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Hands-On Universe supplies tools and concepts from science, mathematics, and technology for astronomy investigations. It has curriculum materials enabling students to request telescope images from observatories and analyze them with user-friendly image processing software. Professional development includes self-paced interactive tutorial, in-person workshops, and annual conferences.

Hands-On Universe™ (HOU) is an educational program that enables students to investigate the universe while applying tools and concepts from science, mathematics, and technology. Using the Internet, HOU participants around the world request observations from an automated telescope, download images from a large image archive, and analyze them with the aid of user-friendly image processing software. LHS is the educational center for the HOU project, which offers curriculum materials for middle schools and high schools.

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Astronomy
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HOU Middle School Curriculum
The HOU Middle School Curriculum, Hands-On Solar System (HOSS), lets students use images from professional telescopes along with image processing software to learn key concepts in astronomy, mathematics, and technology, while acquiring skills in critical thinking data interpretation, and measurement techniques.
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First
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HOU

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Astronomy
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Changing Cosmos
The original Hands-On Universe high school curriculum, originally astronomy lab materials with 7 student books and a Teacher Guide, has been recast as a single book, the best of HOU, entitled A Changing Cosmos.
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First
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