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Advanced Placement Earth and Environmental Science
Goal 8: The learner will build an understanding of Earth in the Solar System and its position in the universe.
Objective 8.05. Examine the sources of stellar energies.
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- Find additional resources for teaching Science — Grades 9–12.
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- Star power! Discovering the power of sunlight
- In this Science NetLinks lesson, students discover that sunlight and the electromagnetic spectrum are the main tools with which we study objects in the solar system. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Science)
- Provided by: American Association for the Advancement of Science
- It's gravity
- This Science NetLinks lesson helps students develop ideas about the enormous impact that gravity has on the universe--the shape and movement of the planets, the solar system, stars, and galaxies. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Science)
- Provided by: American Association for the Advancement of Science
- Correlating sunspots to active regions
- In this Science NetLinks lesson, one of a three-part series on how scientific tools are used to gather information about the universe, students apply the use of two types of solar imaging to determine a correlation between sunspots and active regions on the... (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Science)
- Provided by: American Association for the Advancement of Science
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