Beyond the Solar System Handouts for this session are available through the following links: Modeling the Universe: scientific models survey http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/seuforum/mtu/ McDonald Observatory activities: http://mcdonaldobservatory.org/teachers/classroom/ Make your own galaxy (these activities) Seeing the invisible: Dust in the Universe Exploring Black Holes Exploring Galaxies and the Cosmos Beyond the Solar System guide: http://stardate.org/resources/btss/ Images of astronomical objects at many wavelengths http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/ The National Aeronautics and Space Administration Texas Space Grant Consortium, the Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation, and the Carolyn Keenan and Charlie Gaines Endowment for McDonald Observatory's Education and Outreach Office supported this NSTA session and a summer 2007 workshop for rural Texas teachers. McDonald Observatory The University of Texas at Austin McDonaldobservatory.org McDonald Observatory The University of Texas at Austin McDonaldobservatory.org