Space!

How to make Science fun? This is the eternal quest of teachers (and teachers to be) everywhere. I think its one of the top teacher questions a teacher can ask (up there with how to get children to even tolerate math-more on that later)
So that's the question. and the answer is...(insert drum roll and model handing an envelope to an announcer in a tux here) projects! Making 3d models was always fun for me (if the teacher did the partner thing right) and several websites that I will link to will help with technology in the class, and the students will have fun.  its a win win!

The deal with this website is that you need a password. But its run by N.A.S.A. so, its accurate, and you actually help N.A.S.A. with there projects! Fun and informative wrapped up in technological goodness! For Moonzoo, one or other of N.A.S.A.s telescopes beams pictures of the moon-close up-very close up of the Moon and you hi lite bumps and ridges for them. They are defined for you. Moonzoo is part of the Zooniverse project. another part of this project that is fun and easy to do, is Galaxyzoo. In this one it lets you categorize actual galaxies. It goes simply and quickly so that even younger students can do it. N.A.S.A. has several other parts to this project that I haven't had a chance to look at.  I also added a dorky movie that I made. 



Moonzoo.org
http://www.galaxyzoo.org/classify
Anyway gang, that's all Ive got for this post, so, see ya in cyber space!   I always want to learn, so comment are always appreciated. 
Today's picture is from http://www.courier-journal.com/blogs/bruggers/2007/04/out-of-this-world.html