses Happen? activity
Why Don't Eclipses Happen Every Month? activity
Does the Moon Rotate? activity
Spotting Craters activity
https://www.youtube.com/embed/ai9VcMLBiQg?&cc_load_policy=1
Why Don't Eclipses Happen Every Month? [Activity] NASA Night Sky Network Why Don't Eclipses Happen Every Month? Activity (PDF, 804 KB) Why Does the Moon Have Phases? activity
Why Do Eclipses Happen? activity
NASA''s Lunar Eclipse page
https://www.youtube.com/embed/dFczB6ppt2Y?cc_load_policy=1