Astronomy Sites

Astronomy

Eight (~~Nine~~) Planets for Kids - http://kids.nineplanets.org/intro.htm

           Eight (~~Nine~~) Planets for Kids
              http://www.nineplanets.org/

           Astronomy for Kids from Astronomy.com
                  http://www.astronomy.com/asy/default.aspx?c=ss&id=127

           Astronomy Activities from Astronomical Society of the Pacific -
                  Moon Phases with Birthday Moons
              http://www.astrosociety.org/education/activities/astroacts.html

Astronomy sites from the American Library Association
http://www.ala.org/gwstemplate.cfm?section=greatwebsites&template=/cfapps/gws/displaysection.cfm&sec=27

          Astronomy Links from McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center
                  http://www.starhop.com/education-and-exploration/resources/default.aspx

                 Astronomy With a Stick - Daytime Astronomy
                      http://www.nsta.org/publications/interactive/aws-din/

Astronomy websites -
http://www.monroe2boces.org/programs.cfm?sublevel=485&subsubpage=82&subpage=54&master=3

Build a Solar System Online at the Exploratorium
http://www.exploratorium.org/ronh/solar_system/index.html

           The CERES Project from Montana and Spacequests for the classroom
                     http://btc.montana.edu/ceres/ and http://btc.montana.edu/ceres/html/EdActivities.html
                          http://btc.montana.edu/ceres/html/SiteMap.html

           Comet Lesson Plan from Amazing Space with comet movie/quiz
             http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/comets/teacher/index.html

Comparing Earth and Mars - Marcella Dawson
http://teachertech.rice.edu/Participants/dawsonm/Lessons/mars/mars12.htm

                Dark Sky with lots of links/ organized by topic Jack Troeger at Iowa
                     http://darkskyinstitute.org/astronomy.html

             Down to Earth Astronomy (includes Hubble model)
                  http://oposite.stsci.edu/

             Eyes on the Sky, Feet on the Ground from Harvard
                  http://hea-www.harvard.edu/ECT/the_book/

                  Goddard Space Flight Center Education Programs
                      http://education.gsfc.nasa.gov/

                  Great Images in NASA (GRIN) - library of photos
                 http://grin.hq.nasa.gov/

          Griffith Observatory - sky information
                  http://www.griffithobservatory.org/skyinfo.html

            HAO (High Altitude Observatory) Education pages about the sun
                     http://www.hao.ucar.edu/education/education.php

            Hawaiian Astronomical Society - Deep Sky Atlas and mythology
              http://www.hawastsoc.org/deepsky/index.html

             Kids Astronomy
              http://www.kidsastronomy.com/

           Kids' Space - http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/kids_space/kids_space.html
                      Constellations - http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/the_universe/Constellations/constnavi.html
                      Myths about the Universe - http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/mythology/mythology.html

                  Mars Exploration Program
                          http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/

                  Meteors
                        http://leonid.arc.nasa.gov/meteor.html
                         http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Meteors

Mission to Geospace from ISTP
http://www-istp.gsfc.nasa.gov/istp/outreach/

                  NASA Observatorium
                       http://physics.ship.edu/~mrc/astro/NASA_Space_Science/observe.arc.nasa.gov/nasa/core.shtml.html

                  Our Solar System - http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/our_solar_system/solar_system.html&edu=mid

                  Planets of the Solar System -
                       http://www.planetsofthesolarsystem.net/

          SOHO Exploring the Sun
              http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/
                        SOHO for the Classroom
                http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/explore/

Solar System Activities - Level 1
http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/solar_system_level1/activity.html

Solar System Activities - Level 2
http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/solar_system_level2/activity.html

          Solar System in Pictures
               http://solar-system.net/

                Solar System Simulator from Jet Propulsion Lab
               http://space.jpl.nasa.gov/

Solar System Trading Cards and other activities
http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/resources/explorations/

Solar System Tutor - read and answer the questions
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/tutor/solarsystem/1/

Space Environment Center - space weather
http://www.sec.noaa.gov/info/

Space Physics and Aeronomy - select Classroom Activities and Games on the left
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/sparc/

Space Weather Center from Space Science
http://www.spacescience.org/SWOP/

Stargazers - http://stargazers.gsfc.nasa.gov/resources/resources.htm

Classroom Activities from University of Hawai'i Space Grant Consortium
http://www.spacegrant.hawaii.edu/class_acts/index.html

           U.S. Naval Observatory - sunrise/sunset times plus moon phases and almanacs
              http://www.usno.navy.mil/USNO/astronomical-applications

                      Sunrise and sunset around the world - http://www.gaisma.com/en/

Resources from the Exploratorium
http://www.exploratorium.edu/observatory/

Views of the Solar System ( Thanks to Chris Demers)
http://www.solarviews.com/eng/homepage.htm

Welcome to the Planets data
http://pds.jpl.nasa.gov/planets

What's In the Sky This Week? - from Sky and Telescope
http://skyandtelescope.com/observing/

Windows to the Universe - weather, missions, poetry, myths, history, geology etc.
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/

Zoom Astronomy - http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/

       Moon - Keith's Moon Page with facts, phases, photos, and folklore
                         http://home.hiwaay.net/~krcool/Astro/moon/
                       Moon Names from various cultures -
                       http://home.hiwaay.net/~krcool/Astro/moon/moonnames.htm

Study from Hawaii with info on rocks - http://www.spacegrant.hawaii.edu/class_acts/MoonDoc.html

Great Moon Adventure - lots of activities and ideas
http://www.northern-stars.com/Great_Moon_Adventure.pdf

Lunar Prospector - http://lunar.arc.nasa.gov/education/index.htm

*******Moon Phases Project with Oreo Cookies
http://analyzer.depaul.edu/paperplate/Oreo%20Moon%20Phases.htm

*******Moon Finder Project with paper plates
http://analyzer.depaul.edu/paperplate/Moon%20Finder.htm

                About the moon - http://www.nineplanets.org/luna.html

                    Lunar Hands-On Activities - http://lunar.arc.nasa.gov/education/index.htm

           Moon Studies - The Earth's Moon - go to Earth and then select Moon -
            http://www.windows.ucar.edu
                **Worksheet for this site

Backyard Astronomer - http://www.backyard-astro.com/

Backyard Astronomy - scroll to the bottom
http://www.space.com/spacewatch/

Moon Phases animation from Harcourt Brace
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/moon_phases/index.html

Moonlight Madness - Quiz from StarChild - Moon facts, myths, photos
http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/solar_system_level2/moonlight.html

               Moon Facts and Moon Myths - compare and contrast using the links given
                   http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/planets/moonpage.html
                 http://www.windows.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/tour_def/mythology/planets/Earth/moon.html

More moon phases - http://aa.usno.navy.mil/faq/docs/moon_phases.php

**Names for Full Moons - explanations from The Old Farmer's Almanac
http://www.kathimitchell.com/moonames.html

Telling Time By the Light of the Moon - from Discovery School
http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs/lightofthemoon/index.html

Earth and Moon Viewer - see where the sun is shining right now
http://www.fourmilab.ch/earthview/vplanet.html

Lost on the Moon activity from NASA - what would you need?
http://www.kathimitchell.com/lost.htm

         Astronomy Survey - questions about the moon and sun for kids and teachers
           http://www.learner.org/teacherslab/pup/

                 Lessons to accompany the survey above
             http://www.learner.org/teacherslab/pup/class_acts.html

Spaceplace - Fun things for kids to do
http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/en/kids/

Solar Studies from Stanford- lessons and games -
http://solar-center.stanford.edu/activities.html

Virtual Tour of the Sun
http://www.astro.uva.nl/demo/sun/
Fun in the Sun - http://hea-www.harvard.edu/scied/SUN/SunActivitiesIntro.html

The Sun (Level 1) or The Sun (Level 2)
     http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/solar_system_level1/sun.html
       http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/solar_system_level2/solar_system.html

                        Star Child Scavenger Hunts for each level
                         http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/teachers/scavl1.html
                               http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/teachers/scavl2.html

The Sun - http://sunearthday.gsfc.nasa.gov/2007/educators/lp_68.php

Solar Activities from High Altitude Observatory
http://www.hao.ucar.edu/education/education.php

Surfing for Sunbeams Lockheed Martin Solar and Astrophysics Laboratory
http://www.lmsal.com/YPOP/Spotlight/Tour/index.html

Yohkoh Public Outreach Project
http://www.lmsal.com/YPOP/
Building A Simple Sundial
http://www-istp.gsfc.nasa.gov/stargaze/Sundial.htm
  http://www-istp.gsfc.nasa.gov/stargaze/Lsundial.htm
  http://er.jsc.nasa.gov/seh/sundialn.pdf
http://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/assets/docs/Sundial_activity.pdf
http://www.squidoo.com/sundial
http://www.sundials.co.uk/projects.htm
http://www.sciencekidsathome.com/science_experiments/sundial-1.html
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/letsgo/familyfun/Make_Your_Own_Sundial.html
http://www.globe.gov/tctg/atla-sundial.pdf?sectionId=22

Solar Clock - http://sunearthday.nasa.gov/2008eclipse/materials/Solar_Clock.pdf
                 http://www.exploratorium.edu/science_explorer/sunclock.html

Make a sundial (link thanks to Tim Sullivan)
     http://www.lmsal.com/YPOP/Classroom/Lessons/Sundials/sundials.html
How Hot Is the Sun?
   http://www.solarviews.com/eng/sun.htm

Solar Flare Theory
http://hesperia.gsfc.nasa.gov/sftheory/
Solar Eclipse Paths from 1991 to 2030
http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/SEpath/SEpath.html
The Martian Sun-Times - weather on Mars today - comparing Mars and Earth
    http://www.ucls.uchicago.edu/students/projects/martiansuntimes/

Kids Astronomy from about.com
    http://space.about.com/
Hubble site
     http://hubblesite.org/

Auroras: Paintings in the Sky
     http://www.exploratorium.edu/learning_studio/auroras/index.html
      http://www.geo.mtu.edu/weather/aurora
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
     http://www.jpl.nasa.gov
      Fun Sites for Kids - http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/kids/index.cfm
      Classroom Activities - http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/education/index.cfm?page=102
      Stars - http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/stars_galaxies/
How to Become an Astronaut
      http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/postsecondary/features/F_Astronaut_Requirements.html
      http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/outreach/jobsinfo/astronaut101.html
      http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/more.html
     http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/facts/faq12.html

Stars and Galaxies - A Hypertext Course from Dr. McCray at the University of Colorado
http://cosmos.colorado.edu/stem/courses/common/documents/hypertext.html

The Constellations and Their Stars -
http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~dolan/constellations/

The Birth of A Star
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/stars/lifecycle/starbirth.shtml
http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/visualizations/es2807/es2807page01.cfm?chapter_no=visualization
   http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/05/06/breathtaking-images-of-star-birth-amid-the-cold-cosmic-dust/

Grade 5 Stars and Constellations from Sandburg Center for Sky Awareness, Fairfax, VA
http://www.wsanford.com/~wsanford/exo/grade5.html

Stars and Galaxies
   http://www.kidscosmos.org/kid-stuff/stars-facts.html
Star Gazing from Harcourt Brace
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/stars/index.html
Star Date Online - from Texas - by month with resources and educational links
   http://stardate.org/   and http://stardate.org/nightsky/
Star Count October 14-28, 2011 - Citizen observations
   http://windows2universe.org/citizen_science/starcount/

GLOBE at Night March 22- April 4, 2011 - Citizen observations
   http://www.globeatnight.org/

Stars and Galaxies from Absolute Beginners
   http://www.naasbeginners.freeuk.com/abs_beg.htm

        Constellation Stuff - Lots of great info - thanks to Pierce who discovered this site
        http://www.dibonsmith.com/
        Galaxy Intro (Easy)
       http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/universe_level1/galaxies.html
        Galaxy Intro (Harder)
        http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/universe_level2/galaxies.html

          Galaxies - http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/resources/explorations/galaxies-galore/teacher/scientificbackground.html
         Classifying Galaxies - http://cse.ssl.berkeley.edu/segwayed/lessons/classifying_galaxies/galaxy.htm
                                  http://cse.ssl.berkeley.edu/segwayEd/lessons/classifying_galaxies/student1.htm
                                  http://astro.wku.edu/astr106/galaxy.html
                                  http://free.ed.gov/resource.cfm?resource_id=1540
                                  http://curious.astro.cornell.edu/galaxies.php
                                  http://www.glencoe.com/sec/science/earthscience/unit/chapter/geolabs.phtml?iid=31&iChapter=31&iUnitID=6&iUnitNumber=6
                                  http://cass.ucsd.edu/public/tutorial/Galaxies.html
        Classifying Galaxies Quiz
        http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/hdf/act2home.htm
        Hubble's Classification of Galaxies
          http://btc.montana.edu/ceres/html/Galaxy/galhubble.html
        Stars and Constellations - http://stars.astro.illinois.edu/sow/sowlist.html

       Constellations - http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~dolan/constellations/
                          http://www.dibonsmith.com/constel.htm
                          http://stars.astro.illinois.edu/sow/const.html
                          http://windows2universe.org/the_universe/Constellations/constnavi.html
                          http://domeofthesky.com/clicks/constlist.html
                          http://www.kidsastronomy.com/astroskymap/constellation_hunt.htm (a shade noisy)
                          http://www.fcps.edu/DIS/OHSICS/planet/constell/constell.htm
                          http://www.seasky.org/constellations/constellations-intro.html

More Astronomy

     Aerospace and Astronomy lessons and activities from Susan Seagraves
              http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Atrium/5924/aerospaceandastronomyunit.htm
        Constellation Quizzes:
           * Astronomy from John Fix - Learning Constellations
            http://www.mhhe.com/physsci/astronomy/arny_3e_update/constellation_quiz/index.htm

         * Various quizzes about stars and constellations:
                   http://www.funtrivia.com/dir/5968.html
                   http://www.astro.umass.edu/~arny/constel/constel_quiz.html
                   http://www.funbrain.com/constellation/index.html
                   http://www.funtrivia.com/trivia-quiz/SciTech/Facts-About-Constellations-85944.html

         * Constellation quiz from North Carolina-
              http://www.henderson.k12.nc.us/AIG/Balfour Site/BALFOUR SITE 02/balfour_constellation_quiz.htm

         Constellations Activity - http://rip.physics.unk.edu/Astronomy/Constellations(k-2).html

Star Child
   http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/

Astronomy for Kids from Thinkquest Junior
   http://library.thinkquest.org/3645/
Imagine the Universe from Goddard Space Flight Center
   http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov
Ask the Space Scientist
   http://image.gsfc.nasa.gov/poetry/ask/askmag.html
Astronomy Picture of the Day
   http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/lib/aptree.html
NASA for Kids - http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forkids/home/index.html
   K-4 http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/k-4/home/index.html
   5-8 http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/5-8/features/index.html
   9-12 http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/9-12/features/index.html
Amazing Space Project
   http://oposite.stsci.edu/pubinfo/education/amazing-space/
A Teacher's Guide to Explain the Seasons
     http://physics.ship.edu/~mrc/astro/NASA_Space_Science/observe.arc.nasa.gov/nasa/education/teach_guide/seasons.html

Sky and Telescope Magazine - http://skyandtelescope.com/
Astronomy magazine - http://www.astronomy.com/asy/default.aspx
Earth and Sky magazine - http://www.earthsky.org/skywatching/
         Podcasts - http://www.earthsky.org/rss/
Earth Sky Radio Series and web pages
   http://www.earthsky.com/
Internet Field Trips from Houghton Mifflin
    http://www.eduplace.com/science/dw/5/ift/b/index.html
Astronomy for Kids from Bonus.com
    http://www.bonus.com/bonus/card/Astronomy_For_Kids.html
Lost in the Solar System Lesson Plans
     http://www.lessonplanet.com/search?grade=All&keywords=lost+in+the+solar+system&media=lesson&rating=3

Space Science
    http://science.nasa.gov/

Planetarium Activities from Brockton
   http://www.brocktonpublicschools.com/schools/high/planetarium/activities/activities.html
Teachers' Center for Star Child - includes activities and lessons
   http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/teachers/teachers.html
Teachers' Lounge from Astronomical Society of the Pacific
   http://www.astrosociety.org/education/publications/tnl/tnl.html

Night Sky Notes from the Abrams Planetarium at Michigan State
     http://www.pa.msu.edu/abrams/nightskynotes/
     http://www.pa.msu.edu/abrams/

Sky Maps - http://www.earthsky.com/skywatching/
      Sky View Cafe - http://www.skyviewcafe.com/index.php
      CalSky - http://www.calsky.com/
      Satellite observation charts - http://www.heavens-above.com/
      Sky Maps - http://skymaps.com/
Your Sky - create maps for any date, time , or location
               http://www.fourmilab.ch/yoursky/

Web Quests and Projects:

                CERES Project:
                    Sky Paths - http://btc.montana.edu/ceres/html/SkyPaths/orbits1.html
                 Learning Planet Sizes - http://btc.montana.edu/ceres/html/PlanetSizes/planetsizes.html
                    Birthday Moons - http://btc.montana.edu/ceres/html/Birthday/birthday1.htm
                 MoonQuest - Project Ceres -http://btc.montana.edu/ceres/html/Quem.html
                Moonquest - http://btc.montana.edu/ceres/html/MoonQuest/Quemoon1.html
                    Planet Paths - http://btc.montana.edu/ceres/html/58Orbits/58orbits.html
                    First Manned Mission to Mars - http://btc.montana.edu/ceres/html/MarsMission/Mission.htm
                    How Much Would You Weigh on Distant Planets?
                          http://btc.montana.edu/ceres/html/Weight/weight1.htm
                 Digital Images: From Satellite to the Internet
                          http://btc.montana.edu/ceres/html/Pixel/pixel1.html
                        Who Can Live Here: Life in Extreme Environments
                          http://btc.montana.edu/ceres/html/ExtremeEnvironment/Extreme.htm
                    Mars Quest - webquest
                http://btc.montana.edu/ceres/html/MarsQuest/Quemarsintro.html
                    Mars Web Quests
                        http://imaginemars.jpl.nasa.gov/webquest/index.html
                         http://connect.larc.nasa.gov/connect_bak/pdf/geometry.water.guides.pdf

                 Planets web activity from San Diego
              http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/king/planets/

                Astronomy Lesson Plans from The Educator's Reference Desk
                          http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/lessons.cgi/Science/Astronomy

Classifying the Planets Webquest - http://www.macomb.k12.mi.us/wq/pbs2ucs.htm

Come to My Planet - http://www.webquestuk.org.uk/Solar%20System/astronomy.html

Exploring the Solar System - http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/Lessons.cfm?DocID=165

             Lunar Lollipops (Moon Phases) - http://www.windows2universe.org/teacher_resources/lunar_edu.html

                Mission to Explore the Solar System
                 http://web.archive.org/web/20041011195519/http://www.ottumwa.k12.ia.us/lincoln/mission.2.htm

Moon Watching Activities -
http://www.monroe2boces.org/programs.cfm?sublevel=455&subsubpage=82&subpage=54&master=3

Our Sun-Sational Star
http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/Mountain/4240/
Planetary Web Quest
http://www.djusd.k12.ca.us/emerson/Staffpgs/NancyChatteinier/PlanetaryWebQuest.htm
Planets Webquest - Grade 3
http://schools.sbe.saskatoon.sk.ca/Victo/projects/Grassroots/Planet%20WebQuest/WebQuest2.html
Poetry and the Planets
http://www.lausd.k12.ca.us/lausd/resources/webquest/index.htm
Searching for Just the Right Planet
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/solar_sy.htm

Sizing Up the Solar System - size and distance
http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/Lessons.cfm?DocID=33
Solar System Models - http://www.monroe2boces.org/programs.cfm?sublevel=462&subsubpage=82&subpage=54&master=3
Space Colony Webquest - http://www.coollessons.org/spacecolony.htm

The Spectacular Solar System Webquest
http://www.milton.k12.vt.us/WebQuests/LChagnon/solar_system_webquest.htm
Sun and Moon lessons from Oswego - Grade 2
http://www.oswego.org/staff/sfox/sun&moon/

Travel in the Solar System - large numbers and distances
http://illuminations.nctm.org/index_d.aspx?id=281

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