Caroline+Herschel,+Astronomer

Biography

 * Caroline Herschel (1750 to 1848) from NASA StarChild**
 * **She was the first woman to discover a comet in 1786**
 * **She lived 98 years**
 * **She was the first woman to earn a living through science**
 * **Her Brother William discovered the planet Uranus in 1781**


 * 266th Birthday Google Doodle (March 16, 2016)**

Caroline Herschel: Agency and Self-Presentation  See the poem Planetarium by Adrienne Rich for a perspective on Herschel as a woman in science
 * A written resource that details the Herschel’s discoveries in greater detail.
 * The text actually uses many quotes from Caroline herself to give the students a sense of her own personality and language


 * [[image:primary_sources.PNG link="@https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/Herschel,_Caroline_Lucretia"]]Caroline Herschel Biography from 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica**


 * Emily Winterburn Discusses Caroline Herschel's account of a New Comet**, YouTube

The Story of Caroline Herschel by Sevval Sengul, YouTube

**Shining Star of Astronomy**


 * Planetarium: An Interactive Sky Map**
 * On this website, students can interact with the sky to find constellations.
 * Rolling over certain pricks of light and the website names stars for you.
 * Turn the sky and flick the constellations on and off in order to test knowledge and see if you can find constellations in a blank night sky




 * Lesson Plan: Herschel's Infrared Experiment**
 * This website has a detailed description of a lab experiment students could do just like Herschel did years ago to discover the existence of radiation beyond the spectrum of visible light.
 * This experiment would be a hands on learning experience that would produce a rainbow image