Resources for Teachers and Students
Astronomy is a BIG topic. The following list of resources is presented to help both teachers and students - as well as the generally inquisitive public - learn more about it. These are all FREE resources, so feel free to explore them.
Some astronomy activities: http://cse.ssl.berkeley.edu/AtHomeAstronomy/
Orbit simulator: http://phet.colorado.edu/simulations/orbits/orbits.swf
Realitime images of the sun (in many different wavelengths) can be found here: http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/data/realtime-images.html
Cassini-Huygens mission: http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/home/index.cfm
New Horizons mission: http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/ and http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/newhorizons/main/index.html
Google Earth also includes a sky map: http://earth.google.com/
and just for fun:
If you have any others, by all means feel free to Contact me!
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