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Smithsonian: Infrared Array Camera (IRAC)
IRAC - Infrared Array Camera on the Spitzer Space Telescope IRAC - Infrared Array Camera on the Spitzer Space Telescope The Spitzer Space Telescope (formerly known as the Space Infrared Telescope Facility, or SIRTF) contains three focal plane instruments, one of which is t...
Smithsonian: American Indian Hall Objects Conserved
world of the dioramas, instantly transported to the southern tip of South America to see Yagan people seal hunting or a Yosemite Indian Village. Exhibit cases held masterpiece basketry and premier ceramics collected from the pueblos of the southwest. Although some exhibit...
 Smithsonian: Cosmic Voyage
objects between 10 cm and 10 m for students to estimate and measure. Locate an area. Students will need about 10 m to walk 10 paces. Mark a starting line with masking tape. Set up a location to measure height. Tape blank paper to walls or doors where stu- dents can mark ...
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objects between 10 cm and 10 m for students to estimate and measure. Locate an area. Students will need about 10 m to walk 10 paces. Mark a starting line with masking tape. Set up a location to measure height. Tape blank paper to walls or doors where stu- dents can mark and measure their heights. Procedure Set up data tables. Have students set up data tables in their journals or on data sheets.1 2 Object Estimation Approximation Measurement no tools personal rulers standard rulers For the class: • Blank paper
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http://www.nasm.si.edu/education/pubs/cv_guide.pdf#page=15
www.nasm.si.edu/education/pubs/cv_guide.pdf#page=15
objects between 10 cm <span class="highlight">and</span> 10 <span class="highlight">m</span> for students to estimate <span class="highlight">and</span> measure. Locate an area. Students will need about 10 <span class="highlight">m</span> to walk 10 paces. Mark a starting line with masking tape. Set up a location to measure height. Tape blank paper to walls or doors where stu- dents can mark <span class="highlight">and</span> measure their heights. Procedure Set up data tables. Have students set up data tables in their journals or <span class="highlight">on</span> data sheets.1 2 Object <span class="highlight">Estimation</span> Approximation Measurement no tools personal rulers standard rulers For the class: • Blank paper
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http://www.nasm.si.edu/education/pubs/cv_guide.pdf#page=20
www.nasm.si.edu/education/pubs/cv_guide.pdf#page=20
13Activity Three · Big <span class="highlight">and</span> Small Curriculum Connections Relative size <span class="highlight">Estimation</span> Metric measurement Ratio <span class="highlight">and</span> scale Film Connection Before students leave familiar surround- ings to begin their cosmic voyage, they can benefit from looking at the relative size <span class="highlight">of</span> objects found in “our space.” In the film, the journey outward begins at St. Mark’s Square in Venice with acrobats holding a ring that is 1-<span class="highlight">m</span> wide.They are surrounded by a ring <span class="highlight">of</span> spectators that is 10-<span class="highlight">m</span> wide.The journey inward begins along the
Smithsonian: Conservation and Study of Two Yup�ik Ceremonial Masks
remained on display far longer than expected and their prolonged exposure to light caused severe, irreversible fading. Project consultant Mary Ballard (senior textile conservator of SCMRE) proposed using instrumental color evaluation with tristimulus colorimetry to measur...
Smithsonian: Magazine: What Camera?
process. By training spotlights on objects at various angles, he says he's able to "paint with light." To avoid crushing delicate plants, he has removed the scanner's lid and rigged up a suspension system so that his subjects barely touch the surface of the machine. C...
Smithsonian: Destiny in Space
Venus for just over two hours before over- heating; Voyager withstood Jupiter’s radiation as it flew by and sent data back to Earth. In places where humans might some day go, robots also serve as advance scouts. (See the activity, “Robotic Guides.”) On M...
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Venus for just over two hours before over- heating; Voyager withstood Jupiter’s radiation as it flew by and sent data back to Earth. In places where humans might some day go, robots also serve as advance scouts. (See the activity, “Robotic Guides.”) On Mars, Viking spacecraft radioed data that gave us information about what human visitors might find. Although the landers found no organic materials that would indicate life, their orbiting counterparts recorded channels and other geologic features that appear to
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http://www.nasm.si.edu/education/pubs/ds_guide.pdf#page=9
www.nasm.si.edu/education/pubs/ds_guide.pdf#page=9
Venus for just <span class="highlight">over</span> two hours before <span class="highlight">over</span>- heating; Voyager withstood Jupiter’s radiation as it flew by <span class="highlight">and</span> sent data back to Earth. In places where humans might some day go, robots also serve as advance scouts. (See the activity, “Robotic Guides.”) <span class="highlight">On</span> Mars, Viking spacecraft radioed data that gave us information about what human visitors might find. Although the landers found no organic materials that would indicate life, their orbiting counterparts recorded <span class="highlight">channels</span> <span class="highlight">and</span> other geologic features that appear to
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