Astronomy Websites
General Astronomy Websites
http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072482621/student_view0/interactives.html
(Interactive Sites)
http://atropos.as.arizona.edu/aiz/teaching/a204/lecture15.html (Movies)
http://www.celestiamotherlode.net/ (Simulator)
http://www.kidsastronomy.com/
http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/en/kids/cool_subjects.shtml
http://www.frontiernet.net/~kidpower/astronomy.html
http://www.spaceplace.nasa.gov/en/kids/
http://image.gsfc.nasa.gov/poetry/ask/askmag.html
http://www.windows.ucar.edu (Windows to the Universe)
http://www.exploratorium.edu/learning_studio/cool/astronomy.html (Cool Astronomy
Websites)
http://www.onr.navy.mil/focus/spacesciences/observingsky/default.htm (Variety of
Animations)
http://www.brainpop.com/ (Animated Videos)
http://video.google.com/ (Videos)
http://www.schoolsobservatory.org.uk/top.htm
http://www.kathimitchell.com/astron.htm
http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/resources/explorations/index.shtml (Online Explorations)
http://www.eduweb.com/portfolio/earthspacesciadv.php
http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/solar_system_level2/planets.html
http://janus.astro.umd.edu/
Telescopes
http://www.spacetelescope.org/goodies/interactive_hubble/index.html (Interactive
Hubble Telescope)
http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/resources/explorations/groundup/
http://www.spacetelescope.org/videos/index.html
http://hubble.nasa.gov/operations/tracking.php
http://www.spacetelescope.org/videos/html/mov/180px/heic0603a.html
Electromagnetic Spectrum
http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/science/know_l1/emspectrum.html
http://www.ipac.caltech.edu/Outreach/Multiwave/activities.html
Spectroscopes and the Spectrum of Stars
http://www.deafhoosiers.com/sci/soarhigh/starspectrum.html
http://nfsiserver.yerkes.uchicago.edu/FTProot/spectroscope/Spectroscopy/composition.htm
http://edmall.gsfc.nasa.gov/2000invest/spectra2.html
http://www.exploratorium.edu/spectroscope_nf/index.html (Building a Spectroscope)
http://chemscape.santafe.cc.fl.us/chemscape/catofp/measurep/spectro/spectrs3.htm#use
(Spectroscope Tutorial)
Constellations and the Viewing of Stars
http://www.fourmilab.ch/yoursky/ (Simulation of the Night Sky)
http://www.onr.navy.mil/focus/spacesciences/observingsky/sun2.htm
http://www.skymaps.com/ (Downloadable Sky Maps)
http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/en/kids/st6starfinder/st6starfinder.shtml (Making a Star
Finder)
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/the_universe/Constellations/constnavi.html&ed
u=mid
http://www.as.wvu.edu/~planet/constellation_animations.htm (Constellation Animation)
http://members.aol.com/gca7sky/culture.htm
http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/~zog/ds/socks/constellations.html
http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~dolan/constellations/extra/constellations.html
http://www.dibonsmith.com/constel.htm
http://www.comfychair.org/~cmbell/myth/myth.html
http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~dolan/constellations/constellationjavalist.html
http://www.abc.net.au/children/space/games/skypictures/default.htm
Physical Properties of Stars
http://www.astro.washington.edu/labs/parallax/solar.html (Distances to Stars, Parallax)
Star Brightness, Absolute Magnitude, Luminosity
http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~dolan/constellations/extra/brightest.html (26 Brightest Stars)
http://curious.astro.cornell.edu/question.php?number=37
http://science.howstuffworks.com/star3.htm
HR Diagram
http://aspire.cosmic-ray.org/labs/star_life/hr_interactive.html (HR Diagram Animation)
http://www.astro.ubc.ca/~scharein/a311/Sim/hr/HRdiagram.html (HR Diagram
Simulator)
http://instruct1.cit.cornell.edu/courses/astro101/java/simulations.htm
https://mail.abington.k12.pa.us/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://rainman.astro.uiuc.ed
u/ddr/stellar/archive/suntracksoff.mpg
Kinds of Stars
http://www.tqnyc.org/NYC040808/Different_Kinds_of_Stars.html
http://www.kidsastronomy.com/stars.htm
http://instruct1.cit.cornell.edu/courses/astro101/java/simulations.htm
Formation of Stars
http://origins.stsci.edu/under/stars.shtml
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/stars/lifecycle/starbirth.shtml
http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/features/news/news.html (Black Hole Simulation)
Galaxies
http://sci2.esa.int/interactive/media/applets/3_1_1.htm (Explore the Milky Way Galaxy)
http://burro.astr.cwru.edu/JavaLab/GalCrashWeb/
http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/scienceopticsu/powersof10/ (Zoom From
Outside Our Galaxy to a Leaf)
Solar System
http://www.solarsystem.org.uk/planet10/ (Solar System Fly-Through)
http://csp1.lco.cl/~mhamuy/solar_system.html (Origin of Our Solar System)
http://jove.geol.niu.edu/faculty/stoddard/JAVA/ptolemy.html (Alternative Solar System
Models of Brahe, Copernicus, and Ptomely)
http://zebu.uoregon.edu/~js/ast221/lectures/lec06.html (Past Beliefs About Solar
System)
http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/academy/space/solarsystem/solarsystemjava.html (Solar
System Model)
http://www.exploratorium.edu/ronh/solar_system/
http://www.pathlights.com/ce_encyclopedia/03-ss2.htm (Theories About the Origin of
our Solar System)
Our Sun
http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/data/realtime/mpeg/ (Movie Clips About Sun)
http://www.solarviews.com/eng/starformation.htm (Formation of our Sun and other
Stars)
http://www.space.com/spacewatch/sun_cam_animated.html (Animation of Last 48
Hours)
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/sun/atmosphere/sun_rotate_anim_jan2005.html
&edu=elem (Sunspots)
Tycho Brahe
http://www.nada.kth.se/~fred/tycho/index.html
http://jove.geol.niu.edu/faculty/stoddard/JAVA/ptolemy.html (Alternative Solar System
Models of Brahe, Copernicus, and Ptomely)
Johannes Kepler
http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr161/lect/history/kepler.html
http://home.cvc.org/science/kepler.htm
http://kepler.nasa.gov/johannes/
http://www.sunsite.ubc.ca/LivingMathematics/V001N01/UBCExamples/Kepler/kepler.ht
ml
http://www.astro.utoronto.ca/~zhu/ast210/kepler.html
Galileo
http://library.thinkquest.org/C005358/galilei.htm
Isaac Newton
http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr161/lect/history/newton3laws.html
http://www.newton.cam.ac.uk/newtlife.html
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/glossary/Newton.shtml
http://www.edumedia.fr/m185_l2-newton-laws.html (Demo Simulations)
http://www.science-ebooks.com/phy/newtons_laws.htm (Simulations)
Atmospheres of Other Planets and Their Moons
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/earth/Atmosphere/overview.html (Earth’s
Atmosphere)
Inner Planets
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Garage/9531/mercury_transit.htm (Mercury
Going Around the Sun)
http://www.muller.lbl.gov/pages/innerplanets.html
Outer Planets
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/videos/cassini/cassini-20060504/
Moons of Jupiter
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/planets/jupiter/moons.shtml
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/newsdesk/archive/releases/2004/30/video/a (Video of
Jupiter Moons)
http://www.mira.org/fts0/planets/099/text/txt002x.htm
Moons of Saturn
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/videos/cassini/cassini-20060504/
Moons of Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto
Comets, Asteroids, Meteoroids, Meteors, and Meteorites
http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/solar_system_level1/meteoroids.html
http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplanets/nineplanets/meteorites.html
Lunar Exploration
Our Moon
http://www.seds.org/nineplanets/nineplanets/luna.html
http://www.bu.edu/core/cc105/lectures/L21Evolution_planetsmoon/moonformationmovie.html (Formation of Our Moon)
http://csp1.lco.cl/~mhamuy/images/Moon_formation_collision.mov (Moon Formation)
http://www.moon-phases.com/ (Moon Phases Quiz)
http://home.hiwaay.net/~krcool/Astro/moon/moonviewer/moonviewer_top.htm (Moon
Phase Viewer)
http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/vphase.html (Moon Phase Viewer)
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/earth/moons_and_rings.html&edu=mid
http://www.valdosta.edu/~cbarnbau/astro_demos/moon_phases/phases_gen.html (Moon
Phases)
http://www.valdosta.edu/~cbarnbau/astro_demos/moon_phases/phases1.html (Moon
Phases)
http://www.noao.edu/education/phases/phases_demo.html
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/moon/Tides.shtml
Solar and Lunar Eclipses
http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/eclipse.html
http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/UpcomingEclipses.html
http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr161/lect/time/eclipses.html
Earth’s Rotation
http://www.onr.navy.mil/focus/spacesciences/observingsky/sun2.htm
http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/PHYSICS_!/FOUCAULT_PENDULUM/foucault_pendul
um.html
http://image.gsfc.nasa.gov/poetry/ask/arot.html
http://pages.prodigy.com/suna/earth.htm
http://www.gcrio.org/doctorgc/index.php/drweblog/climate-and-earths-rotation/ (Climate
and Earth’s Rotation)
https://mail.abington.k12.pa.us/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.ncsu.edu/scivis/l
essons/earthinspace3d/earth2.html
http://www.onr.navy.mil/focus/spacesciences/observingsky/motion1.htm
Earth’s Revolution
http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/visualizations/es0408/es0408
page01.cfm?chapter_no=04 (Model of Revolution)
https://mail.abington.k12.pa.us/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.ncsu.edu/scivis/l
essons/earthinspace3d/earth2.html
Solar Time, Standard Time, Time Zones, and Daylight Savings Time
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html (Time Zone Converter)
http://www.time.gov/
http://webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/
NASA and their Current Missions. Proposed Missions.
http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/detail.cfm?mediaid=28546
http://www.nasa.gov/missions/highlights/index.html
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/
http://www.childrensmuseum.org/cosmicquest/spacestation/bad_submit2.html
Mars
http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/m2k4/frameset.html
http://www.seds.org/~spider/mars/mars-l.html (Mars Mission History and Future)
http://www.exploremarsnow.org/ (Explore Mars)
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/mars/mars_orbit.html (Orbit of Mars)
Space Exploration Tragedies and Why They Occurred
http://space.about.com/od/spaceexplorationhistory/a/spacedisasters.htm
Carl Sagan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Sagan
Albert Einstein
http://www.juliantrubin.com/quiz/einsteinquiz.html