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Where stars come from / Elf Eldridge
Sciblogs brings together the best science bloggers in the country on one website, creating a hub for scientific analysis and discussion and facilitating reader interaction (Sciblogs, 2012). Just So Science… A Star is Born by Elf Elfridge tells the story of star formation. This article provides information relevant to the background research that relates to Alyce’s Universal Raisin…
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Scienceworks – Astronomy and Astrophysics
Another comprehensive resource including notes, lesson plans and links from Melbourne’s Planetarium. The whole kit comprises 20 activities for students with great ideas to explore – why not try their expanding universe activity or look for a big bang simulation or galaxy formation.
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Scienceworks – Stars
Scienceworks offers an exciting range of experiences for students and teachers, linked with Melbourne, Australia’s Planatarium Stars – This comprehensive education kit contains resources for Years 7-12 students (teachers and student resources) focussing on stars and other features of the Universe beyond the Solar System. There are teachers notes and students activities and loads more links too.
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Universal Raisin Cake Theory
Universal Raisin Cake Theory is a book in the form of a cake mix box inspired by a real way that astrophysicists have of describing the way in which the universe is expanding – as if it is a giant loaf of bread rising, with raisin-galaxies getting further apart (Alyce Santoro, FLIKR 2012). This book object takes…
