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Amazing Space
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A set of Web-based activities primarily
designed for classroom use, but made available for
all to enjoy.
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Apple Learning
Interchange
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An interactive curriculum guide to the Red
Planet and the Mars Polar Lander Mission.
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Ask the Space Scientist
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Find answers to 1000's of astronomy
questions, or ask your own. This site is supported by
Harvard Ph.d and author Sten Odenwald.
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Bad Astronomy
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Phil Plait's antidote to popular
misconceptions and the steady stream of blatantly
false misinformation in the news, movies,and on TV.
Plait is the author of the "Bad Astronomy"
book.
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Berkeley (University of
California)
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Every semester, UC Berkeley webcasts select
courses and events for on-demand viewing via the
Internet. webcast.berkeley course lectures are
provided as a study resource for students and are not
sanctioned as a substitute for going to the course
lectures.
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Earth Impact Database
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World-wide impact structures which can be
sorted according to age, diameter, or name.
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Einstein@Home Project
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Einstein@Home uses private computers to
process LIGO and GEO 600 data. Private computer
owners can download software onto their computers
that receives data from a central server. The
computers process the data when they are not being
used for other things. Then, the computers send the
processed data back to the server and can get more to
analyze.
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Exploratorium
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Housed within the walls of San Francisco's
Palace of Fine Arts, the Exploratorium is a collage
of hundreds of science, art, and human perception
exhibits.
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The James Webb Space Telescope
Game
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On-line game about telescopes, featuring
NASA's next-generation spacecraft, the James Webb
Space Telescope!
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KidsEclipse.com
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This is the site to learn about Total Solar
Eclipses and what makes them happen.
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(The) Known Universe
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The Known Universe takes viewers from the
Himalayas through our atmosphere and the inky black
of space to the afterglow of the Big Bang. Every
star, planet, and quasar seen in the film is possible
because of the world's most complete four-dimensional
map of the universe, the Digital Universe Atlas that
is maintained and updated by astrophysicists at the
American Museum of Natural History. A six minute
video.
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Mars Millennium Project
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The Mars Millennium Project, an official
White House Millennium Council Youth Initiative,
challenges students across the nation to design a
community yet to be imagined - for the planet
Mars.
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Mars QuickTime Virtual Reality
Viewer
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View full screen virtual reality tours of
the Martian landscape. The QuickTime video player may
be required. See also the home page of this site for
about one thousand other virtual reality
tours.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(MIT)
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Free lecture notes, exams, and videos from
MIT. Find astronomy listed under Physics Department.
Includes course on black holes.
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NASA's Space Place
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Games, animations, projects, and fun facts
about Earth, space and technology for kids of all
ages.
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(The) Nine Planets
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This website is an overview of the history,
mythology, and current scientific knowledge of each
planet and the major moons in our solar system. Each
page has text by Bill Arnett and images from NASA. Some
pages have sounds and movies, and most provide
references to additional related information.
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(The) Nine Planets
Glossaries
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A general glossary of astronomical terms
with links to over thirty other astro-related
glossaries and reference sites maintained by Bill Arnett.
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Partiview
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Partiview is an interactive data
visualization tool written by Stuart Levy at the
National Center for Supercomputing Applications
(NCSA). This software package enables static and
animated data visualization, and is a free download
available through Hayden Planetarium.
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PlanetQuest Historic
Timeline
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This interactive web feature conveys the
story of exoplanet exploration through a rich
tapestry of words and images spanning thousands of
years, beginning with the musings of ancient
philosophers and continuing through the current era
of space-based observations by NASA's Spitzer and
Kepler missions. The timeline highlights milestones
in culture, technology and science, and includes a
planet counter that tracks the pace of exoplanet
discoveries over time.
See also the main PolanetQuest site at http://planetquest.jpl.nasa.gov.
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Powers of Ten
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Scales shown from the size of protons and
neutrons to a photo showing the web-like structure of
galactic superclusters.
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Project ASTRO NOVA
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Project ASTRO NOVA is New Jersey's group
within Project ASTRO, an organization dedicated to
teaching astronomy to 4th through 9th graders.
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SEDS Homepage
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Students for the Exploration and
Development of Space. A very rich site for space
exploration, rocketry, and astronomy. Hosted by the
University of Arizona chapter of the Lunar and
Planetary Laboratory.
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Solar System Posters
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The European Southern Observatory (ESO) and
the European Association for Astronomy Education
(EAAE) have created 19 posters depicting the major
solar system objects. The posters present the main
facts for each object or phenomenon in diagrams,
images, and text, and are equally suited for
astronomy lessons and decoration.
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Sun/Earth Viewer
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This viewer is built to support Education
and Public Outreach of NASA's Sun-Earth Connection
Education Forum.
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Thursday's Classroom
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Provides a lasting connection between
NASA's latest research and the classroom
environment.
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Union County College
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The UCC campus is home to AAI and Sperry
Observatory.
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University of Texas
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Welcome to World Lecture Hall, your entry
point to free online course materials from around the
world. Please browse, search, learn and enjoy.
Includes astronomy and cosmology courses.
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