Dust is all around us: at home, on Earth, and in space. Explore the properties of dust and the astronomical research of dust in space with these three inquiry based activities from McDonald Observatory.
Resources
- About the Spitzer Space Telescope
- Dust in your Home and Dust in Space
- Resources
- Resources and activities for grades K-8 in Spanish
Activities for grades K – 8
- K-2 Dust Hunt
- An extension to Dust Hunt is a story sequence activity called Dusty and Ashley’s Big Adventure
- For this activity, you will also need a picture page.
- 3-5 How is the Mystery Substance Like Interstellar Dust?
- 6-8 Properties of Dust
Activity for grades 9-12
- “From Molecular Cores to Stars” student guide and teacher guide.
In addition to the PDF files (linked above), you must also download a PowerPoint presentation (Windows or Mac), and two movies: 1994-24-a-low_mpeg.mpg and 2001-13-b-low_mpeg.mpg. The PowerPoint file and both movies must be saved in the same folder on your PC’s hard drive. If you do not have Microsoft PowerPoint installed on your computer, please download the presentation in PDF format here.