[blank]
ORC Resource Number #208
Expand All
Amazing Space
Best Practice
PROFESSIONAL COMMENTARY

An "amazing" site for middle grades and high school students, this resource offers interactive lessons, which include images from the Hubble Space Telescope, high quality graphics, videos, and animation. Space topics include black holes, galaxies, stars, comets, and our solar system. The site provides extensive resources in the Teacher Pages, including background information and ties to the National Science Education Standards and Project 2061's Benchmarks for Science Literacy. Teachers teamed up with scientists and engineers to develop these inquiry-based, interactive lessons.

CAREER APPLICATION

Optional extensions push students to artistically represent the impact of comets, incorporating commercial and graphic arts. Business and Management students are prompted to analyze and prioritize as they select equipment for a task under time constraints in "Mastermind." General career skills can be developed using many of the presentation extensions. Teachers can add career-technical focus to their earth science lessons by digging through the site just a little. After selecting a lesson, teachers should select the teaching tips option and then the lesson plan link. Scrolling down through the lesson plan will reveal varied extensions and connections to art and management.

TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION
expand +
OHIO STANDARDS
expand +
Science Academic Content Standards
Earth and Space Sciences
Physical Sciences
Scientific Inquiry
Scientific Ways of Knowing
NATIONAL STANDARDS
expand +
National Science Education Standards
Earth and Space Science
RESOURCE TYPE
Instructional Resource
PRACTICE LEVEL
Best Practice
STANDARDS ALIGNMENT
Grades 5–12
CAREER FIELDS
Arts & Communication;
Business & Administrative Services;
General Career Skills
TOPICS
Science --
Earth and Space Science;
Universe;
Solar System;
Big Bang;
Stars and Galaxies;
KEYWORDS
art;
graphics;
telescope;
planets;
black holes;
comets;
waves
Publisher: Space Telescope Science Network