www.ALRICH.org/ForEducators.html
< Dozens of GALAXIES in a tiny pin-point size piece of the
sky...picture by the Hubble Space Telescope.
This is really awesome if you think about it... every tiny
spec of sky is full of
GALAXIES, and EACH ONE contains an almost countless number of stars.
For more amazing stuff like this, click the link...
Teachers ! Educators !
Below is my favorite collection of internet resources for you and your
students, pertaining to science and space. And...you can START at these links
and quickly and easily get to just about anything on the internet
you could ask
for, pertaining to space science and everything remotely related.
APOLOGIES ! This page is currently undergoing revisions.
(Well, I suppose it always will be.) From time to time, it may be more incomplete and disorganized than usual. Sorry.
General SPACE SCIENCE and SPACE SCIENCE EDUCATION
NASA Education Program
(our main education site)
http://education.nasa.gov
NASA SPACE PLACE
(GREAT site for teachers AND students! Check this out !)
http://spaceplace.jpl.nasa.gov/index.shtml
NASA NEW MILLENIUM PROGRAM
(includes an excellent student education section)
http://nmp.jpl.nasa.gov
NASA - JPL TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION
(not just space stuff - our technology education site for students and teachers from JPL-California Institute of Technology)
http://technology.jpl.nasa.gov/education/education_index.html
UNIVERSITY SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION
(for university students)
http://www.usra.edu
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
(big site... lots of stuff for educators)
http://www.nsf.gov
ASTRONOMY
The PLANETARY SOCIETY
http://www.planetary.org
The MINOR PLANET OBSERVER
(if you're interested in asteroids and such)
http://www.minorplanetobserver.com
KYE EWING'S SITE
http://www.kyes-world.com
ASTROBIOLOGY
NASA ASTROBIOLOGY SITE
http://astrobiology.arc.nasa.gov/
PENN STATE ASTROBIOLOGY
(free astrobiology guide pdf download for high school teachers, workshops, etc.)
http://www.ems.psu.edu/info/astro/Astro.html
GENERAL SCIENCE
How Stuff Works
(the name says it all)
http://www.howstuffworks.com/index.html
Powers of Ten
(very cool)
http://micromagnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/scienceopticsu/powersof10/index.html
MODEL ROCKETS, AMATEUR ROCKETRY, AND THE HIGH-POWERED ROCKET "HOBBY":
What better projects for physics students?
http://www.alrich.org/AmateurRockets.html
My SPACE SCIENCE links page
http://www.alrich.org/SpaceLinks.html
VERY COOL THING to download for your computer. A neat little window that
converts just about any number from any unit of measurement to another.
Example: Convert silly English gallons, inches, and pounds nonsense to
normal, sensible METRIC numbers. Only 538KB. I guarantee you'll like it... ALOT !!
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD (But not now. I don't have this working yet.)