INDEX
Astronomy Links
- Images
- Education/Outreach
- Astronomical Institutes
- Journals
- Libraries/Databases
- Amateur Astronomy
- Magazines
- Programming
- Other
Physics Links
ASTRONOMY LINKS
IMAGES
- Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Chandra X-ray Observatory Center
- Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE)
- ESA’s Hubble Images
- ESO-VLT Info and Images
- Goddard Space Flight Center Photos
- Hubble Images and News
- Multiwavelength Milky Way
- NASA/Caltech galaxy database
- NASA/JPL Planetary Photojournal
- NASA/JPL Solar System Simulator
- NASA Space Science Movies
- NASA-Solar Data Analysis Center
- NASA-SOHO solar images
- NEAR mission
- NOAO astronomy images
- NRAO astronomy images
- The sky at many wavelengths
- Sandia’s Comet Impact Sites; 2; 3
- SEDS images
- STScI Movies
- The Web Nebulae
EDUCATION/OUTREACH
- Abrams Planetarium Calendar
- Andrew Hamilton’s tutorial on colours
- Astronomy Courses; 2
- Astronomy Java Applets
- Astronomy Labs for the PC
- Astroweb
- Bad Astronomy
- Joel Tohline’s Online Astrodynamics Book
- Peter Barthel’s Outreach Page
- Open Directory Project pages
- Powers of Ten
- Project CLEA
- Radio Astronomy
- Edwin Taylor’s Relativity Site
- Royal Greenwich Obs. Sheets
- Sci Astro FAQ
- SEDS
- Sky & Telescope Resources
- SkyView
- UCSD Astronomy Outreach
- US Naval Obs. Astronomical Applications
- UW’s Intro Astr. Clearinghouse
ASTRONOMICAL INSTITUTES
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
JOURNALS
- American Institute of Physics
- American Physical Society links
- Astronomy & Astrophysics
- Astronomical Journal
- Astrophysical Journal
- Astro-ph astrophysics preprints
- The Physical Review 100 Years
- Physics Today
- Publications of the ASP
- Reviews of Modern Physics
LIBRARIES/DATABASES
- Astro-ph database
- AstroWeb Database at NRAO
- CERN High-Energy Physics Websites
- Los Alamos e-print Archive
- Names of Minor Planets
- Virtual Physics Library
AMATEUR ASTRONOMY
MAGAZINES
New Scientist
PROGRAMMING STUFF
- N-body code display tools
- National Center for Supercomputer Applications
- NCSA imaging tools
- Virtual Reality Repository
OTHER
- American Astronomical Society Education Site
- CSICOP on-line
- Encryption and Pretty Good Privacy
- Explanation of the Analemma
- How Stuff Works
- NASA/Goddard high school page
- NASA’s “Imagine the Universe”
- Naval Research Laboratory
- OzTeX TeX-typesetting software
- PGP FAQs
- Shodor Education Foundation interactive simulations
- TeX-to-HTML Freeware
- Virtual Chemistry Laboratory
- Amazing Space (NASA)
- Berkeley Cosmology Group
- CERES Project (NASA)
- Cosmic and Heliospheric Learning Center (NASA)
- Earth and Space Science Investigations (NASA)
- Earth from Space (NASA)
- EarthKAM (NASA)
- EdSpace (NASA)
- The Exploration of the Earth’s Magnetosphere(NASA)
- Explorers Club (Environmental Protection Agency)
- For Kids Only: Earth Science Enterprise (NASA)
- From A Distance (NASA)
- From Stargazers to Starships (NASA)
- Hands-On Universe (National Science Foundation)
- Human Spaceflight (NASA)
- Infrared Astronomy (NASA)
- The International Space Station: A Unique Resource for Learning (NASA)
- Learning Technologies Project (NASA)
- The Mars Millennium Project (multiple agencies)
- Mars Polar Lander (NASA)
- Mars Surveyor 98 Home Page (NASA)
- Multiwavelength Astronomy (NASA)
- NASA Connect (NASA)
- NASA Earth Observatory (NASA)
- NASA’s Education Program (NASA)
- NASAexplores (NASA)
- The NASA SCIence Files™ (NASA)
- NASA Oceanography (NASA)
- NIMA’s SRTM Kids Page (multiple agencies)
- Observatorium (NASA)
- Oceanography from the Space Shuttle (NASA)
- Planet Quest (NASA)
- Quest Project—Internet in the Classroom (NASA)
- Science@NASA (NASA)
- SeaWiFS Project (Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor) (NASA)
- Space Explorers (NASA)
- The Space Place (NASA)
- Spacelink (NASA)
- Sunspots (NASA)
- Windows to the Universe (NASA)
PHYSICS LINKS
Physics Resources
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- ABC’s of Nuclear Science (DOE)
- The Alexander Graham Bell Family Papers, 1862-1939—American Memory (Library of Congress)
- Ask a Scientist (DOE)
- Aviation Education (FAA, Department of Transportation)
- Bayer/NSF Award for Community Innovation (NSF)
- Benjamin Franklin, Twin Cities Public Television and Middlemarch Films (supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities)
- Beyond Discovery (National Academy of Sciences)
- Central Operations of Resources for Educators (CORE) (NASA)
- CERES Project (NASA)
- CESAME’s IMPACT Project (NSF)
- Classroom of the Future (NASA)
- Decades of Discovery (DOE)
- Division of Educational Programs at the Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) (DOE)
- Earth and Space Science Investigations (NASA)
- Earth from Space (NASA)
- The Earth Science Educator (Programs) and Links (NASA)
- EdiFun: Thomas Edison and His Inventions (National Park Service, Edison National Historic Site)
- Educational Programs at the Berkeley Lab (DOE)
- Eisenhower National Clearinghouse’s Digital Dozen (Department of Education)
- Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Network (EREN) (DOE)
- Energy Transfer (DOE)
- Evolution and the Nature of Science Institutes (NSF)
- Exemplary Math/Science Projects (North Central Eisenhower Math and Science Consortium)
- Fermilab Education Office (DOE, NSF, Department of Education)
- Fermilab LInC Homepage and Education Homepage (DOE)
- Find Out Why (NSF)
- FoilSim: Basic Aerodynamics Software (Lewis Research Center, NASA)
- Fusion: Physics of a Fundamental Energy Source (DOE)
- Global Science and Technology Week (Office of Science and Technology Policy)
- History of Measurements (MTI Instruments)
- Inquiring Minds (DOE)
- Interactive Plasma Physics Education Experience (DOE)
- Internet Learning Network (DOE)
- The Joseph Henry Papers Project (Smithsonian Institution)
- Learning Through Collaborative Visualization Project (CoVis) (NSF)
- LeRC K-12 Wind Tunnel Homepage (NASA)
- Lewis Research Center’s Learning Technologies K-12 Program: Educational Bookmarks (NASA)
Los Alamos National Laboratory education, resources, and programs (DOE)
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- Master is Secondary Science Education (Modeling Courses) at UW-Oshkosh
- MicroWorlds (DOE)
- Mirror Molecules (Smithsonian National Museum of American History)
- MIT Bates Virtual Tour (DOE)
- The National Science Center (Department of the Army)
- NIST Time and Frequency Information (NIST, Commerce Department)
NSF: Directorate for Education and Human Resources, and Students and Educators (NSF)
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- The Official U.S. Time (NIST and U.S. Naval Observatory)
- One Sky, Many Voices (NSF)
Papers of Albert Einstein, Boston University; Thomas Edison, Rutgers University (supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities)
- The Particle Adventure (DOE)
- PathFinder Science [Formerly Kansas Collaborative Research Network, KanCRN (supported by the Department of Education)]
- QuarkNet (DOE and NSF)
- Samuel F. B. Morse Papers at the Library of Congress, 1793-1919—American Memory (Library of Congress)
- Schools Online (University of Illinois Extension, Department of Agriculture)
- Science Education Gateway (Univ. of Berkeley)
- Science Gateway (Cornell University)
- A Science Odyssey (NSF)
- Science@NASA (NASA)
- Science Education at Jefferson Lab (DOE)
- Searching for the Building Blocks of Matter (DOE, NSF, Department of Education)
- Smithsonian Education (Smithsonian Institution)
- The Space Place (NASA)
- Spacelink (NASA)
- Stanford Linear Accelerator Center Education Information (DOE)
- Teaching Earth Science (NASA)
- Thank you, Mr. Edison: Electricity, Innovation, and Social Change—Lesson, Learning Page (Library of Congress)
- Thomas Alva Edison (Smithsonian National Museum of American History)
- TOPEX/Poseidon: Educational Resources (NASA)
- Turning Water into Energy (DOE)
- The Whole Frog Project (DOE)
- The Why Files (NSF)
- Windows to the Universe (NASA)
- World Wise Schools (Peace Corps)
Other Resources (mostly environmental stuff)
- Ask Dr. Global Change (Global Change Research Information Office)
- The Bridge (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
- Calling all Students: Facts About Toxic Substances and the Environment (Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Careers In Oceanography (Office of Naval Research, Department of the Navy)
- Earth Resources Observation System (EROS) Data Center (U.S. Geological Survey)
- Energy and Recycling (Energy Information Administration)
- Energy Country Analysis Briefs (Energy Information Administration, DOE)
- Environmental Education (Bureau of Land Management, Department of Interior)
- Environmental Education at Acadia National Park (National Park Service, Acadia National Park)
- EPA Environmental Education Center (EPA)
- EPA Global Warming (EPA)
- EPA Student Center (EPA)
- For Kids Only: Earth Science Enterprise (NASA)
- GLOBE—Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce)
- Hands-On: Active Learning Modules on the Human Dimensions of Global Change (NSF)
- This Dynamic Earth: The Story of Plate Tectonics (U.S. Geological Survey)
- The New Millenium Observatory (NeMO) (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
- NOAA Education Resources (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
- Ocean Planet (Smithsonian Institution)
- The Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change (EPA and NASA)
- Project Oceanography (Office of Naval Research/National Ocean Partnership Program)
- Pulse of the Planet, associated website from the radio broadcast (supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the NSF)
- SAGE III Educational Outreach Program (NASA)
- Solar Power – A Kid’s Guide (House Plans and More)