Craters and Extinctions
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Mars’ Moons
Deimos is farther away and moves slowly from east to west. Deimos would look like a small dot of light
Saturn’s Moons
Titan: Smog World Surrounded by a thick atmosphere that’s topped by orange smog, and with a landscape that in some
Neptune’s Triton
Triton, the largest satellite of Neptune, orbits in the opposite direction from most moons, suggesting that Neptune captured it in
Comets
For astronomers, though, a comet's beauty is not just in its appearance, but in its content: A comet is an
Properties of Dust
Students carry out a scientific investigation of dust in their classroom, then extend their experience to properties of dust in space.
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Super Gelatin
Students measure the angles of refraction of laser light traveling through gelatin, then plot their data to calculate the gelatin’s
Telescope Allocation Committee
This activity acquaints the students with the telescopes and instruments available at an astronomical observatory: McDonald Observatory.Astronomers apply for observing
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Astro-Madness
In this activity, students learn about the different telescopes and instruments that are available at McDonald Observatory using the “What
Delta, Delta, Delta
In this experiment, students construct an equilateral triangle using graph paper, pencil, protractor and a ruler. They also make a
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