Mysteries of Deep Space:
PBS companion site explores the secrets of the universe with an
interactive timeline, classroom activities, a trivia challenge, and
questions and answers with experts.
http://www.pbs.org/deepspace/
Infrared Imaging:
Learn about infrared imaging by viewing a variety of objects in the
infrared.
http://www.ipac.caltech.edu/Outreach/Edu/Guess/
Star Gazer Home Page:
Home of Jack Horkheimer. The first and only weekly TV series on
naked eye astronomy.
http://www.jackstargazer.com/
Stanback Planetarium NASA Educator Resource Center:
At South Carolina State University. Providing educators with current
aerospace and astronautical educational materials.
http://www.draco.scsu.edu/rtrc.html
The Official Young Astronaut Program:
Hands-on activities for kids in K-3, 4-6 and 7-9. Aerospace theme
piques interest while strengthening science, math and technology
skills.
http://www.youngastronauts.com/yac/
Properties of Our Solar System:
Introductory course taught at the University of Oregon. Includes
course materials and many links to supplementary resources.
http://zebu.uoregon.edu/astr121.html
CosmicVoyage:
Virtual museum and planetarium. Learn about cosmic evolution, from
Big Bang to Humans.
http://www.cosmicvoyage.org/
Internet Astronomy School (IAS):
Designed as an online school for students from the 4th grade to the
end of high school. Apart from the fact that students can study
directly from their homes, this is intended to be used by science
teachers within the framework of their science courses.
http://www.yarden.ac.il/bloss/IAS/ehome.htm
Earth and Sky:
Home of the popular international science radio program Earth and
Sky.
http://www.earthsky.com/
Swinburne Astronomy:
Online degree granting program in astronomy offering courses for
Master of Science and Graduate Diploma of Science. Based in
Melbourne, Australia.
http://www.swin.edu.au/astronomy/sao/
Windows to the Universe:
An extensive astronomical learning system. Articles available at
three levels: beginner, intermediate, advanced.
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/
Astronomy Trivia:
Java game that quizzes many different aspects of astronomy and
astrophysics.
http://www.triviazone66.com/trivia/astronomy/astronomy.htm
National Astronomy Education Projects:
An evolving list of those projects and programs in astronomy
education to which anyone from around the U.S. can apply or from
which anyone can receive materials.
http://www.astrosociety.org/education/resources/naep.html
Walk the Solar System:
JavaScript calculator of sizes and distances of solar system bodies
for making a scale model.
http://www.exploratorium.edu/ronh/solar_system/
Journey into the Heavens:
From birth of the universe to our nine planets.
http://library.thinkquest.org/28743/
Blossoms Of Science - Science Education Center:
An astronomy and education research group. The staff include
researchers, teachers and teams working on courseware for science
education. The site contains an on-line, interactive astronomy
school.
http://www.yarden.ac.il/bloss/newbloss/engbloss.htm
Astronomy 101:
College-standard introductory course to astronomy from University of
Santa Barbara, California.
http://www.physics.ucsb.edu/~blaes/astro1/
A Journey into the Unknown:
A collection of web pages which detail the realm outside of our
world: Outer space. These pages are designed primarily for teaching
or as reference resources, but also contain some areas for
entertainment.
http://library.thinkquest.org/12272/
Heavenly Mathematics: Highlights of Cultural Astronomy:
An interdisciplinary course on cultural astronomy. The course has a
goal of imparting an understanding of basic astronomical phenomena
and an appreciation of their cultural significance throughout the
world.
http://www.math.nus.edu.sg/aslaksen/teaching/heavenly.shtml
Celestial Navigation Net:
Comprehensive, annotated hub site of resources relating to
navigating by the stars, including theory, practice, history,
instruments, and classroom links.
http://www.celestialnavigation.net/
StarQuest:
An interactive, student-produced website about astronomy. It covers
many areas including general information, astrophysics,
constellations, and uses of the color spectrum with astronomy. An
image archive of Hubble Space Telescope photos is also included.
http://library.thinkquest.org/27141/login.php3
Stanford SOLAR Center:
A collection of educational activities and resources based on Solar
Oscillations Investigation (SOI) and Solar and Heliospheric
Observatory (SOHO) data.
http://solar-center.stanford.edu/
Universe in the Classroom:
A free quarterly educational newsletter published by the ASP for
teachers, youth group leaders, librarians, and anybody else who
wants to help children of all ages learn more about the wonders of
the universe. It is available either in printed form or
electronically here on our website.
http://www.astrosociety.org/education/publications/tnl/tnl.html
Space: An Exploration:
Discusses facts, mysteries, theories, and activities, about the
solar system.
http://library.thinkquest.org/C0110484
Space Art through the Ages:
Getty contribution to Mars Millennium Project: Interdisciplinary
activities combine students' scientific understanding of the
universe with their own creativity and imagination.
http://www.getty.edu/artsednet/resources/Space/
From Stargazers to Starships:
Tutorial and historical exposition of the motion of Earth in space,
Newtonian mechanics and spaceflight, on a high school level.
http://www-istp.gsfc.nasa.gov/stargaze/Sintro.htm
Space News, Events and .com Forums:
Message board, including sections for ask an astronomer, SETI, and
space business.
http://uplink.space.com/ubbthreads.php
BBC Science - Space:
Bring outer space online with the BBC Online's guide to astronomy
http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space
ESO Outreach:
The European Southern Observatory's program for student and kids.
Includes events, science shows and multimedia material.
http://www.eso.org/outreach/
Astronomy Basics:
Learn the basics of the solar system, galaxies, sun, comets, and
asteroids.
http://www.astronomybasics.com
Robert Lanthier's Astronomy Page:
An astronomy page with a 15-question quiz, an image gallery and
planetary statistics.
http://www.geocities.com/robertlan.geo/
Project Astro:
A national program creating partnerships between teachers and
students in grades 4-9 with amateur and professional astronomers.
http://www.clarkfoundation.org/astro-utah/
The National Schools Observatory:
Offers access to professional telescopes worldwide for observations
made by school children and teachers.
http://www.schoolsobservatory.org.uk/
SEGway: Science Education Gateway for Teachers:
SEGway provides commercial space science and astronomy lessons for
grades 4-12, many with lesson plans & printable worksheets.
Fast-loading interface lets teachers browse by grade and topic.
http://cse.ssl.berkeley.edu/segwayed/index.html
What's UP?:
What's UP? is a free monthly educational astronomy newsletter for
teachers, science institutions, and astronomy enthusiasts. The
newsletter is viewable on-screen or downloadable in PDF format.
http://www.whatsupskynews.com
The Virtual Solar System:
Features a guide to the solar system for visitors of all ages with a
scale model, interactive quiz, text, and images.
http://www.solarsystem.org.uk/
Astronomy Dept., The University of Arizona:
Department offers astronomy degree programs for undergraduate and
graduate studies with research opportunities at Steward Observatory.
http://www.as.arizona.edu/department/
Astronomy In Your Hands:
Contains a collection of hands-on astronomy activities for classroom
and home. A feature is the downloadable star wheel with a version
available for every latitude on Earth.
http://www.astronomyinyourhands.com
Astrophysics Visualization Archive:
A searchable, curated collection of scientific visualizations and
animations relating to astronomy, astrophysics and space science.
This educational component of the Virtual Observatory is intended
for scientists, students and the general public.
http://www.haydenplanetarium.org/hp/vo/ava/index.html
Astronomy Page for Science Explained:
Offers free lessons in astronomy. The course runs from Covers
identification of stars, constellations and planets, and physics.
http://www.synapses.co.uk/astro/index.html
CISM Summer School at Boston University:
A two-week summer school in space weather phenomena, consequences,
and modeling. Find details about the program and an application.
http://www.bu.edu/cism/Summer%20School/SummerSchool.html
EarthSpace:
Learn about Solar System, space exploration and constellations.
http://starryskies.com/index.html
Hands-On Universe (HOU):
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.
http://www.handsonuniverse.org/
Observatorio ARVAL:
ARVAL's site is dedicated to propagating astronomical information.
All of it is bilingual (Spanish - English), except for the 'Astronomأa
Caraqueأ±a' section, which contains local astronomical information
centered around Caracas, Venezuela.
http://www.oarval.org/welcome.htm#en
Size of Solar System:
Shows Solar System true to scale. Helps realize the vastness of
distances between planets compared to planet sizes.
http://www.panoptikum.net/sonnensystem/solarsystem.htm
Great Planets - A Virtual Journey to the Universe:
Presents an in-depth view of the entire universe including
Interactive space games, animations, and movies for the entire solar
system.
http://host26.ipowerweb.com/~solarbea/
Astronomy Education in the United States:
An updated, expanded version of an invited talk given by Andrew
Fraknoi at the 189th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society,
held in Toronto, Canada in January 1997.
http://www.astrosociety.org/education/resources/useduc.html
Journey through the Galaxy:
Explore our solar system, stars, extra-solar planets, the theories
about the past and future of the universe, and human exploration of
space.
http://home.cwru.edu/~sjr16
Inquirer's Guide to the Universe:
Provides factual information about space and encourages space
education through imaginative writing.
http://sln.fi.edu/planets/planets.html
