Astronomy Educational Resources

Universities & Colleges

Resources for Educators

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Universities & Colleges

Hawaii Space Flight Laboratory; University of Hawaii, Manoa
The HSFL is a multidisciplinary research and education center bringing together researchers from diverse areas to work on the exploration and understanding of the space environment.

University of California, Irvine Astronomy & Physics
Physics & Astronomy Department at the University of California Irvine (UCI)

University of Hawaii Astronomy
Institute for Astronomy at the University of Hawaii

University of Colorado, Boulder
Astrophysical and planetary sciences at the University of Colorado, Boulder

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Resources for Educators & Students

American Association of Physics Teachers
Established in 1930 with the fundamental goal of ensuring the "dissemination of knowledge of physics, particularly by way of teaching."

Cool Cosmos
Involving students in science with multi-disciplinary educational materials produced with the goal of engaging the young minds of future generations of scientists.

Demos and Animations for Teaching Astronomy (DATA)
Collection of Java applets and Flash animations for teaching Astronomy

Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics: Science Education Department (SED)
The Science Education Department (SED) of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics develops curricula and materials that reflect current scientific and educational philosophy.

NASA Office of Education
NASA supports the country’s educators who play a key role in preparing the minds that will manage and lead the Nation’s laboratories and research centers of tomorrow. To prepare the Agencies future workforce and leverage the Agency’s unique resources, it partners with other Agencies, and collaborates with the Education community.

Stellarium
Stellarium is a free open source planetarium for your computer. It shows a realistic sky in 3D, just like what you see with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope.

Web Sites for College Astronomy Instructors
Portal provided by the Astronomical Society of the Pacific

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