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The Sun, the Stars, Brightness, and Distance Collection

PUBLIC

12 items

These resources focus around the sun, the stars, brightness, and distance. These resources also relate to NGSS Performance Expectation 5-ESS1-1. Support an argument that differences in the apparent brightness of the sun compared to other stars is due to their relative distances from Earth.

Elementary

Resources in “The Sun, the Stars, Brightness, and Distance” Collection

Title Resource Type
Formative Assessment Probes: Where Are the Stars? Journal Article
How Far Are the Stars? Journal Article
Is the Sun a Star? Book Chapter
Reach for the Stars! Journal Article
Scope on the Skies: Star light, star bright Journal Article
Scope on the Skies: The brightest stars in the sky Journal Article
Seeing Stars Book Chapter
Stargazing in Your Classroom Journal Article
Teaching Through Trade Books: Seeing Stars Journal Article
Universe Interactive E-book
Universe: The Universe Beyond our Solar System Science Objects have been retired and replaced with Interactive E-books
Which Is Bigger? Book Chapter