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=Lesson Plans/Activities=
 
=Lesson Plans/Activities=
  
*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!
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:
http://nitarp.ipac.caltech.edu/otherpgms.shtml
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http://nitarp.ipac.caltech.edu/page/other_epo_programs
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=Online classes=
  
Several sites collected from [http://www.astrosociety.org/pubs/mercury/mercury.html the Summer 2008 Mercury magazine].
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(by no means a complete list, and no endorsement implied)
*[http://galaxyzoo.org/ Galaxy zoo] - classify galaxies
 
*[http://stardustathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/ Stardust@home] - search for interstellar dust particles in aerogel
 
*[http://clickworkers.arc.nasa.gov/top Clickworkers] - find and classify Martian craters
 
*[http://ares.nrl.navy.mil/sungrazer SOHO comets] - find Sun-grazing comets
 
*[http://oklo.org/ Systemic project] - identify and classify planets around other stars
 
*[http://image.gsfc.nasa.gov/poetry/inspire INSPIRE] - interactions between Sun and our atmosphere (you need equipment to do this)
 
*[http://radiojove.gsfc.nasa.gov/ RadioJove] - interactions between Sun and Jupiter
 
  
= Teacher resources =
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*[http://skynet.unc.edu/introastro/ Skynet University] - comes with telescope time.
*[[Guide to getting your own good media coverage]]
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*[http://www.planetary.org/multimedia/video/bettsclass/ Planetary Society]. Free.

Latest revision as of 02:56, 31 July 2020

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)