Education Links

• NASA home page -- launch site to myriad sites (use Search) including Space Missions.
• STScI home page, including Hubble Heritage project & Public Info (PRs, news, pix, animations).
• SEDS -- Space and Astronomy links, including many celestial pictures with captions.
• AAO -- many color photos by David Malin -- gorgeous!
• NASA's Observatorium -- Space Science and some astronomy (Sun, stars, stellar evolution/death).
• Greg Bothun's (aka Dr. Darkmatter) Electronic Universe.
• NASA/GSFC educational video archive.
• Interactive periodic table.
• NAAP astronomy simulations.
• Physics and Astronomy JAVA applets galore... and links to more JAVA applets.
• AAS Education resources (including a searchable listing of contributions).
• Physics web demos and info from U. Colorado, and more physics simulations.
• Space Mission Chronology and details from NASA/NSSDC.
• NASA's greatest achievements -- a chronology (thanks to Janice of the Valley Book Club!)

2) Here is a vast compilation of links to images, movies, and simulations I use in my homework solutions a/o lectures (I try to include only the best in this list, so it is pre-culled according to my tastes ... iterating toward perfection).

3) Here is a listing of the activities I have developed for my Honors section of Astronomy 201 (Modern Astronomy):

• No. -- Title -- Goal: Learn how ... -- [Personal Note]
• 1 -- Measuring Angles -- ... to estimate angles, use angular units. -- [O]
• 2 -- Lunar Phases -- ... the phases of the moon are created. -- [D]
• 3 -- Angles and Diameters -- ... distance and angular size yield physical size. -- [O]
• 4 -- Gas Pressure and the Sun -- ... temperature and pressure are related in a gas. -- [O]
• 5 -- Potential and Kinetic Energy -- ... gravitational potential is converted to motion. -- [O]
• 6 -- Parallax and Stellar Distance -- ... we use parallax shifts to measure distances. -- [A]
• 7 -- Colors of Light and Filters -- ... light is composed of different colors, to use filters. -- [O]
• 8 -- Observing Spectra -- ... we determine chemical compositions from spectra. -- [D]
• 9 -- Temperature and Wein's Law -- ... we measure a star's temperature from its color. -- [Z]
• 10 -- Stellar Spectral Classification -- ... we determine a star's temp. from its spectrum. -- [Z]
• 11 -- Kepler's 1st and 2nd Laws -- ... objects orbit a planet or star. -- [O]
• 12 -- Stellar Masses -- ... we determine a star's mass from observed orbit. -- [O]
• 13 -- Eclipsing Binary Light Curves -- ... we derive stellar info from eclipsing stars. -- [O]
• 14 -- Stellar Classification -- ... stars are classified by position in H-R Diagram. -- [Z]
• 15 -- Distances to Star Clusters -- ... to get distance to cluster by main sequence fitting. -- [O]
• 16 -- Ages of Stars Clusters -- ... to get age of cluster from main sequence turnoff. -- [O]
• 17 -- The Milky Way Center -- ... Shapley determined distance to center from clusters. -- [Z]
• 18 -- Galactic Rotation -- ... rotation of gas about galaxy gives galaxy mass. -- [A]
• 19 -- Cepheid Variables -- ... we use pulsating variables to measure the cosmos. -- [O]
• 20 -- Hubble's Law -- ... recession velocity and distance are related. -- [D]
• 21 -- Cosmic Expansion -- ... galaxy redshifts mean the universe is expanding. -- [O]
• 22 -- The Microwave Background -- ... cosmic 3K background is evidence of Big Bang. -- [A]
• 23 -- Space Travel -- ... difficult interstellar travel is by designing a mission. -- [O]
• 24 -- The Solar Thermostat -- ... the Sun regulates its temperature via feedback. -- [O]
• 25 -- The Mass of Jupiter -- ... moon orbits give mass of planet via Kepler's 3rd. -- [Z]
• 26 -- The Exploding Star Zoo -- ... to classify explosions from degenerate stars. -- [O]
• 27 -- Telescopes -- ... telescope mirrors create an image. -- [O]

4) Gloria Doller's Moon Hoax Page -- was it real or was it a fantasy?

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