Links to Lesson Plans and other Educational Resources

What's Happening Today:

• Astronomy Picture of the Day
• Satellites Visible Today
• Current Solar Image
• Current Phase of the Moon
• Current Positions of the Planets
• Today's Space Weather
• Sky and Telescope's News Bulletin
• Sky and Telescope's "This Week's Sky at a Glance", including this week's planet roundup
• Stardate Online

The Solar System:

• NASA's Planet Photojournal. Wow.
• NASA's Solar System Simulator
• Solar System Live. Interactive Orrery.
• Your Weight on Other Worlds
• Galileo Home Page. Journey to Jupiter
• Welcome to the Planets
• Center for Mars Exploration (AMES)
• Mars Exploration Page (JPL)
• Jupiter-Comet Collision
• Mission to Planet Earth

Observatories:

• Steward Observatory
• The MMT
• Hubble Space Telescope
• Space Infrared Telescope Facility
• The Chandra X-ray Observatory
• Kitt Peak National Observatory
• Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory
• National Solar Observatory

Student and Amateur Astronomy Groups :

• S.E.D.S. homepage Excellent page by our own UA group, Students for the Exploration and Development of Space.
• Tucson Amateur Astronomy Association. Features talks by local astronomers and amateur telescope enthusiasts, and star parties.
• Astronomical Society of the Pacific Organization of amateur and professional astronomers, and science educators.

Popular Publications:

• Sky and Telescope
• Astronomy
• Mercury

Public Policy:

• Jonathan's Space Home Page
• International Dark Sky Association
• International Working Group on Light Pollution
• National Academy of Sciences Decadal Survey: Astronomy and Astrophysics in the New Millenium
• The American Astronomical Society Main organization of professional astronomers in North America. Includes public policy page, with advice on how to contact congress, information on astronomy in the federal budget, etc.

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