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The Sloan Digital Sky Survey: A Resource for College and High School Astronomy Courses

The Sloan Digital Sky Survey: A Resource for College and High School Astronomy Courses. Julie Lutz and Kristine Washburn University of Washington. SDSS: a brief intro. Goals: To survey 10,000 sq. degrees of sky To construct a 3D map of our local universe SDSS Education Resources:

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The Sloan Digital Sky Survey: A Resource for College and High School Astronomy Courses

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  1. The Sloan Digital Sky Survey: A Resource for College and High School Astronomy Courses Julie Lutz and Kristine Washburn University of Washington

  2. SDSS: a brief intro Goals: • To survey 10,000 sq. degrees of sky • To construct a 3D map of our local universe SDSS Education Resources: • SkyServer • sdss.org • Education Page • Image of the Week • American Museum of Natural History

  3. Visualization tools Science projects SkyServer

  4. SkyServer

  5. SkyServer Parallel set of pages for educators • Background • Lesson plans • Teaching tips • Assessments • Standards

  6. SkyServer Sample Project: Classifying Stars

  7. SDSS Education Page

  8. SDSS Education Page Files from outreach talks given by SDSS collaborators

  9. SDSS Image of the Week

  10. American Museum of Natural History • Essays on SDSS • Interactive media • Video • Resources for educators

  11. World Wind • “Google Earth” like program • Let’s you zoom around different data sets • SDSS • WMAP • Mars • Venus • Earth • Look for link & info on sdss education page • Only works on pcs :-(

  12. World Wind

  13. SDSS EPO Workshop Stay tuned for news on a possible SDSS resource workshop this summer! Sign up for the SDSS EPO email list!

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