Media

These teacher resources include audio files, computer simulation software, image processing software, and other documents.

StarDate - A great daily radio program produced by the McDonald Observatory at the University of Texas at Austin.

Stellarium - A free open source software planetarium program for your computer.

Solar System Simulator - A free program to download and explore the motions of our solar system.

NASA eClips - A great source of short videos that will help you inspire and engage students.

Animations - These sites should help in understanding many different phenomena and concepts in science

• The Electromagnetic Spectrum Tutorial

• Electromagnetic Waves

• Examples of uses of the electromagnetic spectrum

• How radio waves are produced

  • Online Orrey - interactive animation of planets orbiting the Sun, moons orbiting planets in our solar system; can be set for Copernican or Tychonian view

Astro-Image Processing

• • Yerkes Observatory Page - Image Processing Programs and Links to Images

• Hands-On Universe IP program descriptions

Orion SkyQuest Manuals - Webpage link to Orion Manuals 

•     Skyquest Dobsonian 8 Inch

•     Addendum for Primary Mirror Adjustment on SkyQuest

SalsaJ Astro-Image Processing

• SalsaJ Files

• SalsaJ Documents

Learn how telescopes work from Sarah Bueter here on YouTube.

Teaching MusicVideo of the Electromagnetic Spectrum - From the Bonus Point Band on Teacher Tube.