Visit this site, which is the official Education & Public Outreach site for the Spitzer Space Telescope. There are many "cool" activities for your students to explore. On the "Links To Activity Guides" page I have added a worksheet I have my students use to guide them through an exploration of the Cool Cosmos site. There is a lot here to investigate about the world of IR astronomy.
CoolWiki is a site that was developed under the guidance of Dr. Luisa Rebull and teachers and students from past years of the Spitzer Research Program for Students and Teachers. It contains LOTS of information about the nuts and bolts of IR astronomy using the Spitzer Space Telescope. Check out what students past and present have done - and are doing - as they investigate the mysteries of infrared astronomy.
Student generated false color image of LDN 981, one of the 2 dark nebulae we are investigating with data from the Spitzer Space Telescope with a team of 4 other teachers and their students, from across the country.The schools included in the Star Formation in Lynds Clouds project are Chippewa Hills, Remus, MI; Oil City Area Senior High School, Oil City, PA; Manhassett High School, Manhassett, NY; Breck School, Minneapolis, MN; Sidney High School, Sidney, MT; and Ingomar Middle School, Pittsburgh, PA
Cool Cosmos
CoolWiki is a site that was developed under the guidance of Dr. Luisa Rebull and teachers and students from past years of the Spitzer Research Program for Students and Teachers. It contains LOTS of information about the nuts and bolts of IR astronomy using the Spitzer Space Telescope. Check out what students past and present have done - and are doing - as they investigate the mysteries of infrared astronomy.
CoolWiki - Lynd's Dark Nebulae Research
LDN 981
Student generated false color image of LDN 981, one of the 2 dark nebulae we are investigating with data from the Spitzer Space Telescope with a team of 4 other teachers and their students, from across the country.The schools included in the Star Formation in Lynds Clouds project are Chippewa Hills, Remus, MI; Oil City Area Senior High School, Oil City, PA; Manhassett High School, Manhassett, NY; Breck School, Minneapolis, MN; Sidney High School, Sidney, MT; and Ingomar Middle School, Pittsburgh, PA