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	Record: 821 Moon Phases This Power Point program and worksheet is designed to illustrate the phases of the moon. It demonstrates the phases in the correct order and shows the relative positions of the Earth, moon and sun. It is designed to give the teacher full control over pacing and the order in which information is presented. It is interactive in that student input may be elicited at each step. Require Power Point to open some of the material.
	Record: 934 Astronomical Society of the Pacific (non-profit scientific and educational society). Free on-line activities teachers newsletter resource material; on-line catalogue of astronomy teaching material.
	Record: 935 Light Pollution. Classroom resource on light pollution an excellent STSE topic. Activities resources and background related to light pollution.
	Record: 936 California and Carnegie Planet Search. Exoplanets web site; the home of the planet hunters! Comprehensive background and latest news about planets around other stars.
	Record: 937 SETI Institute (search for extra-terrestrial intelligence); highly-regarded non-profit scientific and educational organization. General information and background on the search for extraterrestrial life; links to classroom resources.
	Record: 938 The Hubble Deep Field: information and activities provided by the Space Telescope Science Institute; topics: galaxies and cosmology. Information background; activities and projects.
	Record: 939 Terraforming Mars: a hypothetical project to change the climate and environment of Mars; excellent STSE and team-learning activity. Case-study activity or investigation; some background information. The effect of the workload on college students is described in detail, A good read before launching any class project.
	Record: 940 Sky & Telescope Website. the most widely-read magazine for amateur (and professional) astronomers worldwide. Latest news on astronomy developments and things to observe in the sky.
	Record: 941 List of astronomy clubs and community astronomy resources across Canada; many of these will do class visits and star parties. (Some items on this list may be out-of-date.)
	Record: 942 The Expanding Universe. Balloon model of the expanding universe; a standard student activity for teaching galaxies and cosmology. On-line handouts with space for student data.
	Record: 943 Creating Craters: one of the few astronomy activities in which variables can be controlled. Students investigate the impact craters of ball bearings of varying mass and speed.
	Record: 944 The Toilet Paper Solar System. The toilet-paper scale model of the solar system; although students may have done this activity in grade 6 it can be done with increasing sophistication in grade 9: adding motion; making a permanent scale model in the schoolyard.
	Record: 945 Variable Star Astronomy, formerly published as Hands-On Astrophysics, was developed for anyone who is interested in astronomy and in learning more about the behaviors and properties of stars.
	Record: 946 "The Natures of the Stars. Professor James Kaler's ""stars"" web page; he is a noted author of books on stars and of textbooks. Comprehensive background information on stars."
	Record: 947 Current Solar Images. NASA site providing up-to-date images of the sun; visual images can be combined with images obtained by the students with telescopes for studies of sunspots and the sun's rotation. Images of the sun for projects and activities.
	Record: 948 The Nine Planets. By Bill Arnett - A wonderful website with comprehensive information about the sun and planets. Information and links about solar system objects.
	Record: 949 Astronomical Society of the Pacific. Index Page. Links to exemplary well-tested free astronomy activities on all topics at all grade levels classified by topic.
	Record: 951 NASA Mars Exploration Program. Website; includes a wide range of resources for teachers students and the public. Background images classroom resources and activities.
	Record: 952 Galileo Journey to Jupiter. Galileo spacecraft mission web page: wide range of information for teachers students and the public. Background updates classroom resources and activities.
	Record: 953 Mission to Saturn and Titan. Cassini spacecraft mission (to Saturn) web page: wide range of information for teachers students and the public. Background updates classroom resources and activities.
	Record: 954 SpaceWeather.com Solar-terrestrial environment web page; wide variety of material relating to the Sun's influence on the Earth. Updates; information useful for student observations and projects.
	Record: 955 SOHO - Exploring the Sun. A (solar) satellite web site; recent and archival information and images. Background and updates; wide variety of images and information useful for student activities and projects.
	Record: 956 AstroCappella web site: highly creative fusion of astronomy and music! Creative ideas and activities on astronomy; some require purchase of CD
	Record: 957 Astronomy Picture of the Day: can be used for a variety of purposes including current events projects etc. Astronomical images and information.
	Record: 958 Amazing Space webpage. A large assortment of web-based activities in astronomy. Background updates and activities in astronomy.
	Record: 970 EXN.ca A good website for popular science links and current information. Site also has lesson plans.
	Record: 1063 "Astronomical Karaoke - Culminating Activity for Earth & Space. Students in lab groups are assigned a planet each (the moon comets and asteroids could also be included). They write the words using the music of a popular song then sing it for the class then the entire class sings it! An ESL group used ""O Canada"". Includes student assignment and marking rubric"
	Record: 1064 BLACK HOLE SUN A black hole at the centre of every galaxy? Quirks & Quarks October 19 2002 Audio File Download file for future use or listen in real time. Good STSE student research.
	Record: 1092 Riding the Space Elevator. Because of the great risks and high costs of rocket launches researchers are starting to look at new ideas for getting people and cargo into space Audio File Quirks & Quarks Nov. 3 2001 Good STSE student research
	Record: 1104 A Planet with Atmosphere. A Cal.Tech team has detected the atmosphere of a planet 150 light years away by looking at traces of gaseous sodium with the Hubble Space telescope. Quirks & Quarks for December 1 2001 Good STSE student research.
	Record: 1124 Big Bang Theory. WebQuest. Students are guided to several websites with information about the Big Bang Theory. The end product of this website is to be a commemorative mural proposal - honouring the Big Bang. Students submit a mock-up of their mural design as well as a written proposal to convince the mural committee (a.k.a. the teacher) that their design best honours the Big Bang.
	Record: 1170 La Niña This site contains comprehensive information on the past and present impact of La Niña on the climate of Canada and its effects on the global climate. Through animation this site shows the changes in the Canadian climate and climatic extremes that accompany La Niña. Along with a scientific explanation of the La Niña phenomenon comparisons between various La Niña and forecast of La Niña are provided
	Record: 1204 Killing Dinosaurs With a Grain of Sand. How big was the asteroid that collided with the earth and killed all the dinosaurs? Good way to grab student attention
	Record: 1274 A quick and easy student assignment to illustrate Retrograde Motion.
	Record: 1312 VISUALIZING THE ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM A nice introductory demonstration. It requires collecting a fair amount of equipment the first time.
	Record: 1335 Canadian Astronomer gets Rare View of the Universe - First published in Crucible September 2004
	Record: 1395 This site requires input of your exact latitude and longitude to return daily calculations of astronomic data and gives detailed information about the times of overflights of satellites including the ISS (International Space Station). Good daily sky chart and planet information
	Record: 1410 The Rotating Moon: Moon Phases. The Moon is locked in synchronous rotation about the Earth, meaning that one face of the Moon always points toward Earth. Because we always see this side of the Moon, we tend to think of the Moon as not having any rotational motion. This notion is false, as the following demonstration activity will demonstrate. First published in the January 2006 Crucible
	Record: 1417 Literacy Strategies for Space Science By Michael Lattner & Jim Ross First published in the March 2006 Crucible
	Record: 1428 FORRP “Frame Of Reference Rotating Platform” The attached FORRP video can be used to demonstrate a variety of topics In Grade 12 Physics Dynamics it can be used to show the difference between inertial and non-inertial frames of reference.
	Record: 1461 From the Lab Bench: Combustion Conundrum This demo/activity is the old candle in the jar demo. When the flame is extinguished, water is sucked upward into the jar. Many students will incorrectly predict that the upward movement of water is caused by a partial vacuum inside the jar created as a result of the depletion of oxygen. First published in the March 2007 Crucible
	Record: 1492 The Grade Nine Astronomy/Space Unit A OISE/UT workshop with many interesting links
	Record: 1515 Space: the final frontier - Great Space and Astronomy Websites to explore. Courtesy of the Canadian Space Resource Centre. The article, first published in the March Crucible 2008, list a variety of useful websites for this topic.