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Globular Cluster Omega Centauri Looks Radiant in Infrared

A cluster brimming with millions of stars glistens like an iridescent opal in this image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. Called Omega Centauri, the sparkling orb of stars is like a miniature galaxy. It is the biggest and brightest of the 150 or so similar objects, called globular clusters, that orbit around the outside of our Milky Way galaxy. Stargazers at southern latitudes can spot the stellar gem with the naked eye in the constellation Centaurus. Globular clusters are some of the oldest objects in our universe. Their stars are over 12 billion years old, and, in most cases, formed all at once when the universe was just a toddler. Omega Centauri is unusual in that its stars are of different ages and possess varying levels of metals, or elements heavier than boron. Astronomers say this points to a different origin for Omega Centauri than other globular clusters: they think it might be the core of a dwarf galaxy that was ripped apart and absorbed by our Milky Way long ago. In this new view of Omega Centauri, Spitzer's infrared observations have been combined with visible-light data from the National Science Foundation's Blanco 4-meter telescope at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile. Visible-light data with a wavelength of .55 microns is colored blue, 3.6-micron infrared light captured by Spitzer's infrared array camera is colored green and 24-micron infrared light taken by Spitzer's multiband imaging photometer is colored red. Where green and red overlap, the color yellow appears. Thus, the yellow and red dots are stars revealed by Spitzer. These stars, called red giants, are more evolved, larger and dustier. The stars that appear blue were spotted in both visible and 3.6-micron-, or near-, infrared light. They are less evolved, like our own sun. Some of the red spots in the picture are distant galaxies beyond our own.

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Hello sketchnoter friends!

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Welcome to the page for #SKETCHNOTEFEVER resources. This campaign was designed to bring awareness to sketchnoting and to build people's visual dictionaries or vocabularies for use in sketchnotes.

What is sketchnoting? Sketchnoting, or visual note-taking, is an effective and fun way to take notes using doodles and text. It has many other benefits such as increased focus and engagement in class, improved comprehension and memory retention, helps develop creative thinking skills and allows students an alternative way to display their learning and make connections to course content. It has a calming and relaxing effect too! ( Click here for articles and studies that support sketchnoting.)

Please click the links below for the 3-minute video lessons (Note that you might need to pause the video from time to time while you and your students are drawing if it goes too fast). There is also a link to a slide with the icons which you can use or show your students afterwards.

Please note that these are only mini-lessons for sketchnoting. For a detailed teacher's manual on how to sketchnote, check out my new book published by ElevateBooksEdu which you can order from

Please note that a new, UPDATED VERSION of my book is now available with 100+ new icons, new fonts, a new "Icons with shapes" activity and all thirty-four #sketchnotefever lessons below!

(Animation above by the amazing Brian Briggs)

1. School icons: for the video. for the slide.
2. Easy fonts: for the video. for the slide.
3. Animal icons: for the video. for the slide.
4. Fancy fonts: for the video. for the slide.
5. Transportation icons: for the video. for the slide.
6. More fancy fonts: for the video. for the slide.
7. Weather icons: for the video. for the slide.
8. Food and drink icons: for the video. for the slide.
9. Halloween icons: for the video. for the slide.
10. Banners: for the video. for the slide.
11. Containers/frames: for the video. for the slide.
12. Arrows: for the video. for the slide.
13. Bullets and Dividers: for the video. for the slide.
14. Faces: for the video. for the slide.
15. Female hairstyles: for the video. for the slide.
16. Male Hairstyles: for the video. for the slide.
17. People: for the video. for the slide.
18. School subject icons: for the video. for the slide.
19. More icons: for the video. for the slide.
20. Remembrance Day/Veteran's Day icons: for the video. for the slide. Bonus lesson: Even more icons! for the video. for the slide.
21. Winter Holidays: for the video. for the slide.

22. Spring icons: for the video. for the slide.
23. Summer icons: for the video. for the slide.
24. Fall icons: for the video. for the slide.
25. Sports icons: for the video. for the slide.
26. Space icons: for the video. for the slide.
27. Travelling icons: for the video. for the slide.
28. Musical instruments: for the video. for the slide.
29. Hands: for the video. for the slide.
30. Baby icons: for the video. for the slide.
31. Wedding icons: for the video. for the slide.
32. Social Media icons: for the video. for the slide.
33. Table icons: for the video. for the slide.
34. Kitchen icons: for the video. for the slide.
Please use the hashtag #SKETCHNOTEFEVER to tweet/Instagram/Facebook your drawings so that we can all share in our progress.
(Another creation by the brilliant Brian Briggs . Yes, he sketchnoted this. With a Google Tilt Brush!)

Did you complete all 34 #SKETCHNOTEFEVER lessons and post your drawings on social media? If so, contact me (with your full name) on or (@sylviaduckworth) or by email (sduckworth100@gmail.com) and you will receive a personalized certificate!

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Journals are where we record observations, questions, and thoughts about what we see and experience. Nature journaling helps us to look more closely at organisms, describe a plant or animal, and to recognize a personal connection with nature.

The following two journaling activities for all ages that may be done indoors or outdoors:

Nature Observation

On a piece of paper, have students record their name and the date, time, and location. If they are outside, also include the weather. Take a few seconds to complete that information.

Next, have students find a plant or animal that is interesting to them. Maybe they had an experience with it before or maybe it is their first time seeing see that plant or animal. Once they find their specimen, ask them to sketch and describe it (they can use single words or write out full sentences). Encourage students to sketch to the best of their ability, and to try to focus on the process of drawing, rather than the result.

After you are done, consider or discuss:

What did you experience during this exercise?

Were you surprised/disappointed by anything?

Would anyone like to share their descriptions?

Nature Memory

Have your students think about a past experience they have had with a plant or animal. Ask them to close their eyes and take a few quiet seconds to picture the memory of that plant or animal. When they open their eyes, spend three minutes free-writing about that memory.

Tell students not to worry about telling the perfect story or using the perfect words, just brain dump that moment onto the paper. If they get stuck, it is no big deal-if they need to, write about getting stuck! After the 3 minute writing period is over, have students shake out their hands and stretch their arms, then read over what they wrote and underline words or phrases that pop out to them.

Have students take another 3 minutes to free write on a new piece of paper- and if there is time go for a
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Quick Prompts

Use these to get students warmed up, or if you only have a few minutes

I notice.. I wonder... It reminds me of...

Zoom In, Zoom Out

Sound Maps and Nature Memory Maps

Comparisons of like species

Observing changes over a season

Find and Seek!

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SUGGESTED FOR ALL AGES Journals are where we record observations, questions, and thoughts about what we see and experience. Nature journaling helps us to look more closely at organisms, describe a plant or animal, and to recognize a personal connection with nature.

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