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Gain access to the NASA database on the INTERNET (you type in http://www.yahoo.com/Science/Space followed by return and when it appears on the screen, click on NASA) to find many articles on topics within the NATIONAL CURRICULUM and of interest to astronomers Facts about the planets and other astronomical data are available from http://www.ex.ac.uk/public_html/nineplanets/nineplanets.html.
1 - Globular clusters.
2 - Galaxy formation.
3 - Stars (supernovae, pulsars,
black holes, red giants, white
dwarfs, quasars, ...).
4 - Pictures of galaxies.
Pupils could find information and work on the following projects:-
1 - Article on "The Birth
of Stars".
2 - Make a "Stars and
Galaxies" poster.
3 - Article on "The Expanding/Age
of the Universe".
4 - Hunt for a supernova by
requesting a series of images of an old galaxy. Write
it up as a scientific paper.
5 - Article on "Life
on a Planet in a Binary Star System",
(approximately half of all stars are, in fact, binary
or multiple star
systems).
6 - Draw an artists impression
of the views of different.
galaxies/globular clusters/nebulae from a nearby
planet.
7 - Write an article on "Gravity
in the Universe".
8 - The ages of the stars in a cluster ; obtain
images through different filters. Write up as a scientific
paper.
