Teaching tools > Stellar evolution > Overview: Eagle Nebula facts

Description:

Fast Facts: Eagle 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: Eagle Nebula as:

• A source of information. Find out about the nebula.

• 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

Graphic organizer: Comparison of the Eagle Nebula and the Eskimo Nebula

Press release: "Embryonic Stars Emerge from Interstellar 'EGGs'"
http://hubblesite.org/news_.and._views/pr.cgi.1995+44

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

Teaching tools > Stellar evolution > Overview: Eagle Nebula facts