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ASTRONOMY

The order of the listing is random and does not imply any form of ranking. Please explore the sites to your heart's content and feel free to review the listed sites using the form on the Reviews, Comments, & Suggestions page. If you find additional sites that should be included in this listing, please e-mail (allenpe@appstate.edu) the URL to the author.

My absolutely favorite site is the public page for the Space Telescope Science Institute, especially the pictures from the Hubble Space Telescope. Make sure to check out the images "Gaseous Pillars - M16" and "Hubble Deep Field" (showing off a "Galaxy of Galaxies"). These images, and others, are literally out of this world!

The Space Telescope Science Institute (STSI) also provides Web-based K-12 activities in the Amazing Science project. This project includes Teacher Tips for integrating the presentations with various curricula. The only drawback is that some of the activities took a long time to load using a Pentium 200 MHz computer running the latest browsers.

Live from the Stratosphere (Kuiper Airborne Observatory) is a site primarily for K-12 education. As with the STSI site, it may take some time to load. However, the opportunity to download data in the classroom during a live mission (complete with lessons plans to assist with the project) provides an interactive experiment between NASA and the students.

The NASA Shuttle Web site provides up to the minute information about the latest shuttle missions. This will be particular interesting as the Space Station is constructed. There is also the opportunity for individuals or classes to communicate with shuttle workers about their jobs, simulate shuttle flights and suggest shuttle improvements. (Plus, the photos are spectacular.)

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