The Nebraska Astronomy Applet Project: Online Labs for Introductory Level Astronomy

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The Nebraska Astronomy Applet Project site provides high quality applets simulating important astrophysical phenomena such as eclipsing binaries, stellar evolution on the H-R diagram, lunar phases, planetary orbits, planetary motion, and planetary obliquity. Instructions, simulations, and explorations are provided for both the student and instructor including assessment.

http://astro.unl.edu/naap/

Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
Astronomy - Astronomy Education - Fundamentals = Celestial Mechanics = Kepler's Laws = Lunar Phases - Stars = Binary Stars = Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram Classical Mechanics - Gravity = Kepler's Laws General Physics - Collections = Introductory Laboratories	- Lower Undergraduate - High School	- Instructional Material = Interactive Simulation = Tutorial

Intended Users	Formats	Ratings
- Learners - Educators	- application/java - text/html	Currently 5.0/5 Rated 5.0 stars by 2 people Want to rate this material? Login here!

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Record Creator:: Metadata instance created September 24, 2004 by Patricia Monahan
Record Updated:: July 14, 2015 by Bruce Mason
Other Collections:: The PSRC

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Very good!

Author: Keith Duda
Posted: March 8, 2013 at 11:09AM
Source: The Physics Front collection

I accidentally clicked on 2 stars for the rating, but I really meant 5!

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Re: Very good!

Author: Bruce, ComPADRE Dir
Posted: Mar 8, 2013 11:11AM UTC

Thanks, Keith. It looks like you updated your rating for this excellent resource.

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