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The Hubble Deep Field Academy is an online exploration that invites students to examine the Hubble Deep Field image and simulate the process used by astronomers to count, classify, and identify objects in the image. Students also estimate the objects’ distances from Earth. This activity is modular so that all or part of it can be completed at the educator’s discretion. The purpose of the Hubble Deep Field Academy activity is to provide students with a first-hand experience in using the same process used by scientists when studying and classifying objects in the universe. Students have the opportunity to ask and answer their own questions about a previously unknown region of space and compare their questions to the ones posed by astronomers. Students also examine and classify celestial objects based upon observed properties such as color and shape. The scientific process is reinforced when students compare their results with astronomers’ results and learn that often scientists do not always agree or get the same results. They, however, must be able to support their results with evidence.

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