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Last updated: 08/20/09
 
 

Welcome to Dawn Classrooms

Capture student interest by using the Dawn mission as a real-world link. Aligned with the content, instruction, and assessment guidelines set forth by the National Research Council, Dawn educational materials can be easily inserted in place of traditional units within a typical secondary school science, math, social studies and language arts cirricula. Materials include online lesson plans, teacher guides and student activities, suggested assessments, and lists of additional resources and references.


Activities
Tools
 
Giuseppe Piazzi divider line Schematic of asteroid belt divider line photo of dora pallasite divider line Starry background titlecard for Dawn video  
History and Discovery of Asteroids
Grades: 5-8
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Dwarf Planet Activity
Grades 5-8
+ Go to Activity

Find A Meteorite
Meteorite or "meteor-wrong"?
+ Go to FAM

Multimedia
+ Resources
+ Watch Movie

 
Ion Engine Technician installing chip aboard Dawn spacecraft Astronomer showing students how to use a telescope Dawn spacecraft on simulated background with Dawn mission identifier  
Ion Propulsion
Grades: 9-12
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Career Connections
Grades: 5-12
+ Go to Activity

Amateur Astronomers
+ Amateur Observer    Program

+ Finding Vesta
+ Finding Ceres

2007 Educator Conference Podcasts
+ See Podcasts
 
Potato on a electrical rotating device Potato on a electrical rotating device Artist rendering of electrons, electrode and plates/walls of the Ion engine Screen shot of starry sky with timeline for history of asteroids  
Interactions of Energy & Matter
Grades: 9-12
+ Coming Soon
  Potato Light Curves
Grades: 8-12
+ See Activity
  Ion Propulsion
+ Ion Propulsion
   Interactive
 

Flash Back into Time
+ Play interactive
+ Non-flash version
+ Historical
   perspective

 
    Teacher demonstrating Gravity activity   Screen shot of starry sky with timeline for history of asteroids   simulated image of Dawn spacecraft looking down on the Sun  
   

Getting a Feel for Gravity
+ See Gravity Assist    Activity (PDF)

 

GRaND Interactive
+ See Interactive      (Flash 50 Kb) (SWF)NEW!

  Where is Dawn?
+ Simulated Images    updated every 2    hoursNEW!
 
    Board game with dots and graphic elements depicting Dawn Spacecraft Trajectory          
   

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+ Modeling in 3D
+ Vesta Flipbook

         
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