Hubble Deep Field Academy
Lesson Plan: Grab Bag

Classification table -- spiral galaxy symbol

Images used in Activity Three: Estimating Distances in Space

Hubble Deep Field with objects labelled A - F

Images used in Activity Four: Review and Assessment

Unknown object from Hubble Deep Field image

Icons used in the Hubble Academy Lesson:

Movie Icon

Movies:

• Space Shuttle Launch

• Aiming the Hubble Space Telescope

• Atmospheric turbulence

• Hubble Deep Field Zoom-in

• Hubble Deep Field's Cube of Distances

Hubble Deep Field Lesson Worksheets (Downloadable version)

• Activity One: How Many Are There?
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  • Hubble Deep Field -- Full Image
  • Hubble Deep Field -- Chip A with grid
  • Hubble Deep Field -- Chip B with grid
  • Hubble Deep Field -- Chip C with grid

• Activity Two: Classifying and Identifying
  This activity requires the use of color images. Contact the NASA Teacher Resource Center closest to you to get a set of color lithographs.
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  • Astronomers' Classification Table

• Activity Three: Estimating Distances in Space
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  • List of objects in order of distance
  • Astronomers' Explanation

• Activity Four: Review and Assessment
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  • Page 3
  • Hubble Deep Field "Oddball"

Extension Activities:

• "What Does a Million Look Like?" by Kirk Fitch, Montgomery County, MD
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• "999,999 Cans of Soda on the Wall?" by Kirk Fitch, Montgomery County, MD

• "How Many's a Million? Billion? Trillion?" by Kirk Fitch, Montgomery County, MD
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Other "Cool Stuff":

• Hubble Deep Field Home Page at Space Telescope Science Institute

• Spiral Galaxy M100

• Cartwheel Galaxy Interactions

• Faint Irregular Galaxies

• Galaxy Features On-Line

Other resources from ST ScI:

• Hubble Space Telescope's Public Images Organized by Subject

• Hubble Deep Field Coordinates

• ExInEd - Exploration in Education

• Overview of the Hubble Space Telescope

Other resources available outside ST ScI:

Below you will find a vast amount of information regarding the Hubble Space Telescope 2nd Servicing Mission. The information comes from many sources other than ST ScI.

Some of the resources are quite in depth, and it is easy to get lost. It is suggested that you bookmark this page before you examine each source. That way, should you get lost, you can simply use the bookmark to get you back to the main page.

Since the various sites are run by other parties, there is no way of guaranteeing their stability. You may occasionally find a site "under construction," or you may find that a site is completely gone. There is no way to control such situations as the sites are out of Space Telescope Science Institute's control.

This page is only a fraction of the information available throughout the web. If you do not find what you are looking for here, GO FIND IT!!

Resources:

• Hubble Deep Field Project at the Space Telescope European Coordinating Facility

• CCD Images of Messier Objects -- University of Oregon

• Galaxies

• NASA SpaceLink

• Windows to the Universe -- University of Michigan

• Passport to Knowledge's: "Live from HST" Homepage

Please, send your comments about this page to: amazing-space@stsci.edu