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Hong Kong Space Museum
Besides an introduction to exhibitions and events at the museum, the site provides a guide to stargazing, an astronomy FAQ, space news, virtual tours (see site map) and research resources (including Chinese-English star and constellation...
Space Telescope Science Institute
Amazing Space: No Escape: The Truth About Black Holes
This site is for teachers or anyone interested in detailed information on black holes. Lesson plans are included as well as a grab bag of web images. Students have a chance to write and submit a paper on black holes and to explore the...
NASA
Nasa: The Space Place
This site is geared towards elementary learners, but most lessons can be modified for older learners. Space-related classroom activities, printable images of Earth and space, thought-provoking Space Place Musing podcasts and math-related...
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: Lesson Plans Library K 5
This resource presents a lesson plan library which holds hundreds of lesson plans organized by grade level and subject area. Often rooted with an Internet research piece, each lesson plan contains specific objectives, procedures,...
Teachnology
Teachnology: Science Lesson Plans
Great lesson plans covering a wide-range of science-related subjects. A wonderful resource for wonderful teachers!
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: How Do We Study the Stars?
Yuan-Sen Ting takes us into deep space to show how astronomers study the stars beyond our reach. [4:46]
NASA
Nasa: Kepler: A Search for Habitable Planets: Transit Tracks
Classroom lesson for teaching astronomy uses PowerPoint presentations and illustrations of Kepler's light curves used to discover planets.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Moon Light Through the Month
In this instructional activity, students are asked to order cards showing different phases of the moon. Includes student handouts.
Other
Nasa/msu Bozeman Center for Educational Resources (Ceres) Project
The CERES Project allows the nation's classroom teachers to develop "an extensive library of on-line and interactive K-12 science education materials for teaching astronomy." The site features latest news and photos from NASA,...
NASA
Nasa: Imagine the Universe: Supernovae (Basic)
A detailed description of a supernova developing from a single massive star. There is a quiz, related links, animation, lesson plans, and an FAQ sheet available also.
Ministerio de Educación (Spain)
Ministerio De Educacion: Astronomia Para Ninas Y Ninos
Learn basic astronomy and travel through space. After you finish the lessons you can take the evaluation to obtain the clues needed to play the fun space games.
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: Classroom Planetarium
Create a classroom model of the solar system while teaching about relative size of all the planets, and each planet's distance from the sun.
University of Colorado
University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Gravity and Orbits
An interactive simulation that teaches about gravitational force, circular motion, and astronomy by manipulating the sun, earth, moon, and a space station to observe the effects of gravity and orbital paths. This simulation can either be...
NASA
Nasa: For Educators
Contains many links to projects and workshops, as well as educational resources.