Contributor SpaceMath@NASA

Update
05-02-2010
Content Type
Activity
Grade Level
Sixth grade, Seventh grade, Eighth grade
Object Type
PDF
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This NASA activity has students study an image of the planet Mercury passing the face of the Sun as seen from Earth, and answer six questions using provided data to practice methods used by the Kepler satellite to detect earth-sized planets. A printable student handout and teacher’s answer key are included.