Astronomy Education Links

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Online Astronomy Courses

• OBU Planetarium's Basic Celestial Phenomena
• Reggie Hudson's online astronomy course index.
• Jack Troeger's astronomy tutorials.
• Nick Strobel, Bakersfield College, lecture notes.
• John Wallin describes his web-based astronomy course at George Mason University in the November 1997 Sky and Telescope. Web-based modules have replaced the mega-student lecture-hall type course he used to offer. Students work through the modules on their own time in computer labs or from home via any Internet Service Provider. The modules include immediate feedback mechanisms for instruction and student assessment, and are worked through independently instead of lectures.
• Brown University, Beginning Astronomy
• University of Oregon, Virtual Laboratory (including photometry, apparent brightness, blackbody radiation).
• Julie Rathbun, Cornell University, Astronomy 202

Other Astronomy Education Resources

• OBU Planetarium's Cosmology and Cultures project
• St. Gregory's University Division of Science
• This website has won an award as an astronomy education website with many lesson plans for elementary grades: http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/
• NASA Online Education resources
• The Astronomical Society of the Pacific
• Project Astro
• Lawrence Hall of Science, Berkeley
• Eric's Treasure Trove of Astronomy. Encyclopedia of astronomy formulas and derivations.
• International Association for Astronomical Studies. Educational activities.
• Using a Telescope.
• Sky and Telescope. Subscribe to this before you even think about getting a telescope!
• StarDate Online Home Page
• Our Favorite Sites
  (These are astronomy education links too!)
• Return to the Links Index page for links to NASA, JPL, deep sky objects and solar system sites.