Great Links

Space learning centers and lessons

• Basics of Space Flight -- NASA JPL
  
• Earth and Sky -- radio (and RealAudio online) broadcasts
  
• The Exploration of the Earth's Magnetosphere -- NASA GSFC
  
• From Stargazers to Starships -- NASA GSFC
  
• Imagine the Universe! -- NASA GSFC
  
• Mt. Wilson Observatory --Mt. Wilson Institute
  
• The Nine Planets -- SEDS
  
• Observatorium -- NASA
  
• Oulu Space Physics Textbook -- Space Physics Group of Oulu, Finland
  
• The RXTE Learning Center -- NASA GSFC
  
• Science for the Millennium -- The National Center for Supercomputing Applications
  
• Solar Physics -- NASA MSFC
  
• StarChild -- NASA GSFC
  
• Web Space for Kids and Non-Scientists -- University of Michigan Solar and Heliospheric Research Group
  
• Welcome to the Planets -- NASA JPL
  
• Windows to the Universe -- NASA and University of Michigan
  
• Yohkoh Public Outreach Project
  

Specific science topics

• Auroras -- NASA GSFC
  Also:
  • Northern Lights -- NORDLYS
    
  • Sun-Earth Day 2003
    
• Black holes -- NASA GSFC
  
• Comets -- SEDS
  
• Cosmic Distance Scale -- NASA GSFC
  
• Cosmic rays -- NASA GSFC
  Also:
  • Cosmic rays -- NASA GSFC
    
  • Particle Physics in the UK -- PPARC
    
• Earth's moon -- R. Hamilton
  
• Eclipses -- NASA GSFC
  
• Electron volts -- NASA GSFC
  
• Energy spectrum -- NASA
  
• Interstellar medium -- University of New Hampshire
  
• Magnetic substorms -- NASA GSFC
  
• Magnetosphere -- NASA GSFC
  
• Meteoroids and meteorites -- R. Hamilton
  
• Nucleosynthesis -- NASA GSFC
  
• Planets and solar system -- SEDS
  Also:
  • Astronomy 161 -- University of Tennessee
    
  • Science Education -- Space Science Institute
    
  • Solar Sytem Live -- Fourmilab
    
  • Views of the Solar System -- C. Hamilton
    
  • Welcome to the Planets -- NASA JPL
    
  • Windows to the Universe - UCAR
    
• Plasma -- Space Science Institute
  
• Solar cells -- University of Rochester, NY
  
• Sunspots -- Exploratorium
  Also:
  • National Solar Observatory/Sacramento Peak
    

Space and physics glossaries

• Basics of Space Flight Glossary -- NASA JPL
  
• Glossary -- The National Center for Supercomputing Applications
  
• Glossary of Solar-Terrestrial Terms -- NOAA's Space Environment Center
  
• Glossary of Space Weather Terms -- Space Science Institute
  
• Solar Physics Glossary -- NASA GSFC Laboratory for Astronomy and Solar Physics
  
• Welcome to the Planets Glossary -- NASA JPL
  

Spacecraft and ballooncraft in cosmic and heliospheric studies

Spacecraft

• Apollo 11
  
• Apollo 12
  
• Apollo 17
  
• DS-1/PEPE
  
• IMAGE
  
• ISEE 3
  
• Luna 2
  
• GEODESIC (Geo-electrodynamics and Electro-Optical Detection of Electron and Supra-thermal Ion Currents)
  
• Luna 3
  
• Mariner 2
  
• NINA
  
• Pioneer 10
  
• Pioneer 11
  
• SNOE
  
• SOPHIE
  
• Spartan 201-05
  

Ballooncraft

• ALICE (A Large Isotope Composition Experiment)
  
• ATIC
  
• BESS
  
• CAPRICE
  
• CAPRICE 2
  
• GUMPHS (Goddard-University of Maryland Proton Helium Spectrometer)
  
• HEAT (High Energy Antimatter Telescope)
  
• HEGCS (High-Energy Gas Cerenkov Spectrometer)
  
• IMAX
  
• ISOMAX
  
• JACEE
  
• NIGHTGLOW
  
• SOFCAL
  
• TIGER
  

CURRENT

Spacecraft

• ACE
  - View the ACE brochure as a PDF file (5 MB)
• ACRIMSAT
  
• CHIPS
  
• Cluster
  
• Genesis
  
• Geotail
  
• GOES
  
• Hinode (Solar-B)
  
• IMP 8
  
• PAMELA
  
• Polar
  
• RHESSI
  
• SAMPEX
  
• SOHO
  
• SORCE
  
• STEREO
  
• TIMED
  
• TRACE
  
• Ulysses
  
• UARS
  
• Voyager
  
• Wind
  
• Yohkoh
  

Ballooncraft

• ANITA
  
• CREAM
  
• TRACER
  

FUTURE

Spacecraft

• GLAST
  
• OWL
  
• Solar Probe
  
• TWINS

Space history

• The Great Moon Hoax -- Science@NASA
  
• Some Dates in the Exploration of the Magnetosphere -- NASA GSFC
  
• NASA Timeline
  
• Timeline of the Universe -- NASA
  

Space-related organizations

• APL (Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory)
  
• Caltech (California Institute of Technology)
  
• ESA (European Space Agency)
  
• GSFC (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center)
  
• ISAS (Institute of Space and Astronautical Science - Japan)
  
• JPL (NASA Caltech Jet Propulsion Laboratory)
  
• LANL (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
  
• NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)
  
• NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
  
• NSF (National Science Foundation)
  

Great space pictures

From NASA

• Astronomy Picture of the Day -- NASA GSFC
  
• Solar Image Sites -- NOAA
  
• HubbleSite -- Space Telescope Science Institute
  
• Images from High Energy Astrophysics Missions -- NASA GSFC
• NASA Image Gallery
  
• NSSDC Photo Gallery -- NASA GSFC National Space Science Data Center
  
• SOHO Gallery -- NASA GSFC
  
• SOHO Pick of the Week -- SOHO Mission
  

From other sources

• NSO Kitt Peak -- National Solar Observatory
  
• Photographs from the Anglo-Australian Observatory
• The Web Nebulae -- SEDS
  

Teacher resource links

From ACE -- We'd love to hear your feedback on these.

• Education Briefs
  
  • Composition of Matter, Atomic Structure -- NASA GSFC Ambassador Program - Grades 9-12
    
  • Cosmology and Stellar Evolution -- NASA GSFC Ambassador Program - Grades 9-12
    
  • Space Weather -- NASA GSFC Ambassador Program - Grades 9-12
    

• Classroom investigations and activities
  
  • ACE Paper Model -- ACE/University of New Hampshire - All ages
    
  • ACE RTSW Data and Traditional Physics Problems -- NASA GSFC Ambassador Program - Grades 9-12
    
  • Concentrate! - Windows to the Universe
    
  • Interpreting Realtime ACE Data From Space -- NASA GSFC Ambassador Program - Grades 9-12
    
  • Lessons and Classroom Activities - elementary through post secondary levels -- LANL
    
  • Solar Word Search - Windows to the Universe
    
  • Space Weather and You! Introduction 1 -- NASA GSFC Ambassador Program - Grades 5-8, or grades 9-12 as an introductory activity
    
  • Space Weather and You! Introduction 2 -- NASA GSFC Ambassador Program - Grades 9-12
    
  • Space Weather and You -- NASA GSFC Ambassador Program - Grades 9-12
    
  • The Sun or the Supernova? -- NASA GSFC Ambassador Program - Grades 9-12
    

From NASA

• Grades 7 - 9: What is Solar Activity? -- NASA GSFC IMAGE/POETRY Teacher and Student Consortium
  
• Grades 9-11: The Pressure of a Solar Storm -- Spacemath@NASA
  
• Grades 11 - 12: Sun-Centered Physics -- NASA GSFC
  
• Everyday Classroom Tools - The Threads of Inquiry - Harvard University
  
• Educator Resource Center Network -- NASA
  
• Imagine the Universe! The Teachers' Corner -- NASA GSFC
  
• Live From the Sun -- Passport to Knowledge program
  
• NASA CORE -- Central Operation of Resources for Educators
  
• NASA Education Programs -- NASA
  
• Science Fair Projects -- Astronomy Cafe
  
• Science Question of the Week -- NASA GSFC
  
• Earth and Space Science -- Athena
  

From other sources

• AstroCapella: A Musical Exploration of the Universe
  
• The Library in the Sky -- Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory
  
• The Math Forum -- Drexel University
  
• The Montillation of Traxoline (this one makes you think about how you evaluate your lessons) -- Montana State University
  
• Office for Mathematics, Science and Technology Education -- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champagne
  
• Practical Uses of Math and Science - The online journal of math and science examples for pre-college education from NASA JPL
  
• Science Gems -- F. Potter
  
• Science Fiction Stories with Good Astronomy & Physics -- Astronomical Society of the Pacific
  

Miscellaneous links

• Office of Higher Education -- NASA GSFC
  
• Data sonification -- University of New Hampshire
  
• Usenet Physics FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) -- various authors
  
• Conversion of Units - Institute of Chemistry, Berlin
  
• Energy converter - HEASARC at NASA GSFC
  
• Online metric converter -- Science Made Simple
  
• NASA Space Physics Data System -- Cosmic and Heliospheric Pages and Services
  
• NASA Spinoffs
  
• Periodic Table of the Elements -- LANL
  
• Periodic Table of Comic Books -- University of Kentucky
  
• How to Search the Web and Find What You Want -- Imagine the Universe!