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...
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: A Closer Look at Mars
If you look up at the sky on a clear night, you may see a red dot among the stars. This dot is Mars, named in ancient times after the Roman god of war. Although no one has ever visited this red planet, we know a lot about it. This site...
University of Illinois
University of Illinois: Stars and Constellations: Planetary Nebulae
This resource contains information about planetary nebulae and their characteristics.
Space Telescope Science Institute
Hubble Site: The "Rotten Egg" Nebula
This NASA Hubblesite page provides basic information about and photographs of the "Rotten Egg" nebula.
NASA
Nasa Star Child: The Milky Way
The information, geared mainly for younger viewers, provides simple and basic information about the Milky Way, and includes several embedded links to related information.
NASA
Nasa Star Child: Stars (Level 2)
This NASA site that explains the notable features of stars and constellations, including medium and massive stars. Many terms are clickable links to definitions. There is also a link to the Level 1 version of this site, which is written...
NASA
Nasa: For Educators
Contains many links to projects and workshops, as well as educational resources.
Harvard University
Chandra Special Features
Chandra allows astronomers to view our galaxy and beyond in ways only dreamt of before. 14 interactive features are offered in this exciting look at cosmic phenomena.
Teachnology
Teachnology: Science Lesson Plans
Great lesson plans covering a wide-range of science-related subjects. A wonderful resource for wonderful teachers!
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,...
Ohio State University
Ohio State University: Red Giant Star Lecture Notes
Describes how a star becomes a red giant, the structure of a red giant, core-helium fusion, lifetime predictions, and the position on the HR diagram.
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: Ology: In Pictures: Journey to the Stars
Two astrophysicists present images of stellar phenomena in this resource and explain why stars are so important to the existence of life on Earth.
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: Piloting Red Rover
Do you have what it takes to drives a robot on Mars?
California Institute of Technology
Ipac at Cal Tech/what Are Supernovae?
Basic characteristics and definition, how astronomers study supernovae, the types of supernovae, where they occur, theories about supernovae, what supernovae tell us about the universe, and the effects of supernovae.
University of Chicago
Telescopes at Yerkes Observatory / Virtual Tour
This site describes the difference between reflective and refractive telescopes and includes a virtual tour of Yerkes Observatory which houses the largest refracting telescope in the world.
American Institute of Biological Sciences
Action Bioscience: Looking for Life on Mars and Beyond
Learn some of the characteristics of Mars. These characteristics lead some people to believe that life forms may be found on the fourth planet from the Sun.
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Royal Observatory, Edinburgh
The official homepage of the Royal Observatory in Edinburgh, Scotland.
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Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics: A Tutorial on Radio Pulsars
A extensive site that describes the history of the discovery of pulsars along with definitions, characteristics, locations, and distances of pulsars, plus much more.
University of Oregon
Stellar Evolution: White Dwarfs
Brief discussion of white dwarfs, their discovery, and evolution.
NASA
Nasa: Imagine the Universe: Fa Qs on Quasars
A list of answers to many questions related to quasars and active galaxies.
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.
NASA
Nasa: Imagine the Universe: Active Galaxies and Quasars
Describes quasars as being classified within the category of an active galaxy. A description of the emergence of high-energy. Definitions of key words are provided.gamma-ray quasars as an important component of the gamma-ray sky.
NASA
Nasa: Imagine the Universe: Supernovae Remnants
A brief description of supernova remnants with many embedded links to help define terms used in the description. The specific topics are age and the importance of remnants to us and the types. Definitions of key words are provided.
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