Teaching Links
- Science Education Activities
Here is a neat resource for education about radio astronomy. The "tour of orion" bit recently won an award. (katie)
- Java Applets for Teaching of AstroPhysics
this website always blows my mind because the applets are so advanced and hardcore, like grad level. (laura c)
- Cool Cosmos
A bunch of activities and information about infrared astronomy. There's also a really good group of pages on multiwavelength astronomy.
- Astronomy Education Review
A journal about astronomy education research.
- Dynamical Astronomy JavaLab
A variety of interactive Java applets with explanations. Topics include: galaxy interactions, getting the mass of Jupiter from its moons, rotation curve fitting, spacecraft orbits in the solar system, and analyzing galaxy clusters.
- Physics Applets (U of Oregon)
This set of tools explores various astrophysical concepts via an experimental or observational basis. Most of them are related to spectroscopy and photometry and involve real data sets.