· Star Light, Spectra of the Stars for sixth grade and
above;
Students will get to understand why stars have different colors and see
continuos, discrete emission spectra from low pressure gases, and
absorption
spectra.
· Living in Space seventh grade and above.
· Solar Eclipses sixth grade and above;
· Solar Cycles requires the students to have some experience
with graphs
· Solar Flares, HESSI, High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager,
seventh grade and above; This is an "Events Based Science"
activity.
· Light Pollution, How Seeing the Stars Will Save You Money,
seventh grade and above;
· African Skies for sixth grade and above; We sing the
"Follow the Drinking Gourd Song," and learn what it means and how it
was
used by escaping slaves, and how it can still be used today.
· Viking, Path Finder, and now Surveyor, Spacecraft’s on Mars,
for seventh grade and above.
· Causes of the Seasons for grades six and above.
· The Whisper of Creation, "The Big Bang" can be adjusted
for any level of sophistication.
· Black Holes, Gravity to the Max for grades eight and above.
· Phases of the Moon, Phases of the Earth for grades six and
above.
· Searching for Extraterrestrial Intelligence grades seventh
and above.
· When the Sky Falls, grades seventh and above; Asteroids and
comets hit the earth occasionally with sometimes large effect.
This
is an "Events Based Science" activity.
· How are Stars Born? For grades eight and above. I wrote
my doctoral dissertation on 3-D hydrodynamic computer simulations of
star
forming regions. I must be an expert and alternate title could be
Origins of the Solar System.