Astronomy: The Tools of the Trade: Telescopes--the Hubble Space Telescope

Do this activity to figure out the topic of this lesson: http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/space_level1/activity/cosmic_connection.html



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ww-qwI2w6r8&feature=pyv&ad=3315788113&kw=astronomy

The Hubble Space Telescope is a very cool tool--and one of the most used--and there is a lot of info online about it. Here are some sites you can explore to learn more:

http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/space_level2/hubble.html (click on "show me the level 1 version" at the bottom of the page for a simpler version)--make sure you listen to the song!

http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/resources/qa/hst.php.p=Capture+the+cosmos@,capture,>Hubble+Space+Telescope@,capture,hst,

http://hubblesite.org/

http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/resources/myths/tech.php.p=Capture+the+cosmos@,capture,>Hubble+Space+Telescope@,capture,hst,

A movie: http://videos.howstuffworks.com/hsw/22267-science-investigations-the-hubble-telescope-video.htm

Movies from Hubble (watch the MPEG-1s): http://hubblesource.stsci.edu/sources/video/clips/
http://www.rochesterforkids.com/hubble.htm