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1. Introductory Materials
1.1 Table of Contents 1.2 Introduction and Instructions 1.3 Credits

2. General Astronomy Background Articles
2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 A Grand Tour of the Universe: An Introduction to the Planets, Stars, and Galaxies A Grand Tour of the Universe in Images How Fast Are You Moving When You Are Sitting Still? What Astronomers Do? Getting Started in Astronomy Getting to Know the Night Sky Light as a Cosmic Time Machine Glossary of Basic Astronomical Terms About the Astronomical Society of the Pacific

3. Background Articles on Specific Topics in Astronomy
3.1 Our Moon's Phases and Eclipses 3.2 Lunar Math -- Sten Odenwald (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center) 3.3 A Guide to Observing Eclipses of the Moon 3.4 Explaining the Origin of the Moon -- William Hartmann (Planetary Science Institute) 3.5 The Seasons and the Sun 3.6 Solar Math -- Sten Odenwald (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center) 3.7 Seasons on Other Planets 3.8 The Planets (in Our Solar System) 3.9 Mars: The Red Planet with an Intriguing Past 3.10 Frequently Asked Questions about Mars -- Cherilynn Morrow (Georgia State U.) 3.11 The Discovery of Pluto: Generally Unknown Aspects of the Story -- Clyde Tombaugh 3.12 What's a Planet and Why Is Pluto Not in the Planet Club Any More? 3.13 The Scale of the Solar System 3.14 Comets, Asteroids and Meteors 3.15 Observing Meteors 3.16 Star Finding and Constellations 3.17 The Sun as a Star 3.18 The Lives of Stars
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Black Hole Math -- Sten Odenwald (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center) Galaxies and the Universe How Big is Our Universe? -- Roy Gould, et al. (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics & NASA) Space Exploration SETI: The Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence The Discovery of Planets Around Other Stars Tools of the Astronomer: Telescopes and Detectors Light, Color, and Filters The Secrets of the Hubble Images -- Ray Villard (Space Telescope Science Institute) Astronomical Pseudo-Science Your Astrology Defense Kit Doomsday 2012, the Planet Nibiru, and Cosmophobia -- David Morrison (NASA Ames) The "Face" on Mars -- David Morrison (NASA Ames) An Ancient Universe: How Astronomers Know the Vast Scale of Cosmic Time -- The Astronomy Education Board of the American Astronomical Society 3.33 The Navajo Sky - Down Under -- Phil Sakimoto (U. of Notre Dame) 3.34 Galileo: Myths Versus Facts -- Jim Lattis (U. of Wisconsin) 3.19 3.20 3.21 3.22 3.23 3.24 3.25 3.26 3.27 3.28 3.29 3.30 3.31 3.32

4. Articles on Teaching and Learning Astronomy
Learning Astronomy : Insights from Research and Practice -- Cary Sneider (Portland State U.) Teaching Astronomy in the 21st Century -- Cary Sneider (Portland State U.) The Project ASTRO Philosophy (for Astronomy Education) -- Dennis Schatz (Pacific Science Center) Education Reform and Science Standards -- Dennis Schatz (Pacific Science Center) Astronomy in the K­8 Core Curriculum: A Survey of State Requirements Nationwide -- Stacy Palen and AmyJo Proctor (Weber State U.) 4.6 Seven Concepts for Effective Teaching -- Andrew Fraknoi (Foothill College) 4.7 Project ASTRO How to Manual 4.8 So You Want to Start a Project ASTRO Site? 4.9 About Family ASTRO (plus Order Form for Family ASTRO Kits and Games) 4.10 ASP Membership Sheet 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5

5. Resource Guides
5.1 Key Organizations and Publications for Those Teaching Astronomy 5.2 Best Astronomical Images on the Web 5.3 K­12 Astronomy Education on the Web 5.4 Astronomy Activity Collections on the Web 5.5 The Astronomy of Many Cultures 5.6 Women in Astronomy 5.7 The Moon 5.8 Getting to Know the Solar System 5.9 Exploring the Sun 5.10 Black Holes
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5.11 5.12 5.13 5.14 5.15 5.16

Observing the Night Sky : A Star Gazer's Guide Astronomical Pseudo-Science: A Skeptic's Resource List Connecting Astronomy and Other Fields Science Fiction Stories with Good Astronomy & Physics Celestial Harmony : Astronomical Music That Might Strike a Chord Dark Night Skies: Dealing with Light Pollution

6.Video Files, Images, and Audio Files
6.1 Videos Partners in Learning: The Project ASTRO Video What is Your Favorite Activity or Demonstration Kinesthetic Astronomy Pocket Solar System Are They Really Learning What We Want Them to Learn Worlds in Comparison Cook Up a Comet Big Dipper Clock Is it Alive Making Visors Seeing Through Alien Eyes The Night Sky Network: An Introduction 6.2 Images Background Article 2.2: Grand Tour of the Universe (55 selected images showing planets, stars, nebulae, galaxies) Activity C10: Revolutionary Venus (phases of Venus over 15 months) Activity C13: In the Footsteps of Galileo (positions of Jupiter's Galilean moons over nine nights) Activity F7: 3-D Constellations (Photos of the Big Dipper and Orion) Activity G6: Jewels of the Night (Image of Star Cluster NGC 4755) Activity H5: Galaxy Sorting images (20 images of galaxies) Activity H6: How Many Galaxies Are There (3 images from the Hubble Deep Field) Activity J8: Red Hot, Blue Hot (4 postcards of the US, and 2 views of Rusty the dog) 6.3 Audio Activity I7: Decoding Radio Messages from Space (5 audio tracks with "messages") Sound Sample Slow Hi Slow Smiley Fast Hi Fast Smiley

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ACTIVITIES
A. The Moon and Its Phases A1. A2. A3. A4. A5. A6. A7. A8. Images of the Moon: Predicting Phases and Features -- Dennis Schatz, et al. (Pacific Science Ctr.) Observing the Moon's Phases and Features -- Dennis Schatz, et al. (Pacific Science Ctr.) Modeling Moon Phases -- Dennis Schatz, et al. (Pacific Science Ctr.) Modeling Eclipses -- Dennis Schatz, et al. (Pacific Science Ctr.) Moon Rise, Moon Set -- Dennis Schatz, et al. (Pacific Science Ctr.) Dark Side of the Moon -- Dennis Schatz, et al. (Pacific Science Ctr.) Exploring Lunar Phases with a Daytime Moon -- Marni Berendsen, et al. (ASP) Impact Cratering -- Ronald Greeley (Arizona State U.)

B. The Sun in the Sky and the Seasons B1. Moving Shadows -- Dennis Schatz, et al. (Pacific Science Ctr.) B2. Pocket Sun Clock -- Dennis Schatz, et al. (Pacific Science Ctr.) B3. The Sun through the Seasons -- Dennis Schatz, et al. (Pacific Science Ctr.) B4. High Noon? -- Dennis Schatz, et al. (Pacific Science Ctr.) B5. Observing Where the Sun Sets -- Dennis Schatz, et al. (Pacific Science Ctr.) B6. Solar Motion Demonstrator -- Lawrence Hall of Science Astronomy Education Program B7. The Reasons for Seasons -- Lawrence Hall of Science Astronomy Education Program B8. Modeling the Reasons for Seasons -- Project STAR (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics) B9. Exploring the Reasons for Seasons: A Symposium -- Dennis Schatz, et al. (Pacific Science Ctr.) B10. Sky Time from Kinesthetic Astronomy -- Cherilynn Morrow (Georgia State U.) and Mike Zawaski (Front Range Comm. Coll.) [note that this suite of activities comes in 4 parts] C. The Planets C1. The Earth's Shape and Gravity -- Cary Sneider, et al. (Lawrence Hall of Science, GEMS) C2. What Shape is the Earth? -- Lawrence Hall of Science Astronomy Education Program C3. How Big is the Earth? -- Lawrence Hall of Science Astronomy Education Program C4. Sorting the Solar System -- Alice Gift Enevoldsen (Pacific Science Ctr.) & Anna Hurst Schmitt (ASP) C5. How Old Are You (On Other Planets)? -- Hawaii Space Grant Consortium C6. Postcards from Another World -- Andrew Fraknoi (Foothill Coll.) C7. Remember the Egg (and Planetary Details) -- Allan Meyer (NASA Ames) C8. Morning Star and Evening Star (Venus in the Sky) -- Lawrence Hall of Science Astronomy Education Program C9. Venus Topography Box -- Larry Lebofsky (U. of Arizona), et al. C10. Revolutionary Venus: How Observing Venus with a Telescope Changed the World -- Vivian White (ASP) C11. Mars Opposition Dance -- Suzanne Gurton & Anna Hurst Schmitt (ASP) C12. Should Pluto be Considered a Planet: A Student Symposium -- Andrew Fraknoi (Foothill Coll.) C13. In the Footsteps of Galileo: Observing the Moons of Jupiter -- John Erickson (Lawrence Hall of Science), et al. C14. Long Distance Detective (Measuring Craters) -- William Hartmann, et al. (Planetary Science Inst.) C15. Making and Mapping a Volcano -- NASA Johnson Space Flight Center C16. What Craters Can Tell Us about a Planet -- TERC and NASA
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C17. The Incredible Egg Drop Challenge -- NASA Ames Research Center C18. Do Fish Believe in Water? Do Students Believe in Air? -- TERC and NASA D. The Scale of the Solar System A Question of Scale -- Lawrence Hall of Science Astronomy Education Program Toilet Paper Solar System -- Gerald Mallon and Suzanne Gurton (ASP) Scaling New Worlds: Scale Models of Planets around Other Stars -- Andrew Fraknoi (Foothill Coll.) The Earth as a Peppercorn (or The Thousand Yard Model) -- Guy Ottewell (Furman U.) Solar System in Your Pocket -- Amie Gallagher (Raritan Valley Comm. Coll.), et al. Bike Years Versus Light Years: Calculating Stellar Travel Times -- SETI Institute Sizing Up the Moon: Earth-Moon Scale Model -- Dennis Schatz (Pacific Science Ctr.) & Anna Hurst Schmitt (ASP) D8. Can Mars Ever Look as Big as the Moon? -- Suzanne Gurton (ASP) D9. Grapefruit Saturn -- Lynda Filip & John Percy (U. of Toronto) D10. Worlds in Comparison -- -- Dennis Schatz (Pacific Science Ctr.) & Anna Hurst Schmitt (ASP) D11. Your Weight on Other Worlds -- Andrew Fraknoi (Foothill Coll.) D1. D2. D3. D4. D5. D6. D7. E. Comets, Asteroids and Meteors E1. E2. E3. E4. E5. E6. E7. F1. F2. F3. F4. F5. F6. F7. G1. G2. G3. G4. G5. G6. Make a Model Comet -- Dennis Schatz (Pacific Science Ctr.) Making a Comet in the Classroom -- Dennis Schatz (Pacific Science Ctr.) Make a Comet Motion Flip Book -- Dennis Schatz (Pacific Science Ctr.) Vegetable Light Curves (and Asteroids) -- B. J. McCormick (McREL) Follow the Falling Meteorite -- NASA Johnson Space Flight Center Searching for Meteorites -- NASA Johnson Space Flight Center Crater Hunters -- NASA Johnson Space Flight Center Big Dipper Star Clock -- Dennis Schatz, et al. (Pacific Science Ctr.) What's Your Latitude? -- Lawrence Hall of Science Astronomy Education Program Star Finding with a Star Finder -- Dennis Schatz, et al. (Pacific Science Ctr.) Star Frames -- Ben Mayer The Earth's Revolution and the Zodiac -- Jeanne Biship (Westlake Public Schools) Sky Heroes: An Activity Reinventing the Constellations -- Andrew Fraknoi (Foothill Coll.) 3-D Constellations -- Project STAR (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics) & Anna Hurst Schmitt (ASP) Projecting an Image of the Sun -- Dennis Schatz, et al. (Pacific Science Ctr.) What Causes Sunspots? -- Dale Gary (New Jersey Institute of Technology), et al. The Sun's Period of Rotation -- Beverly Meier (Boulder Valley School District), et al. Maunder Mystery Story -- NASA Johnson Space Flight Center What's It Like Inside the Sun: Convection and Miso Soup -- Kara Granger (NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr.) How Old Are the Jewels of the Night? -- Jeff Lockwood & Connie Walker (National Optical Astronomy Observatories)
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F. Star Finding and Constellations

G. The Sun and the Stars

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G7. Estimating Star Brightness -- Janet Mattei (AAVSO) and John Percy (U. of Toronto) G8. How Big is That Star? -- Kara Granger & Laura Whitlock (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center) G9. Birthday Stars -- Timothy Ferris G10. Measuring a Kid Minute (Understanding a Light Year) -- NSTA, Suzanne Gurton & Anna Hurst Schmitt (ASP) G11. Investigating Types of Stars -- SETI Institute G12. Starry Lives, Starry Skies -- Andrew Fraknoi & Marni Berendsen (ASP) G13. Finding & Measuring Delta Cephei -- John Percy (U. of Toronto) & George Musser (ASP) G14. Transit Tracks: Planets Around Other Stars -- Kepler Mission Education and Outreach Team G15. Parallax: How Far Is It? -- Lawrence Hall of Science Astronomy Education Program G16. Parallax: Going Further -- NASA Office of Space Science Universe Forum H. Galaxies and the Universe Your Galactic Address -- Lawrence Hall of Science Astronomy Education Program The Cosmic Calendar (from an idea by Carl Sagan) -- Therese Blanchard (ASP), et al. How Many Stars -- Allen Krone, Project SPICA (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics) The Birdseed Galaxy -- Marni Berendsen (ASP) Galaxy Sorting -- Sally Stephens (ASP) How Many Galaxies Are There: Counting Using the Hubble Deep Field -- Gina Cash (Hammond Middle School), et al. H7. A Ballooning Universe -- Lawrence Hall of Science Astronomy Education Program H8. The Expanding Universe -- Lawrence Hall of Science Astronomy Education Program H9. Modeling the Expanding Universe -- NASA Office of Space Science Universe Forum H10. Cosmic Survey : What Are Your Ideas About the Universe? -- NASA Office of Space Science Universe Forum H1. H2. H3. H4. H5. H6. I. Space Exploration and SETI I1. Crash Landing -- NASA, Suzanne Gurton (ASP) I2. Building a Lunar Settlement -- -- Lawrence Hall of Science Astronomy Education Program I3. Invent an Alien -- Dennis Schatz, et al. (Pacific Science Ctr.) I4. Sending a Message into the Unknown -- Jill Tarter (SETI Institute), et al. I5. Separating a Radio Signal from Noise -- Jill Tarter (SETI Institute), et al. I6. Message to the Universe -- Dennis Schatz (Pacific Science Center) I7. Decoding Radio Messages from Space -- Dennis Schatz (Pacific Science Center) I8. Translating an Alien Message -- Dennis Schatz (Pacific Science Center) I9. Who Speaks for Earth -- Andrew Fraknoi (Foothill Coll.) I10. Is It Alive? -- Suzanne Gurton (ASP), et al. I11. How High Up is Space? -- Andrew Fraknoi (Foothill Coll.) J. Tools of the Astronomer J1. Light Collecting Model -- Astronomical Society of the Pacific J2. The Inverse Square Law of Light -- NASA Office of Space Science Universe Forum J3. How Your Pupil Changes Size -- The Exploratorium

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J4. Seeing through Alien Eyes -- Dennis Schatz (Pacific Science Center), et al. J5. Secret Messages -- Suzanne Gurton & Anna Hurst Schmitt (ASP) J6. Spectroscopes and Spectrometers -- Lawrence Hall of Science Astronomy Education Program J7. Digital Images -- Tim Slater (U. of Wyoming) & Jeff Adams (Montana State U.) J8. Red Hot, Blue Hot -- Marni Berendsen & Anna Hurst Schmitt (ASP) J9. Seeing the Invisible: Discovering Infrared & Ultraviolet -- Spitzer Science Center J10. Fun with the Sun: Activities with Ultraviolet -- Hands-on Optics Project J11. Sensing the Invisible -- Dana Backman, et al (SOFIA) J12. Be a Quiet Skies Detective -- National Radio Astronomy Observatory J13. Disappearing Orion: Light Pollution and Sky Brightness -- Connie Walker, et al. (National Optical Astronomy Observatories) K. Debunking Pseudo-Science K1. K2. K3. K4. L1. L2. L3. L4. L5. L6. What's Your Sign? -- Lawrence Hall of Science Astronomy Education Program Activities About Astrology -- Andrew Fraknoi (ASP) UFO Detective -- Andrew Fraknoi (ASP) Did We Actually Land on the Moon? - An Activity and Symposium -- Andrew Fraknoi (Foothill College) Create a Constellation -- Dennis Schatz (Pacific Science Center), et al. Ancient Models of the World -- Lawrence Hall of Science Astronomy Education Program and GEMS series The Astronomical Tourist: What and Where in the World to Visit -- Andrew Fraknoi (ASP) Teaching with Stories and Symbols -- Thea Canizo (U. of Arizona) Toad in the Moon -- Suzanne Gurton (ASP) Schoolyard Medicine Wheel -- Benjamin Burress (Chabot Space & Science Center), et al.

L. Astronomy in Different Cultures

M. Across the Curriculum: Interdisciplinary Teaching Ideas M1. Who Was Right (About the Size of the Earth)? -- Lawrence Hall of Science Astronomy Education Program M2. Bill Gates' Great-Great-Granddaughter's Honeymoon: The Top Tourist Sights of the Solar System -- Andrew Fraknoi (Foothill Coll.) M3. Astronomy in the Marketplace -- Dennis Schatz (Pacific Science Center), et al. M4. Finding the Music of the Spheres: Astronomy in Music -- Andrew Fraknoi (Foothill Coll.) M5. Women in Astronomy -- Andrew Fraknoi (Foothill Coll.) M6. Picturing an Astronomer -- Alan Friedman (NY Hall of Science) & Andrew Fraknoi (ASP) M7. Counting to a Billion -- Johnnie Parker, Project SPICA (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics) M8. Finding Your Way to Mars, Pennsylvania: Astronomy & Geography -- Andrew Fraknoi (Foothill Coll.) M9. A Flag for Your Planet -- Andrew Fraknoi (ASP) M10. How Many Days are in a Year? -- Evan Manning (Jet Propulsion Lab) M11. The Night You Hatched -- Chuck Bueter, et al. M12. The Hypothesis Game -- John Chamberlain, et al.

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