What Kinds of Things Are on the Disk? Sample Contents:
Some of the Background Articles
A Grand Tour of the Universe
Getting Started in Astronomy
The Scale of the Solar System
The Lives of the Stars
The Secrets of Hubble Images
What Happened to Pluto
Galileo: Myths Versus Facts
Doomsday 2012: Nothing to Fear
How Fast Are You Moving When Sitting Still
Lunar Math, Solar Math
Seasons on Other Planets
Glossary of Astronomical Terms
Learning Astronomy: Insights from Research and Practice
Some of the Hands-on Activities
Observing & Modeling the Moon’s Phases
Dark Side of the Moon
The Reasons for the Seasons
Sky Time: Kinesthetic Astronomy
Pocket Sun Clock
Solar Motion Demonstrator
The Earth’s Shape and Gravity
Revolutionary Venus
Mars Opposition Dance
In the Footsteps of Galileo: Jupiter’s Moons
Grapefruit Saturn
Should Pluto be a Planet: Student Symposium
Making and Mapping a Volcano
Impact Cratering
The Incredible Egg Drop Challenge
Do Fish Believe in Water? Do Students Believe in Air
The Toilet Paper Solar System Scale Model
Bike Years Versus Light Years
The Pocket Solar System
Making a Comet in the Classroom
Vegetable Light Curves and Asteroids
Follow the Falling Meteorite
Star Finding with a Star Finder
Three-D Constellations
The Earth’s Revolution and the Zodiac
Convection and Miso Soup
The Sun’s Period of Rotation
Maunder Mystery: Missing Sunspots
So Many Stars, How Do You Count Them
Starry Lives, Starry Skies
Transit Tracks: Searching for Planets Around Other Stars
Your Galactic Address
How Many Objects in the Hubble Deep Field
Modeling the Expanding Universe
Invent an Alien
Message to the Universe
The Inverse Square Law of Light
Red Hot, Blue Hot: Mapping the Invisible Universe
Digital Images
Ultraviolet Light and You
Light Pollution & Sky Brightness
Did We Really Land on the Moon?
UFO Detective
Ancient Models of the World
Schoolyard Medicine Wheel
The Toad in the Moon
The Top 10 Tourist Sights in the Solar System
Astronomy in the Marketplace
Finding Your Way to Mars, Pennsylvania
Counting to a Billion
Picturing an Astronomer
Some of the Resource Guides
Best Astronomy Images on the Web
Astronomy of Many Cultures
Exploring the Role of Women in Astronomy
Getting to Know the Solar System
Black Holes
Observing the Night Sky
Science Fiction with Good Astronomy
Connecting Astronomy and Other Fields
Organizations and Publications for Astronomy Teachers
Resources about the Moon
Astronomy Activity Collections on the Web
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