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Amazing Space |
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 |
An interactive curriculum guide to the Red Planet and the Mars Polar
Lander Mission.
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Ask the Space Scientist |
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 |
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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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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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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Mars Millennium Project |
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 |
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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NASA's Space Place
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Games, animations, projects, and fun facts about Earth, space and technology for kids of all ages. |
(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. |
(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. |
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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Powers of Ten |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Provides a lasting connection between NASA's latest research and the
classroom environment.
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Union County College |
The UCC campus is home to AAI and Sperry Observatory.
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