On the server in the M Folder/Teachers/HighSchool/Pauly/7and8th Science/8thScience/ Astronomy are PowerPoint’s and graphic notes for students to review. These can only be used at school.

 

Pauly’s Astronomy PowerPoint’s Sequence:

 

1. Days, nights, years, satellites           5. Overview of the Solar System                    

2. Moon.  Earth, Moon, Impact             6. Terrestrial Planets and Inner Solar System

3. Phases of the moon                         7. Gas Planets and Outer Solar System

4. Earth Moon System                                     

 

Astronomy Notes and Resources for Students

 Sequence

1. Space Exploration

2. Earth Moon System

3. Solar System

4. Stars and Galaxies

5. Astronomical Table

6. Astro 10 PowerPoint’s

 

Web Resources for Astronomy

The Constellations.  This has a short page for each constellation, with the mythology, list of principal stars, and descriptions of deep-sky objects. 

Astronomy Picture of the Day. 

 

NASA/GSFC Eclipse Home Page.  More than you need to know about eclipses. 

 

Welcome to the Planets.  Imagery from NASA, on a JPL website. 

 

NASA Space Science Missions.  This is a nice "index page" that lists all of NASA planetary missions, including future plans. 

 

Mars Exploration Rover Mission.  The primary site for the very latest news and photos from the Spirit and Opportunity rovers. 

 

Cassini mission to Saturn  This spacecraft is due to arrive at Saturn in July, but is already sending back interesting images. 

 

Planetary Society - News Archive.  Much broader coverage of news of planetary exploration (not just NASA).  Also an advocacy group. 

 

HubbleSite is produced by the Space Telescope Science Institute, the organization that controls the Hubble Space Telescope. 

 

Stars and Constellations.  Hundreds of stars, created by a retired (but very active) faculty member at Univ. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. 

 

Some information about buying a telescope. 

 

Students for the Exploration and Development of Space. 

 

Long list of links from Richard Pogge's Astronomy 161 class at Ohio State University