
Here are some of our favorite web sites.
For printed materials, there are links on the web page devoted to
Adler Planetarium and Museum in Chicago
Advice from the AAS on careers in Astronomy
and, Un Nuevo Universo Para Explorar: Carreras en astronomia, in Spanish
Astronomical Society of the Pacific national astronomy projects and educational materials
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Becoming an Astronomer? frequently asked questions at the National Optical Astronomy Observatories
Astronomy Education Links an annotated directory of "best" sites
Amazing Space from the Space Telescope Science Institute
Astrobiology (not a NASA web site)
Binary Stars free Macintosh software from Dr. Claud Lacy
CERES Project is an on-line library of K-12 astronomy resources compiled at Montana State University.
Challenger Center
Cosmology a summary from the National Academy of Sciences about the origin of the universe
Distance Learning Courses for Science Teachers often includes one or more astronomy courses
International Small Telescope Cooperative
Hands-On Astrophysics from the American Association of Variable Star Observers
Hands-On Universe Project
How to Make a Comet from the Why Files of the National Institute for Science Education
International Planetarium Society
Life in the Universe Project Classroom kits (books, posters, videos) for grades 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, 8-9 from the SETI Institute
MicroObservatory from Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
NASA Educational Resource List
NASA for kids
National Institute for Science Education
National Science Teachers Association
Project CLEA Contemporary Laboratory Exercises in Astronomy
Science Gateway from UC - Berkeley, or use their K-12 resource list
Science Education Reform for All
Scholarly Astronomical Societies, websites from around the world
Scholarly Education Societies, websites from around the world
Space Place from NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab
StarDate On-Line
Third International Mathematics and Science Study links TIMSS results and papers
Universo in Spanish
Voyage to a Black Hole from Universe! Forum at Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Working Group on Astronomy Education of the AAS
4000 years of Women in Science
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This document last updated: 13 November 2001