Teaching tools > Pictures & facts > Overview: Crab Nebula facts

Description:

Fast Facts: Crab Nebula lists the name, description, location, size, and distance of the nebula from Earth in the form of a table. A picture of the nebula is included.

Format(s) available: Printer-friendly web page

Grades: Adaptable, at teacher's discretion

Teachers can use Fast Facts: Crab Nebula as:

• A source of information. Find out about this remnant of a supernova explosion.

• A mapping activity. Locate the nebula's associated constellation on a star map.

• A large-number recognition activity. Have students put this and other Fast Fact tables in order from the one closest to Earth to the one farthest away.

• An inquiry tool. Have students write down 3-5 questions they would like answered as a result of reading this Fast Facts table and looking at the image.

• An engagement tool. Involve students in a discussion.

Related materials

See the Crab Nebula (M1) Lithograph and read "Tales of … A history of the Crab Nebula"

See the Stars and stellar evolution section on the "Teaching tools" page.

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