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ASTRONOMY LINKS

IMAGES

Astronomy Picture of the Day
Chandra X-ray Observatory Center
Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE)
ESA's Hubble Images
ESO-VLT Info and Images
Goddard Space Flight Center Photos
Hubble Images and News
Multiwavelength Milky Way
NASA/Caltech galaxy database
NASA/JPL Planetary Photojournal
NASA/JPL Solar System Simulator
NASA Space Science Movies
NASA-Solar Data Analysis Center
NASA-SOHO solar images
NEAR mission
NOAO astronomy images
NRAO astronomy images
The sky at many wavelengths
Sandia's Comet Impact Sites; 2; 3
SEDS images
STScI Movies
The Web Nebulae

 

EDUCATION/OUTREACH

Abrams Planetarium Calendar
Andrew Hamilton's tutorial on colours
Astronomy Courses; 2
Astronomy Java Applets
Astronomy Labs for the PC
Astroweb
Bad Astronomy
Joel Tohline's Online Astrodynamics Book
Peter Barthel's Outreach Page
Open Directory Project pages
Powers of Ten
Project CLEA
Radio Astronomy
Edwin Taylor's Relativity Site
Royal Greenwich Obs. Sheets
Sci Astro FAQ
SEDS
Sky & Telescope Resources 
SkyView
UCSD Astronomy Outreach
US Naval Obs. Astronomical Applications
UW's Intro Astr. Clearinghouse

 

ASTRONOMICAL INSTITUTES

Astronomical Society of the Pacific
California Institute of Technology
European Astronomical Society
European Southern Observatory
European Space Agency
Goddard Space Flight Center
Jet Propulsion Laboratory

NASA data on Solar System orbits
Space Telescope Science Institute; 2
Strasbourg StarWorlds

 

JOURNALS

American Institute of Physics
American Physical Society links
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Astronomical Journal
Astrophysical Journal
Astro-ph astrophysics preprints
The Physical Review 100 Years
Physics Today
Publications of the ASP
Reviews of Modern Physics

 

LIBRARIES/DATABASES

Astro-ph database
AstroWeb Database at NRAO
CERN High-Energy Physics Websites
Los Alamos e-print Archive
Names of Minor Planets
Virtual Physics Library

 

AMATEUR ASTRONOMY

Bill Arnett's multimedia tour of the Solar System
Keep the night sky dark!
Sky & Telescope

 

MAGAZINES

"Astronomy" Magazine
New Scientist

Physics Today
Scientific American
Scientific American Archive
Sky & Telescope

 

PROGRAMMING STUFF

N-body code display tools
National Center for Supercomputer Applications
NCSA imaging tools
Virtual Reality Repository

 

OTHER

American Astronomical Society Education Site
CSICOP on-line
Encryption and Pretty Good Privacy
Explanation of the Analemma
How Stuff Works
NASA/Goddard high school page
NASA's "Imagine the Universe"
Naval Research Laboratory
OzTeX TeX-typesetting software
PGP FAQs
Shodor Education Foundation interactive simulations
TeX-to-HTML Freeware
Virtual Chemistry Laboratory

 

More Astronomy Links

Amazing Space (NASA)
Berkeley Cosmology Group
CERES Project (NASA)
Cosmic and Heliospheric Learning Center (NASA)
Earth and Space Science Investigations (NASA)
Earth from Space (NASA)
EarthKAM (NASA)
EdSpace (NASA)
The Exploration of the Earth's Magnetosphere (NASA)
Explorers Club (Environmental Protection Agency)
For Kids Only: Earth Science Enterprise (NASA)
From A Distance (NASA)
From Stargazers to Starships (NASA)
Hands-On Universe (National Science Foundation)
Human Spaceflight (NASA) 
Infrared Astronomy (NASA) 
The International Space Station: A Unique Resource for Learning (NASA) 
Learning Technologies Project (NASA) 
The Mars Millennium Project (multiple agencies)
Mars Polar Lander (NASA) 
Mars Surveyor 98 Home Page (NASA) 
Multiwavelength Astronomy (NASA)
NASA Connect (NASA) 
NASA Earth Observatory (NASA) 
NASA's Education Program (NASA) 
NASAexplores (NASA) 
The NASA SCIence Files™ (NASA) 
NASA Oceanography (NASA) 
NIMA's SRTM Kids Page (multiple agencies)
Observatorium (NASA) 
Oceanography from the Space Shuttle (NASA) 
Planet Quest (NASA) 
Quest Project—Internet in the Classroom (NASA) 
Science@NASA (NASA) 
SeaWiFS Project (Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor) (NASA) 
Space Explorers (NASA) 
The Space Place (NASA) 
Spacelink (NASA) 
Sunspots (NASA) 
Windows to the Universe (NASA)

 

PHYSICS LINKS

Physics Resources

ABC's of Nuclear Science (DOE)
The Alexander Graham Bell Family Papers, 1862-1939—American Memory (Library of Congress)
Ask a Scientist (DOE)
Aviation Education (FAA, Department of Transportation)
Bayer/NSF Award for Community Innovation (NSF)
Benjamin Franklin, Twin Cities Public Television and Middlemarch Films (supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities)
Beyond Discovery (National Academy of Sciences)
Central Operations of Resources for Educators (CORE) (NASA)
CERES Project (NASA)
CESAME's IMPACT Project (NSF)
Classroom of the Future (NASA)
Decades of Discovery (DOE)
Division of Educational Programs at the Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) (DOE)
Earth and Space Science Investigations (NASA)
Earth from Space (NASA)
The Earth Science Educator (Programs) and Links (NASA)
EdiFun: Thomas Edison and His Inventions (National Park Service, Edison National Historic Site)
Educational Programs at the Berkeley Lab (DOE)
Eisenhower National Clearinghouse's Digital Dozen (Department of Education)
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Network (EREN) (DOE)
Energy Transfer (DOE)
Evolution and the Nature of Science Institutes (NSF)
Exemplary Math/Science Projects (North Central Eisenhower Math and Science Consortium)
Fermilab Education Office (DOE, NSF, Department of Education)
Fermilab LInC Homepage and Education Homepage (DOE)
Find Out Why (NSF)
FoilSim: Basic Aerodynamics Software (Lewis Research Center, NASA)
Fusion: Physics of a Fundamental Energy Source (DOE)
Global Science and Technology Week (Office of Science and Technology Policy)
Inquiring Minds (DOE)
Interactive Plasma Physics Education Experience (DOE)
Internet Learning Network (DOE)
The Joseph Henry Papers Project (Smithsonian Institution)
Learning Through Collaborative Visualization Project (CoVis) (NSF)
LeRC K-12 Wind Tunnel Homepage (NASA)
Lewis Research Center's Learning Technologies K-12 Program: Educational Bookmarks (NASA)
Los Alamos National Laboratory education, resources, and programs (DOE)
Master is Secondary Science Education (Modeling Courses) at UW-Oshkosh
MicroWorlds (DOE)
Mirror Molecules (Smithsonian National Museum of American History)
MIT Bates Virtual Tour (DOE)
The National Science Center (Department of the Army)
NIST Time and Frequency Information (NIST, Commerce Department)
NSF: Directorate for Education and Human Resources, and Students and Educators (NSF)
The Official U.S. Time (NIST and U.S. Naval Observatory)
One Sky, Many Voices (NSF)
Papers of Albert Einstein, Boston University; Thomas Edison, Rutgers University (supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities)
The Particle Adventure (DOE)
PathFinder Science [Formerly Kansas Collaborative Research Network, KanCRN (supported by the Department of Education)]
QuarkNet (DOE and NSF)
Samuel F. B. Morse Papers at the Library of Congress, 1793-1919—American Memory (Library of Congress)
Schools Online (University of Illinois Extension, Department of Agriculture)
Science Education Gateway (Univ. of Berkeley) 
Science Gateway (Cornell University)
A Science Odyssey (NSF)
Science@NASA (NASA)
Science Education at Jefferson Lab (DOE)
Searching for the Building Blocks of Matter (DOE, NSF, Department of Education)
Smithsonian Education (Smithsonian Institution)
The Space Place (NASA)
Spacelink (NASA)
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center Education Information (DOE)
Teaching Earth Science (NASA)
Thank you, Mr. Edison: Electricity, Innovation, and Social Change—Lesson, Learning Page (Library of Congress)
Thomas Alva Edison (Smithsonian National Museum of American History)
TOPEX/Poseidon: Educational Resources (NASA)
Turning Water into Energy (DOE)
The Whole Frog Project (DOE)
The Why Files (NSF)
Windows to the Universe (NASA)
World Wise Schools (Peace Corps)

 

Other Resources (mostly environmental stuff)

Ask Dr. Global Change (Global Change Research Information Office)
The Bridge (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
Calling all Students: Facts About Toxic Substances and the Environment (Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Careers In Oceanography (Office of Naval Research, Department of the Navy)
Earth Resources Observation System (EROS) Data Center (U.S. Geological Survey)
Energy and Recycling (Energy Information Administration)
Energy Country Analysis Briefs (Energy Information Administration, DOE)
Environmental Education (Bureau of Land Management, Department of Interior)
Environmental Education at Acadia National Park (National Park Service, Acadia National Park)
EPA Environmental Education Center (EPA)
EPA Global Warming (EPA)
EPA Student Center (EPA)
For Kids Only: Earth Science Enterprise (NASA)
GLOBE—Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce)
Hands-On: Active Learning Modules on the Human Dimensions of Global Change (NSF)
This Dynamic Earth: The Story of Plate Tectonics (U.S. Geological Survey)
The New Millenium Observatory (NeMO) (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
NOAA Education Resources (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
Ocean Planet (Smithsonian Institution)
The Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change (EPA and NASA)
Project Oceanography (Office of Naval Research/National Ocean Partnership Program)
Pulse of the Planet, associated website from the radio broadcast (supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the NSF)
SAGE III Educational Outreach Program (NASA)

 

REPORTS

Two-year Schools: Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats 
Bringing Community College Faculty to the Table to Improve Science Education for All

 

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