StarChild: A Learning Center for Young Astronomers

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written by Laura Whitlock

StarChild is an online astronomy learning center for elementary and middle school students. Included are materials about the solar system, the Milky Way galaxy, and extra-galactic astronomy. Materials are divided into two different grade levels: K-8 and high school physical science.

http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/StarChild.html

Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
Astronomy - Astronomy Education - Fundamentals - Solar System	- Elementary School - Middle School	- Instructional Material = Curriculum support = Tutorial

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Intended Users:: Learner
Educator
Format:: text/html
Access Rights:: Free access
Restriction:: © 1996 NASA
Keywords:: Astronomy education, cosmology, solar system
Record Creator:: Metadata Instance Creation Date November 14, 2003 by Matthew Meizlish
Record Updated:: June 24, 2009 by Lyle Barbato
Other Collections:: The PSRC

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This resource is part of a Physics Front Topical Unit.

Topic: Astronomy
Unit Title: Astronomy Activities

This website is a NASA-sponsored learning center for Grades 1-9. Included are materials about the solar system, the Milky Way galaxy, and extra-galactic astronomy. Materials are divided into two levels: K-8 and high school physical science.

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<a href="http://www.thephysicsfront.org/items/detail.cfm?ID=425">Whitlock, Laura. StarChild: A Learning Center for Young Astronomers. 1996.</a>

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L. Whitlock, StarChild: A Learning Center for Young Astronomers (1996), WWW Document, (http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/StarChild.html).

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L. Whitlock, StarChild: A Learning Center for Young Astronomers (1996), <http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/StarChild.html>.

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Whitlock, L. (1996). StarChild: A Learning Center for Young Astronomers. Retrieved May 26, 2013, from http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/StarChild.html

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Whitlock, Laura. StarChild: A Learning Center for Young Astronomers. 1996. http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/StarChild.html (accessed 26 May 2013).

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Whitlock, Laura. StarChild: A Learning Center for Young Astronomers. 1996. 26 May 2013 <http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/StarChild.html>.

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