Next week we are starting a new term, it will be our third term so far this year and we are donning our astro suits and heading out into space.
I am collecting resources at the moment and am going to share them here.
Web Sites-
David Reneke is one of Australia’s most well known and respected astronomers and lecturers, with over 40 years experience in astronomy.
This site was passed on to me from my Mum- thanks Mum, and has lots of great resources, links and a news letter.
Astronomy for kids
this one looks good for Mr6
Sydney Observatory
link for monthly skymap for the southern hemishpere
Southern Sky Watch
providing a monthly and yearly overview of what is happening out there.
Sky and Telescope Magazinewebsite for the magazine of the same name, loads of info here on all sorts of topics, tune up your telescope , news, astrophotography, etc, lots of great stuff including Stargazing with Galileo that is one I know my 2 will enjoy.
Nasa Kids Club has games and activities online
Star Child a learning centre for young astronomers, lots of resources here for teaching.
Amazing Space this one is built around the Hubble Space Telescope and has lots of info and teaching resources as well, including some pretty impressive graphic organisers for all of those lap book fans out there.
Kids Astronomy
a fun site from the kidsknowit network
Places to Go
Australian Telescope Array at Narrabri Observatory
Sir Thomas Brisbane Planetarium
In the Brisbane botanic gardens, Mt Coot-tha
Mt Kent Observatory near Toowoomba in Queensland
Mt Stromlo Observatory Canberra
Siding Springs Observatory near Coonabarabran, and the wonderful Warrumbungles
More links
The Science Spot lots of space links
Squidoo Amateur Astronomy lens
and some for my history fan
Astronomy History
History of Astronomy - loads of interesting links here
Ancient astronomical tools- ask an astrophysicist
Books
DK Astronomy
Astronomy by Dan Green
Of Numbers and Stars the story of Hypatia
Astronomy for Begginers
A childs intro to the night sky
We have taken the telescope to be fixed, printed out the sky maps and now I need to gather all the space books onto the homeschool bookshelf and hang up new posters.
I am collecting resources at the moment and am going to share them here.
Web Sites-
David Reneke is one of Australia’s most well known and respected astronomers and lecturers, with over 40 years experience in astronomy.
This site was passed on to me from my Mum- thanks Mum, and has lots of great resources, links and a news letter.
Astronomy for kids
this one looks good for Mr6
Sydney Observatory
link for monthly skymap for the southern hemishpere
Southern Sky Watch
providing a monthly and yearly overview of what is happening out there.
Sky and Telescope Magazinewebsite for the magazine of the same name, loads of info here on all sorts of topics, tune up your telescope , news, astrophotography, etc, lots of great stuff including Stargazing with Galileo that is one I know my 2 will enjoy.
Nasa Kids Club has games and activities online
Star Child a learning centre for young astronomers, lots of resources here for teaching.
Amazing Space this one is built around the Hubble Space Telescope and has lots of info and teaching resources as well, including some pretty impressive graphic organisers for all of those lap book fans out there.
Kids Astronomy
a fun site from the kidsknowit network
Places to Go
Australian Telescope Array at Narrabri Observatory
Sir Thomas Brisbane Planetarium
In the Brisbane botanic gardens, Mt Coot-tha
Mt Kent Observatory near Toowoomba in Queensland
Mt Stromlo Observatory Canberra
Siding Springs Observatory near Coonabarabran, and the wonderful Warrumbungles
More linksThe Science Spot lots of space links
Squidoo Amateur Astronomy lens
and some for my history fan
Astronomy History
History of Astronomy - loads of interesting links here
Ancient astronomical tools- ask an astrophysicist
Books
DK Astronomy
Astronomy by Dan Green
Of Numbers and Stars the story of Hypatia
Astronomy for Begginers
A childs intro to the night sky
We have taken the telescope to be fixed, printed out the sky maps and now I need to gather all the space books onto the homeschool bookshelf and hang up new posters.
1 comment:
Cool! Look like some great links there - I'll bookmark your list to come back to!
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