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=Lesson Plans/Activities=
 
=Lesson Plans/Activities=
  
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*Classroom activity packet from David W. McDonald, Joy-Lyn McDonald and Micah McDonald: "Making pretty pictures: How Astronomers make images" : [[media:mcdonald_images_4.0.pdf | download pdf here]] (version 4.0)
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See our main page here: http://nitarp.ipac.caltech.edu/resource_category/4-For-the-classroom
  
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Please feel free to add in your contributions by emailing Luisa or posting elsewhere on the wiki!
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Please feel free to add in your contributions here or elsewhere on the wiki!
 
  
 
=Other websites/programs set up to let you do research=
 
=Other websites/programs set up to let you do research=
  
 
our list of programs using real data, sorted by wavelength, is here:
 
our list of programs using real data, sorted by wavelength, is here:
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http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/cosmic_classroom/teacher_research/otherpgms.shtml
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http://nitarp.ipac.caltech.edu/page/other_epo_programs
  
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Collected from [http://www.astrosociety.org/pubs/mercury/mercury.html the Summer 2008 Mercury magazine].
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=Online classes=
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*[http://galaxyzoo.org/ Galaxy zoo] - classify galaxies
 
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*[http://stardustathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/ Stardust@home] - search for interstellar dust particles in aerogel
 
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*[http://clickworkers.arc.nasa.gov/top Clickworkers] - find and classify Martian craters
 
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*[http://ares.nrl.navy.mil/sungrazer SOHO comets] - find Sun-grazing comets
 
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*[http://oklo.org/ Systemic project] - identify and classify planets around other stars
 
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*[http://image.gsfc.nasa.gov/poetry/inspire INSPIRE] - interactions between Sun and our atmosphere (you need equipment to do this)
 
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*[http://radiojove.gsfc.nasa.gov/ RadioJove] - interactions between Sun and Jupiter
 
  
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(by no means a complete list, and no endorsement implied)
  
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= Teacher resources =
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*[http://skynet.unc.edu/introastro/ Skynet University] - comes with telescope time.
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*[[Guide to getting your own good media coverage]]
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*[http://www.skyandtelescope.tv/videoscategory/online-classes/ Classes from Sky and Telescope], though it seems like you may need to pay.
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*[http://www.planetary.org/multimedia/video/bettsclass/ Planetary Society]. Free.

Revision as of 16:49, 31 May 2013

Lesson Plans/Activities

See our main page here: http://nitarp.ipac.caltech.edu/resource_category/4-For-the-classroom

Please feel free to add in your contributions by emailing Luisa or posting elsewhere on the wiki!

Other websites/programs set up to let you do research

our list of programs using real data, sorted by wavelength, is here: http://nitarp.ipac.caltech.edu/page/other_epo_programs

Online classes

(by no means a complete list, and no endorsement implied)

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