Websites
Astronomy Place
http://www.astronomyplace.com
Explore Math
http://www.exploremath.com
Explore Science
http://www.exploresicence.com
NASA Education Program
http://www.education.nasa.gov
NASA On-line Resources for Educators
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/education
NASA Space-link and Regional Educator Resource Centers (RERCs)
http://spacelink.nasa.gov
The Solar System: The Cosmic Perspective Web page
www.astronomyplace.com
Quest
http://quest.arc.nasa.gov
Yahooligan
http://yahooligan.yahoo.com
1Unless otherwise noted, all lesson plans are condensed and taken from O'Conner (1997).
2Unless otherwise noted, this lesson activity was taken from Murdock (2002). Some of the information noted in this lesson activity was added to hopefully build a better foundation and exploration for students.
3Unless otherwise noted, some of the problems listed in this activity was taken from Larson (2001).
4This activity was found on the Internet and was adapted from one of the NASA resources for teacher's websites. The problems listed in this activity were taken from Bennett (2004).
*Unless otherwise noted, all astronomy facts and information in this curriculum unit were taken and combined from Bennett (2004), Freedman (2004), and O'Conner (1997). I synthesized this information to form appropriate astronomical and mathematics language to correspond the information to middle school mathematics learners.
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