A Journey into the Unknown
A collection of web pages which detail the realm outside of our world: outer space. These pages are designed primarily for teaching or as reference resources, but also contain some areas for entertainment. |
Association for Astronomy Education (AAE)
An affiliate of the National Science Teachers Association. |
Asteroid Search
Astronomy 411 course: standard topics in astronomy such as the Solar system, stars, galaxies, and the structure of the Universe. |
Astronomy 101
College-standard introductory course to astronomy from University of Santa Barbara, California. |
Astronomy at Grainger Observatory at Phillips Exeter Academy
The latest information about the observatory, including classes, pictures, special events, student projects and patrons. |
Astronomy Education in the United States
This is an updated, expanded version of an invited talk given by Andrew Fraknoi at the 189th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society, held in Toronto, Canada in January 1997. |
Astronomy Page for Science Explained
Offers free lessons in astronomy. The course runs from January throughout the year, but you can learn a lot from it anytime. Covers identification of stars, constellations and planets, physics etc. It covers the universe! An excellent site for homeschool |
Astronomy Trivia
Java game. |
Black Holes to Blackboards-Science for the Masses
An article on why high school courses in Astronomy are important. |
Blossoms Of Science - Science Education Center
An astronomy and education research group. The staff include researchers, teachers and teams working on courseware for science education. The site contains an on-line, interactive astronomy school. |
Celestial Navigation Net
Comprehensive, annotated hub site of resources relating to navigating by the stars, including theory, practice, history, instruments, and classroom links. |
CISM Summer School at Boston University
A two-week summer school in space weather phenomena, consequences, and modeling. Find details about the program and an application. |
CosmicVoyage
Virtual museum and planetarium. Learn about cosmic evolution, from Big Bang to Man. |
Earth and Sky
Home of the popular international science radio program Earth and Sky. |
EarthSpace
Learn about Solar System, space exploration and constellations. |
Faulkes Telescope Project
Allows students in schools and colleges in the UK, Hawaii and Australia to make astronomical observations with a research-class telescope direct from the classroom. |
From Stargazers to Starships
Tutorial and historical exposition of the motion of Earth in space, Newtonian mechanics and spaceflight, on a high school level. |
Hands-On Universe (HOU)
Using the internet, HOU participants around the world request observations from an automated telescope, download images from a large image archive, and analyze them with the aid of user-friendly image processing software. |
Heavenly Mathematics: Highlights of Cultural Astronomy
An interdisciplinary course on cultural astronomy. The course has a goal of imparting an understanding of basic astronomical phenomena and an appreciation of their cultural significance throughout the world. |
Infrared Imaging
Learn about infrared imaging by viewing a variety of objects in the infrared. |
Internet Astronomy School (IAS)
Designed as an online school for students from the 4th grade to the end of high school. Apart from the fact that students can study in it directly from their homes, it is intended to be used by science teachers within the framework of their science |
Journey into the Heavens
From birth of the universe to our nine planets. |
Journey through the Galaxy
An educational web site on astronomical points of interest within our galaxy. |
Mysteries of Deep Space
This PBS companion site explores the secrets of the universe with an interactive timeline, classroom activities, a trivia challenge, Q&A with experts, and more. |
National Astronomy Education Projects
This is an evolving list of those projects and programs in astronomy education to which anyone from around the U.S. can apply or from which anyone can receive materials. |
Planet Quest
Includes online quizzes, planet comparisons, pictures and links to astronomy clubs around the world. |
Project Radio Jove
is an educational project to involve secondary school students in collecting and analyzing observations of the natural radio emissions of the planet Jupiter and the Sun. Participating students get hands-on experience in gathering and working with space |
Properties of Our Solar System
Introductory course taught at the University of Oregon. Includes course materials and many links to supplementary resources. |
Resources for Middle School Science
A teacher resource to enhance astronomy education from Project SPICA. |
ROBOsky.com
Users can personally control professional astronomical observatories over the internet in real-time. |
Size of Solar System
Shows Solar System true to scale. Helps realize the vastness of distances between planets compared to planet sizes. |
Stanback Planetarium NASA Educator Resource Center
at South Carolina State University. Providing educators with current aerospace and astronautical educational materials. |
Stanford SOLAR Center
A collection of educational activities and resources based on Solar Oscillations Investigation (SOI) and Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) data. |
Star Gazer
A weekly TV series on naked-eye astronomy. |
Star Gazer Home Page
Home of Jack Horkheimer. The first and only weekly TV series on naked eye astronomy. |
StarChild
A learning center for young astronomers. |
StarQuest
An interactive, student-produced website about astronomy. It covers many areas including general information, astrophysics, constellations, and uses of the color spectrum with astronomy. An image archive of Hubble Space Telescope photos is also include |
Swinburne Astronomy
Online degree granting program in astronomy offering courses for Master of Science and Graduate Diploma of Science. Based in Melbourne, Australia. |
The International Association for Astronomical Studies (IAAS)
A group of junior high and high school students interested in aerospace and astronomical sciences. |
The Martian Sun-Times
Gives daily weather on Mars as well as Earth. Students learn meteorology from this creative role-playing experience in which they play reporters for a Martian newspaper. |
The Mysteries of Space and Time
About the secrets of distant suns, black holes, and stellar anomalies in space and time. |
The Official Young Astronaut Program
Hands-on activities for kids in K-3, 4-6 and 7-9. Aerospace theme piques interest while strengthening science, math and technology skills. |
Universe in the Classroom
A free quarterly educational newsletter published by the ASP for teachers, youth group leaders, librarians, and anybody else who wants to help children of all ages learn more about the wonders of the universe. It is available either in printed form or el |
Walk the Solar System
JavaScript calculator of sizes and distances of solar system bodies for making a scale model. |
Windows to the Universe
An extensive astronomical learning system. Articles available at three levels: beginner, intermediate, advanced. |
