Astronomy/Solar System Sites for Educators
Solar
System Sites 
Moon Sites
Stargazing/Skywatching
Sites
Amazing
Space
Features imagery by the Hubble Space Telescope. Interactive
labs put the farthest reaches of the universe right at your fingertips.
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- Ask the Astronomer
- Do you have a question about astronomy and space science?
This site conducted by Dr. Sten Odenwald of The
Astronomy Cafe is an archive of 3000+ answered questions sent to him
from 8/95 to 4/97.
- Ask the
Space Scientist
- This site succeeds the Ask
the Astronomer site, allowing postings of new questions and having
an archive of an additional 1600+ answered questions. Conducted by Dr. Sten
Odenwald of The Astronomy
Cafe
- The Astronomy Cafe
- "The web site for the astronomically disadvantaged"
- This award-winning site by Dr. Sten Odenwald, an astronomer at NASA Goddard
Space Flight Center (Greenbelt, MD), has been online since 1995.
- Astronomy Picture
of the Day
- "Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or
photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation
written by a professional astronomer." All past pictures are in an indexed
archive also. Check this site out!
- The High-Energy
Astrophysics Learning Center
- "Primarily dedicated to a discussion of the High-Energy
region of the electromagnetic spectrum, i.e. X-rays, gamma-rays," and
cosmic rays. Contains a Teacher's Corner with lesson plans, dictionary,
and links to other astronomy sites.
- Imagine the Universe!
- Dedicated to discussion about our Universe. Intended primarily
for high school level
- Live from the Hubble
Space Telescope
- One of the Passport to Knowledge "Electronic
Field Trips," a joint project between NASA's
K-12 Internet Initiative (Quest), the National
Science Foundation, and PBS's K-12 Learning Services
- Night of the Comet
- Live chat on Comet Hale-Bopp, Hale-Bopp images, other Hale-Bopp
links, archive of Comet Hayakutake site
- SKY Online
- "Your Astronomy Source on the World Wide Web"
- a service of Sky Publishing Corp., publisher of astronomy-related magazines
such as Sky & Telescope
- Sky & Telescope
Magazine
- "The Essential Magazine of Astronomy"
- SOFIA - Stratospheric Observatory
for Infrared Astronomy
- "SOFIA [is a] Boeing 747-SP aircraft modified to accommodate
a 2.5 meter reflecting telescope. SOFIA will be the largest airborne telescope
in the world, and will make observations that are impossible for even the
largest and highest of ground-based telescopes. . . . SOFIA will be based
at NASA's Ames Research Center near Mountain View, CA, and is expected begin
flying in the year 2001."
- Space Telescope Electronic Information
Service
- The Space Telescope Science Institute WWW server. This is
the gateway to Hubble Space Telescope (HST) information
- Space Telescope Science Institute/Hubble
Space Telescope Public Information Server
- News (includes latest information), educational resources,
pictures/movies/animation related to and from the Hubble Telescope
- StarChild:
A Learning Center for Young Astronomers
- From NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, contains units on
the Solar System, Universe, Space Stuff, and a Glossary
- Students for the Exploration and Development
of Space (SEDS)
- An independent student organization. See mission, links
to SEDS chapters, projects, awards, sponsors, links to lots of other astronomy
and aerospace sites
The
Universe in the Classroom
Publications - These two issues are designed for middle
and high school teachers.
A
Taste of Real Astronomy - The ESA/ESO Astronomy Exercises
An
Ancient Universe: How Astronomers Know the Vast Scale of Cosmic Time
Solar System Sites:
- All
About the Sun
- An
online interactive investigation and "electronic field trip" presented
by the Learning Technologies Channel
and Stanford SOLAR Center.
- The Nine
Planets
- A multimedia tour of the Solar System by Bill Arnett, with
plenty of information (history, mythology, and current scientific knowledge)
and images of the planets, their satellites (moons), asteroids, comets,
meteors and meteorites, other solar systems and planets outside our own, and
spacecraft.
- The Nine Planets - JUST FOR KIDS
- A revamped, simplified, more kid-friendly version of Bill
Arnett's site, created with permission by A. Finer. Geared toward upper-elementary
level kids.
- Planetary Photojournal: NASA's
Image Access Home Page
- "Designed to provide you with easy access to the publicly
released images from various Solar System exploration programs."
- Views of the
Solar System
- Another multimedia tour of the Solar System by Calvin Hamilton,
including asteroids, comets, meteors/meteorites, and the history of space
exploration and rocketry.
- Welcome to the Planets
- Background information on the planets, asteroids, comets,
and the interplanetary explorers, as well as many of the best images from
NASA's planetary exploration program. Based on Planetary Data System's
interactive CD-ROM Welcome to the Planets
Moon
Sites:
Go to list of Apollo sites
- Lunar and Planetary Institute
Home Page
- At Johnson Space Center, includes links to education resources.
- The
Moon Home Page
- Contains links to various lunar resources, brought to you
by the National Space Science Data Center.
- Rocks
and Soils from the Moon
- Brought to you by the Planetary Missions and Materials Branch
at Johnson Space Center.
Stargazing/Skywatching
Sites:
- Earth
& Sky's Skywatching Center
- See what's up with tonight's
sky, see the skywatching forecast to see if weather conditions are favorable
for viewing, or go to a list of other skywatching resources on the Internet.
Brought to you by the Earth
& Sky radio program.
- Jack
Horkheimer, Star Gazer
- "The world's first and
only weekly TV series on naked-eye astronomy" - formerly known as Star
Hustler. Find transcripts online to see what's going on in the heavens
this week, and always remember to "keep looking up!"
- Sky
and Telescope's This Week's Sky at a Glance
- Skymaps.com
- Go to this site for
a publication-quality monthly sky map that you can download and print for
free. Requires Adobe
Acrobat Reader.
- Star
Journey: The Heavens - Star Chart
- "National
Geographic's star chart, "The Heavens," has long been a favorite of
[their] members. Now you can probe an electronic edition - enriched by 39
images from the Hubble Space Telescope."
- StarDate
Online
- StarDate is a radio
program and magazine brought to you by the University of Texas at Austin's
McDonald Observatory.
Check this site out for archives of radio program texts, back issues of the
magazine, weekly stargazing tips and a sky almanac.
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Weather
Underground: Wunderground.com Sky
- Get a map of the sky for your zip code and after it's displayed,
you can change the date and time and redraw the map.
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