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Earth-Moon System
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Scale model activity of Earth and moon
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http://www.learner.org/teacherslab/pup/act_earthmoonintro.html
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A good "W" activity to begin discussing scale of Earth and moon
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Moon journal activity
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http://www.learner.org/teacherslab/pup/act_moonjrnl.html
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A good way to start any unit on the motion of the moon.
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Activity on Moon rotation
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http://www.badastronomy.com/bad/misc/moon_spin.html
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A nice way to address the misconception that the moon does not rotate.
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MC quiz on moon phases
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http://www.moon-phases.com
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A traditional "E" activity to test for moon phases. Use to monitor progress perhaps.
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Misconception-based 3D model of moon phases
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http://www.learner.org/teacherslab/pup/act_moonphase.html
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An interactive activity to demo moon phases.
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Webquest for phases and lunar rising and setting times
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http://coe.west.asu.edu/students/phanover/moon_webquest_home.htm#task
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An interesting Webquest that offers some different perspectives on phases.
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Current lunar phase
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http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/vphase.html
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Gives the lunar phase for any date from 1800 to 2199 AD. Use for checking student predictions of phase on any given day.
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Moon Phase Resources
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http://qanda.encyclopedia.com/question/phases-moon-141414.html
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Links to a variety of useful resources and illustrations.
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Earth and Moon Viewer
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http://www.fourmilab.ch/earthview/vplanet.html
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This allows you to view images of the Earth from a number of perspectives (including from the moon and from the sun) and to view the moon from Earth or from the Sun.
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Space Weather
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http://www.spaceweather.com/
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This magnificent site actually has much more than space weather. Lots of information about the sun, sunspots, solar wind, coronal mass ejections, and more!
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General
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Hayden Planetarium Astrophysics Visual Archive
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http://www.haydenplanetarium.org/hp/vo/ava/index.html
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Stunning animations of events ranging from stellar collisions and supernovae explosions to the formation of the solar system and Earth's plasma field. Also shows phases of the moon and solar eclipses.
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Windows to the Universe
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http://www.windows.ucar.edu/
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This collection of diverse resources from UCAR (The University Consortioum for Atmospheric Research) includes images, multimedia, background information, games, and much more about Earth, the solar system, and the universe.
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Stardate
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http://stardate.org/
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This web site from the McDonald Observatory at the University of Texas, is filled with information, images, and resources for teachers and students.
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Magnetosphere
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NASA photo of Magnetosphere and Plasma
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http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/gsfc/spacesci/sunearth/imagesciencepix.htm
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New (8/02) from IMAGE satellite
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Near Earth Objects
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Animation of Near Earth Object
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http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/db?name=2001+YB5
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This animation shows the orbits of the planets and one near Earth object--2001 YB5
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Space Exploration
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Teaching with Literature
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Astronomy & Physics Through Science Fiction
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http://www.astrosociety.org/education/resources/scifi.html
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An annotated list of science fiction stories that contain reasonably accurate information about astronomy and physics. Compiled by the Astronomical Society of the Pacific.
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The Solar System
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NASA Solar System Exploration
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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov
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A NASA portal to missions exploring the solar system and to information about the solar system.
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The Astronomy Workshop
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http://janus.astro.umd.edu
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A variety of solar system viewers and calculators created by astronomer Douglas Hamilton of the U. of Maryland, College Park, and his students. Includes a fasciinating "satellite viewer" animation that shows the moons orbiting around any planet.
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The Sun
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Cosmicopia
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http://helios.gsfc.nasa.gov/.index.html
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NASA web site chock full of information about the sun, cosmic rays, and space weather.
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Traditions of the Sun
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http://www.traditionsofthesun.org/
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Sponsored by NASA. this site contains a wealth of information about the ancient mesoamerican civilizations that built a culture around the sun.
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The Universe
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Creating the Hubble Space Telescope Images
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http://chronicle.uchicago.edu/050303/hubble.shtml
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Elisabeth Kessler describes how astronomers make aesthetic choices in how they process the data from the Hubble telescope to create majestic images meant to persuade and impress.
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