Supernova Educator Unit

We have developed a set of activities and background materials for the Supernova Educator Unit. This is being jointly developed for GLAST and XMM-Newton. The activities below are still works in progress. Please let us know if you have any comments on these activities.

• Download the Earth Globe Demo Write-up (PDF)
• Download the disability accessible Earth Globe Demo Write-up (PDF)

Supernova Poster Image of front 3Mb Supernova Poster PDF of back 2.4Mb

• Supernova Educator Guide (41MB PDF) - A 50-page full color teacher's guide to help students learn about the end of the life of stars.
• Activity 1 File
  • Supernova matching game cards (Although printable on business card template Avery 5881, because of printer idiosyncrasies it may not print exactly as expected. In this case, we recommend you use regular card stock that will work in your printer.).
• Activity 2 Files
  • Crab Nebula as seen in 1956.
  • Crab Nebula as seen in 1999.
  • Crab Nebula expansion animation.
  • Crawl of the Crab activity MS Excel file - Teacher version (answer key).
  • Crawl of the Crab activity MS Excel file - Student version.
  • Crawl of the Crab online version.

If you have any questions concerning XMM-Newton send e-mail to xmmhelp@athena.gsfc.nasa.gov.

This page was last modified on Wednesday, 30-Apr-2008 14:19:02 PDT.