Online Resources for Astronomy Activities

Note: The following list is FAR from comprehensive, but are some of the places I go if I’m looking for resources

Places with links to lots of Activities:

· comPADRE: Digital Resources for Physics & Astronomy Education http://www.compadre.org/portal/index.cfm

o Astronomy Center of comPADRE: http://www.compadre.org/astronomy/

· Education section of the website for the Astronomical Society of the Pacific: http://www.astrosociety.org/education.html

o The Universe in the Classroom (Teacher’s Newsletter): http://www.astrosociety.org/education/publications/tnl/tnl.html

o Activities: http://www.astrosociety.org/education/activities/activities.html

o Other: http://www.astrosociety.org/education/resources/resources.html

· Busy Teacher’s Website (K-12 Astronomy: http://www.ceismc.gatech.edu/busyt/astro.shtml

o Lesson Plans / Classroom Activities: http://www.ceismc.gatech.edu/busyt/astro_l.shtml

o More Resources for the Classroom: http://www.ceismc.gatech.edu/busyt/astro_rf.shtml

· Resources from large organizations:

o NASA’s Imagine the Universe: http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/

o Amazing Space for educators from Space Telescope Science Institute: http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/eds/

o NASA’s Origins website for educators: http://origins.stsci.edu/formal/

o Sloan Digital Sky Survey site for Educators: http://www.sdss.org/education/

§ Projects: http://cas.sdss.org/dr5/en/proj/

§ Teacher Guides: http://cas.sdss.org/dr5/en/proj/teachers/

o Hands-on Astronomy Activities for Kids: http://hea-www.harvard.edu/ECT/the_book/index.html

Animations / Applets / Simulations:

· Includes accompanying materials (e.g. pre-test, student guides) for some of the resources:

o Aebraska Astronomy Applet Project: http://astro.unl.edu/naap/splash/

o PhET (Physics Education Technology) simulations: http://phet.colorado.edu/simulations/index.php?cat=Top_Simulations

· Simulations / Applets / Animations without extra resources:

o STEM-Colorado (Science Technology Engineering Mathematics Teacher Preparation) http://scatter.colorado.edu/~dmckagan/STEM-TPSoft/

o Astronomy & Physics Simulations: http://hypnagogic.net/sim/

o University of Oregon Physics Applets: http://jersey.uoregon.edu/

Computer-based Labs

· Project CLEA (Contemporary Laboratory Experiences in Astronomy): http://www3.gettysburg.edu/~marschal/clea/CLEAhome.html