LINKS FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION AND OUTREACH IN ASTRONOMY
ALGEMENE WEBSITES OVER STERRENKUNDE
Publieks website van Nederlandse Onderzoekschool Voor Astronomie (NOVA)
Website van Jeugd Werkgroep Sterrenkunde
KLEUTERSCHOOL
BASISSCHOOL / PRIMAIR ONDERWIJS
MIDDELBARE SCHOOL / VOORTGEZET ONDERWIJS
Virtual Observatory
Software and exercises
Solar system
Solarscope
ESO/EAAE
Information sheets
National Solar Observatory Outreach
Black holes/ Zwarte gaten
Dossier over zwarte gaten
Wikipedia artikel zwarte gaten
een korte eenvoudige beschrijving van zwarte gaten
In de Encyclopedie op deze website staat korte informatie over zwarte gaten
Licht/Electromagnetische spectrum, Light/Electromagnetic spectrum
Black body radiators: interactive module
Wikipedia artikel over zwart lichaam stralers
Wikipedia article about Black body radiators
The Universe in Sound
Big Bang Acoustics
Solar Sounds
Spectroscopy/Spectroscopie
Spectroscopy overview (by Australia Telescope Outreach and Education)
Zip file with several stellar spectra in pdf format (Note: horizontal axis is wavelength in Angstroms)
High resolution solar spectrum
Zodiac
Books
Comic books
Japanese cartoon exists about Galilei
Geschichten
POSTERS IMAGES
Logarithmic Map of the Universe
VIDEO/MOVIES/PODCASTS/VODCASTS
European science broadcasts
ST-ECF vodcasts
TBD: Chandra vodcasts
TeacherTube
LearnOutLoud
Movie in making by Cuillandre (CFHT)
REMOTE OBSERVING
National School's
Observatory (UK)
Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network, see also this website with the first Dutch program using the telescopes in January 2008
RETRO project from Centro di Astrobiologia Spain
Masi virtual telescope project
CSU Remote telescopes (Australia)
OBSERVING MATERIALS
Japanese telescope kit
HISTORICAL MATERIALS
Crawford collection of astronomical manuscripts
Learning history of physics
SCIENCE CENTERS
Herstmonceux Science Centre
(UK)
Naples Science
Centre (Italy)
EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES
Science on
Stage (European)
Hands-on Universe, Europe
The sky as a present
(Croatia)
Abenteuer Astronomie
(Germany)
Wissenschaft Schulen
Globe: school education on research Earth/environment
Internation Dark Sky association
Teacher Resource
Agent (USA)
CLEA
(USA)
Project Moderne Natuurkunde
(The Netherlands)
CLEA (France)
UNAWE
The Astronomy Center
Introductory Astronomy Clearinghouse Labs
EDUCATIONAL JOURNALS
Astronomy Education Review
ORGANIZATIONS
General
IAU Commission 46
Center of Astronomy Education
UNESCO Natural Sciences
DIDACTICAL
CAPER Team (USA)
DIDAKTIK
JENA (Germany)
Caspian Learning (using simulations/games)
PERSONAL HOMEPAGES
http://www.abenteuer-astronomie.de
ON-LINE SKY VIEWING
Digital Universe Hayden Planetarium
STScI+Google gSky
World Wide Telescope (Microsoft)
Scaling the Universe (Uniview)
VARIA
Cafe Scientifique
ASTRONOMY AND NATURE
Dark Sky Scotland
ASTRONOMY AND LITERATURE
Bertolt Brecht, Leben des Galilei
Pieter Nieuwland: dichter+sterrenkundige
ASTRONOMY AND MUSIC
Holst, Die Planeten
Estacio, Solaris
DISCUSSION FORUMS
http://dataineducation.blogspot.com
Alan Boyle cosmic log
MISCELLANEOUS RESOURCES
http://sos.lgl.lu/
http://www.amtsgym-sdbg.dk/as/
Science education studies: PISA, TIMMS
Science Alive project Portugal
Sweden Solar System
Nacht van de Nacht project
DATES ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS
2005
04Jul Deep Impact:
spacecraft collides with Comet Tempel 1
03Oct Annular
solar eclipse
20Oct Orionid meteor shower
19Oct occultation Regulus by asteroid (Rodophe?)
2006
29Mar Total
solar eclipse Turkey
22Sep Annular
solar eclipse
2009
31Dec09 Lunar Eclipse
DATES PUBLIC EDUCATION AND OUTREACH
EVENTS IN ASTRONOMY
2004
18Sep Lange
Nacht der Sterne
2005
08Aug-13Aug EAAE
summerschool
19Nov-25Nov European Science Week
2006
00Jan Hands-on Universe,
Europe
14Aug-25Aug IAU General Assembly Prague
2009
00Jan09 World Astronomy Year
20Jul09: 40 years Apollo Moon landing
SKY STATUS
Today's phase of
the Moon
Last update: 07Jan09
