Resources

Our experienced presenters provide engaging lessons that make learning fun for your students. Our sample teaching aids and lesson plans in the next column give you a small idea of what we can do.

Along with the classroom sessions, we bring equipment that the students can use for hands-on learning. Through it all, we strive to provide a fun time that the students will remember for years.

Sample Lesson Plans & Teaching Aids

 

Binder1-Telescopes

Telescope systems-2 pages

Binder2-Solar System

Binder3-Moon

Binder4-Sun

HR Activity – complete

hr diagrams

Observing forms-all

Projecting an Image of the Sun-2 lessons

S&T-Good-lighting

Star Map Treasure Hunt Clues Page

Blackbody files

1 IR Stars Experiment-Ice as stars

1 Wein’s law activity-1 Black Box

1 Wein’s law activity-2 Candle

Add labels to the following documents under Blackbody files:

1 Black Box, Ice as Stars Graphs (pdf)

1 Black Box, Ice as Stars Graphs (97-2003 xcel worksheet )

1 Black Box, Ice as Stars Graphs (xcel worksheet)

Stars as Blackbodies (pdf of a powerpoint)

Stars as Blackbodies (97-2003ppt)

Stars as Blackbodies (ppt)

Imagine Mars! Files

Documents are password protected. To receive the password, please send an e-mail to patricef@3rf.org, with the date you attended the training session, your name, school or ISD name, and your e-mail address.

More information about the Imagine Mars! program can be found at: http://imaginemars.jpl.nasa.gov/index2.html

Imagine Mars! Files – Day 1

Day 1 Station 1 Info-PDF

Day 1 Station 2 Info-PDF

Day 1 Station 3 Info-PDF

Day 1 Station 4 Info-PDF

Day 1 Station labels with activity pg #’s-PDF

Day 1 Station Info signs-PDF

Imagine Mars! Files – Day 2

Day 2 CPS Station Mars Colony pics-PDF

Day 2 Station 2-B Mars, Lunar Explorers pics-PDF

Day 2 Station Labels with pg#’s-PDF

Imagine Mars! Files – Visual Thinking Strategies Files

VTS Images in .WORD

VTS Images in .ppt

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