Active Astronomy (“AA”)classroom kit

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Active Astronomy (“AA”)classroom kit Middle School physical science / High School physics 4 activities comparing and contrasting visual & infrared light Teachers’ guide including curricular material, pre-/post-tests, parts list available for download at: http://www.sofia.usra.edu/Edu/materials/edu_materials.html Can request more EM spectrum posters via same page

Active Astronomy (AA) classroom kit Four activities comparing and contrasting visual & infrared light What’s Getting Through To You (EM Spectrum, Colors, Bandpasses) > Light Filters (Gels) Seeing the Invisible (Detecting Infrared Light) > Detector Circuit & Holographic Grating Reflection of Visual and Infrared Light > Mirror and Detector Circuit Listening to Light (Transmitting information using Infrared Light) > CD player, Transmitter Circuit, Detector Circuit

Further information: SOFIA Science Center home page / my e-mail address http://www.sofia.usra.edu dbackman@sofia.usra.edu SETI Institute http://www.seti.org Astronomical Society of the Pacific http://www.astrosociety.org Spitzer Space Telescope’s award-winning infrared tutorial http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu (includes instructions for home-made Herschel demo)