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Starry Night™ High School

Astronomy is a big subject -- Starry Night High School makes it easy to teach with a comprehensive space science curriculum solution written for teachers by teachers.

Starry Night High School offers innovative lesson plans correlated to 9th through 12th grade standards, hands-on activities, software guided explorations, DVD movie content and assessment tests.

Travel from anywhere on Earth to any planet or star to help your students visualize the size and distances between objects to gain a deeper understanding of the scale of the universe.

Starry Night computer exercises, hands on activities and thought-provoking discussion questions encourage students to explore advanced topics, such as the life cycles of stars.

You’ll be amazed by how quickly your students will grasp the fundamentals of astronomy.

Starry Night™ High School is:
  • US and Canadian curriculum specific
  • Full of pre-tested activities and exercises
  • Designed specifically for high school students
  • Hands-on and interactive
  • Fun and simple to use
Integrated solution complete with:
  • 26 detailed lesson plans
  • Interactive computer exercises
  • Hands-on classroom activities
  • Conceptual background
  • Discussion questions
  • Assessment tests and answer keys
  • Resource lists
  • Appendices
  • Glossary of astronomical terms
Includes:
  • Award-winning Starry Night™ planetarium software version 5.0
  • SkyTheater DVD
  • Introductory astronomy book (PDF)
  • And MORE!
Award-winning Starry Night™ software allows you to:
  • Control most popular brands of computerized telescopes
  • Travel through time from 99,999 BC to 99,999 AD
  • View over 16 million stars and 1 million galaxies objects with online link to 500 million stars
  • Explore PGC catalog with 1,000,000 galaxies
  • Plan and annotate observing sessions in the SkyCalendar seamlessly integrated with observation planner and logs
  • Access dynamic Hertzsprung-Russell diagram to view the lifecycle of stars
  • Print full sky (180-degree) star charts of any area in the sky
To run Starry Night™ High School you need:
Windows™: Requires Windows XP, 500 MHz or higher processor, 128 MB RAM and 500MB of hard disk space (1 GB for full install). OpenGL® support requires a 32 MB OpenGL® capable graphics card. Minimum recommended monitor resolution of 1024 x 768 pixels.
Macintosh™: Requires OS X 10.3 or higher, G3 450 MHz or higher processor, 128 MB RAM and 500 MB of hard disk space. Will not run on OS 9.x or earlier. OpenGL® support requires a 32 MB OpenGL® capable graphics card. Minimum recommended monitor resolution of 1024 x 768 pixels.
Basic support for joysticks recognized by Windows XP and Mac OS X.
Requirements for Video DVD: Home DVD player and TV, or computer with DVD player.

Sample Lesson Plan (PDF)

National and State/Province Standards Correlations (PDF)

Table of Contents (PDF)


SkyGuide: Moon Up Close


Use the SkyGuide to study the surface details of the Moon and to help your students complete their computer exercises.




Constellations


Learn the stars and constellations and how to navigate the night sky.




Eclipses


Switch between multiple views of the solar eclipse to gain a fuller understanding of our place in the solar system, the galaxy and the universe.



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