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Elementary School - Grades 4-6
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P=Project E=Experiment
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Finding Your Location Using Gravity, the Earth's Magnetic Field, and a Sundial
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Build your own sundial (northern hemisphere, southern hemisphere, combined).
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Construct a sundial and research the techniques different cultures use to study time.
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Determine which stars to use to navigate in each hemisphere of the globe.
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Middle School - Grades 7-9
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Find out how old is a star (Monoceros R2) by using images from the Faulkes Telescope in Australia.
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Measure the distance to some distant, small objects using motion parallax.
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Show How Columbus Determined His Latitude
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Which ancient location instrument is the most accurate: gnomon, astrolabe or Ptolemy's box?
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Measure true noon time using the sundial principle
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Calculate the circumference of the Earth.
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Use Internet-based software tools and databases to locate the center of the galaxy, based on the distribution of globular clusters.
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Calculate the Size of the Sun and Moon
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Build a soda bottle magnetometer to monitor changes in the Earth's magnetic field for signs of magnetic storms
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View sunspots through a telescope or 'pinhole' camera
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Use the Solar & Heliospheric Observatory satellite (SOHO) to determine the rotation of the sun.
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High School - Grades 10-12
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Developing a Novel Method to Decontaminate dSph Data for M31 Mass Estimation
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Follow in the steps of Tycho Brahe and build and use a sextant or quadrant
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Use image data from the Solar & Heliospheric Observatory Satellite (SOHO) to measure the motion of a coronal mass ejection.
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Investigate and use parallax to determine distances
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Build and demonstrate a sidereal pointer - an instrument that allows you to localize each celestial object in the night sky.
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Research Radio Astronomy and Build an Amateur Radio Telescope
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A Spectral Energy Distribution (SED) diagram of blazar S5 0716+714 using images from the Spitzer Space Telescope, ground based optical telescopes, and a radio telescope.
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Direct Detection of Dark Matter with LENS: A New Directionally Sensitive Low Energy WIMP Detector
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How Does Light Intensity of a Star Change with Distance?
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The Effect of Altitude on the Detection of Cosmic Rays in a Cloud Chamber
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Make a Galilean Telescope and Recreat Galileo's Astronomical Experiments
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Research Radio Astronomy and Build an Amateur Radio Telescope
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Measure the ratio of dune spacing to dune height of sand dunes on Mars by using Mars Global Surveyor Image Analysis.
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Useful Links
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R=Resource
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Science Fair Projects Resources
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Telescope Pioneers, Milestones and Resources
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Astronomy Resources
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Solar System Resources
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Optics Resources
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Citation Guides, Style Manuals, Reference
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Safety Resources
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Astronomy Science Fair Books
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