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Astro adventurE 7/8Grades: Grade 7 and Grade 8
Program Length: 60 minutes
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Curriculum Connection: Grade 7 - Planet Earth (Unit E)
Curriculum Connection: Grade 8 - Light and Optical Systems (Unit C)
Curriculum Connection: Grade 8 - Light and Optical Systems (Unit C)
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Your students will watch the spectacular and immersive full-dome movie entitled Two Small Pieces of Glass: The Amazing Telescope. This movie covers the development of telescopes, starting with Hans Lippershey - the spectacle maker - and then on to Galileo and Sir Isaac Newton. Your students will learn about refracting telescopes and reflecting telescopes, and also about spherical aberration. They will also enjoy a live planetarium presentation entitled The Sky Tonight.
If time permits, your students will have an opportunity to hold a rather large, museum quality, iron meteorite in their hands. 
Campo del Cielo Meteorite
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