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Using WorldWide Telescope to Bring
Astronomical Data into the Classroom
Matthew RickertNorthwestern University, CIERA
Take away resources:
• http://gk12.ciera.northwestern.edu/classroom/lessonplans.html
2015 Chicago National NSTA Conference
“Using WorldWide Telescope to Bring Astronomical Data into the Classroom”
By Matthew Rickert, Northwestern University
Reach for the Stars w
ebsite with formal lesson plans in astronomy,
biology, chemistry, engineering, Earth science, math, physics, and general
science (including my Color-Magnitude-Diagram and WWT Lesson):
http://gk
12.ciera.nor
thwestern.e
du/classroom
/lessonplans
.html
WWT webpage (to use WWT go to the “Interact” tab, and either install,
or select the web client): http://ww
w.world
widetele
scope.org/
Simbad Database for fin
ding information on astronomical objects:
http://simba
d.u-strasbg.
fr/simba
d/
NASA ADS database to find astronomical papers:
http://ad
sabs.har
vard.edu
/abstrac
t_service.html
Overview
1. Intro to WWT2. Astronomy Databases
– Simbad– NASA ADS
3. Lesson: Using WWT to make H-R Diagrams
WWT
What is WorldWide Telescope (WWT)?
http://www.worldwidetelescope.org/
What can WWT do?
• Can view the sky in a variety of wavelengths from anywhere on Earth, at anytime
• Can view a 3-D model of the solar system and it’s parts at anytime
• Can zoom to the surface of the Earth (Google earth)
• Can view panorama images from the Moon and Mars
WWT
Getting More Info WWT
http://gk12.ciera.northwestern.edu/classroom/2014/Color%20Magnitude%20Diagrams%20and%20WWT%20Lesson%20plan.pdf
Links to online Databases WWT
http://gk12.ciera.northwestern.edu/classroom/2014/Color%20Magnitude%20Diagrams%20and%20WWT%20Lesson%20plan.pdf
SIMBAD: Info. on Astronomical Objects SIMBAD
http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/
Links to Papers SIMBAD
http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/
NASA ADS: Database of Astro. Papers NASA ADS
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abstract_service.html
Using WWT to Make H-R Diagrams• In groups students are assigned a star cluster• Students use WWT to collect brightness and
color measurements for ~10 stars in the cluster
Lesson Plan
http://gk12.ciera.northwestern.edu/classroom/2014/Color%20Magnitude%20Diagrams%20and%20WWT%20Lesson%20plan.pdf
Using WWT to Make H-R Diagrams Lesson Plan
http://gk12.ciera.northwestern.edu/classroom/2014/Color%20Magnitude%20Diagrams%20and%20WWT%20Lesson%20plan.pdf
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Current events- Distance to Pleiades
TITLE: A VLBI Resolution of the Pleiades Distance ControversyAuthors: Carl Melis; Mark J. Reid; Amy J. Mioduszewski; John R. Stauffer; Geoffrey C. Bower
Lesson Plan- expanded
http://aas.org/meetings/aas225
Exploring WWT Lesson Plan
http://gk12.ciera.northwestern.edu/classroom/2014/Color%20Magnitude%20Diagrams%20and%20WWT%20Lesson%20plan.pdf
Thank You!
Thank You!
Matthewrickert2017@u.northwestern.edu
2015 Chicago National NSTA Conference
“Using WorldWide Telescope to Bring Astronomical Data into the Classroom”
By Matthew Rickert, Northwestern University
Reach for the Stars w
ebsite with formal lesson plans in astronomy,
biology, chemistry, engineering, Earth science, math, physics, and general
science (including my Color-Magnitude-Diagram and WWT Lesson):
http://gk
12.ciera.nor
thwestern.e
du/classroom
/lessonplans
.html
WWT webpage (to use WWT go to the “Interact” tab, and either install,
or select the web client): http://ww
w.world
widetele
scope.org/
Simbad Database for fin
ding information on astronomical objects:
http://simba
d.u-strasbg.
fr/simba
d/
NASA ADS database to find astronomical papers:
http://ad
sabs.har
vard.edu
/abstrac
t_service.html
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