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Lesson plans and supporting material are available for download here. These were developed by Lake County teachers through the SSP (Special Secondary Programs) grant. The lessons are listed below. When you click on a lesson, a new browser window will open that will briefly describe the lesson. Links to documents that can be downloaded will also be displayed. All documents are in Microsoft Word format. Lessons are designed to address California Standards.

New lessons, additions and changes should be directed to John Zimmerman at john@jkzimm.com. Lesson plans and other materials should be sent as email attachments. Click here to download a copy of the CLRN Lesson Plan Builder Worksheet.

 1. Astronomy ABCs
 2. Cratering
 3. Distance to the Galactic Center
 4. How to Build a Death Ray
 5. Distance and Apparent Motion
 6. The Earth - Moon System
 7. Electromagnetic Pasta
 8. The Expanding Universe
 9. The Exponential Clothesline
10. How Heavy Are You?
11. How Old Are You?

12. The Hubble Deep Field
13. The Living Solar System
14. Using a Spectrometer
15. Star Life Cycles
16. Radiation Flow Within a Star
17. Proton-Proton Reaction
18. Parallax - Determining Distance
19. Modeling EMS
20. Modeling a Pulsar
21. Jewels of the Night
22. Is Pluto a Planet?