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Star Formation: Eagle Nebula Interactive

Title "Star Formation: Eagle Nebula" justified in the top right with an image of a watercolor brown galaxy on top of a watercolor blue with white starburst backgrounds.
Levels
  • Advanced (9-12+)
  • Intermediate (6-8)
  • Introductory (K-5)
Material Type
  • Interactive/Game/Simulation
Heliophysics Big Ideas
  • Big Idea 2.3 – The Sun is the primary source of light…
  • Big Idea 3.3 - Our Sun, like all stars, has a life cycle.
NGSS
  • PS4 - Waves and their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
  • ESS1 - Earth's Place in the Universe
Heliophysics Topics
  • Light
  • Electromagnetic Spectrum
  • Stellar Evolution
Related Missions
  • James Webb Space Telescope (Astro)
  • Hubble Space Telescope (Astro)
Material Cost per Learner Free
Language English

In this interactive resource, students learn about the Eagle Nebula while exploring its features across different wavelengths of light. Students discover how this famous star-forming region appears when viewed through various parts of the electromagnetic spectrum, revealing different structures and processes within the nebula. The activity demonstrates how astronomers use multi-wavelength observations to gain comprehensive understanding of cosmic objects, showing features that would be invisible when viewed in only one type of light.

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