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RESOURCES & LINKS

TEACHING RESOURCES

We are in the process of developing teaching resources which will be available through our website for teachers to use with their students. These resources are designed to either be used as pre-teaching materials so students have some background knowledge of the concepts covered in the Star Dome presentation, or they can be used as follow up activities to reinforce concepts presented in the Dome.

We are also accumulating links (see below) to websites which may further develop your students' understanding and appreciation of the concepts covered in our Star Dome presentations.

Check out the following ASTRONOMY TEACHING TIPS that may facilitate your planning!

LESSON PLANS

A) Tour of the Solar System

Relative Planet Sizes
Relative Planet Positions

B) The Earth and the Sun

What causes day/night?
What causes the seasons?

C) The Earth and its Moon

PLANET FACTS

Sun Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune

MONTHLY STAR CHARTS

January February March April May June

July August September October November December

LINKS

Astronomy

How to get started:

skytonight.com/howto/basics

Sunspots today:

sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/sunspots/

Clear sky clock (Winnipeg):

cleardarksky.com/c/Winnipegkey.html

Solar system simulator :

space.jpl.nasa.gov/

Space news:
space.com
spaceflightnow.com/
skytonight.com/news/wires

Astronomy picture of the day:

antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html

Solar system fact sheets:

nineplanets.org/nineplanets.html#toc

Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (Winnipeg Centre):

winnipeg.rasc.ca

How to find satellites:

heavens-above.com/

Star Charts:

Telescope equipment reviews:

scopereviews.com/
cloudynights.com/

Free Astronomy Software

Planetarium: Stellarium:

stellarium.org/

3D space simulator: Celestia:

shatters.net/celestia/

Mythology

Encyclopedia Mythica:

THEOI PROJECT Guide to Greek Mythology:

Bulfinch's Mythology:

sacred-texts.com/cla/bulf/index.htm

Teaching Resources

Astronomy teaching tips:

cascaeducation.ca/files/teachers_tips.html

Collection of sites that have astronomy lesson plans:

ceismc.gatech.edu/busyt/astro_l.shtml

Hands-on activities:

spacegrant.hawaii.edu/class_acts/index.html

hea-www.harvard.edu/ECT/the_book/toc.html

utm.utoronto.ca/%7Eastro/grade6/node8.html

Planets - information and images:

cosmos.colorado.edu/~urquhart/tour_guide-to.html

Seasons:

schoolsobservatory.org.uk/astro/textb/phys/season3.htm

For Students

Exploratorium:

exploratorium.edu/observatory/index.html

Canadian Space Agency - Kidspace:

space.gc.ca/asc/eng/kidspace/kidspace.asp

Space Weather:

exploratorium.edu/spaceweather/index.htm

Solar system exploration:

solarsystem.nasa.gov/kids/index.cfm

Sun:

exploratorium.edu/solarmax/index.html

Sunspots:

exploratorium.edu/sunspots/index.html

Aurora:

exploratorium.edu/learning_studio/auroras/index.html

Solar Eclipse:

exploratorium.edu/eclipse/index.html

Height of Sun (monthly):

schoolsobservatory.org.uk/astro/textb/phys/seasdemo.htm

Planet images:

pds.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/

Mercury Transit:

exploratorium.edu/transit/index.html

Saturn:

exploratorium.edu/saturn/index.html

Transit of Venus:

exploratorium.edu/saturn/index.html

Mars:

exploratorium.edu/mars/index.html

Star Stories:

nmm.ac.uk/server/show/nav.00500300l008

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