National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Science in the Media Curriculum Module

Science in the Media: Bringing cutting edge Astronomy From Scientists to Students

This curriculum module addresses the question: How does the world find out about new scientific discoveries? Students learn about black holes and active galaxies, explore language used for different audiences, and ultimately become reporters to share a new astronomy discovery.

Curriculum support materials by:

Lesson plan materials

• PDF
  • Full Lesson Plan
  • All Student Handouts
• HTML
  • Lesson Plan
• Educational Press Release Video
  • Streaming
    • Suzaku Educational Press Conference (YouTube)
  • Download
    • Press Conference Video (.mov, 185 MB)
    • Press Conference Video (.mov, 90 MB)
  • Transcript
    • Press Conference Transcript (.txt)
    • Press Conference Transcript (.html)

Contents

• Introduction
• General Lesson Information
• Session 1: Gathering Background Information
• Session 2: A Scientist Makes a Discovery!
• Session 3: Communicating a New Discovery

Teacher's Corner

• Lesson Plans
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• Educator Workshops
  • Science in the Media Workshop
  • Suzaku DVD Educator Workshop

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