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Finding Our Place in the Solar System: The Scientific Story of the Copernican Revolution 
  
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This website provides computer simulations and curricular materials for teaching the history of planetary astronomy from Ancient Greece to Isaac Newton. The site includes worksheets…
https://sites.berry.edu/ttimberlake/teaching/copernican-revolution/
Introductory Astronomy: Earth - Moon - Sun System 
  
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This website is a tutorial on the phases of the moon, earthshine, and eclipses. There are a number of diagrams in this website that aid in teaching these topics. This site ends with…
http://www.astro.umd.edu/resources/introastro/moon.html
Phases of the Moon JS Model  [ Computer Program ]
  
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The EJS Phases of Moon JS model displays the appearance of the Moon and how it changes depending on the position of the Moon relative to Earth and Sun. The right window shows Earth…
https://www.compadre.org/astronomy/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=13317&DocID...
Lunar Month JS Model  [ Computer Program ]
  
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The EJS Lunar Month JS model displays the appearance of the Moon over the course of the lunar (synodic) month. The window shows the appearance of the Moon as seen from Earth as well…
https://www.compadre.org/astronomy/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=13417&DocID...
Eclipse Science: Modeling Eclipses in the Solar System  [ Report ]
  
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This AAPT lesson blends physics and Earth/Space science as students build and use a physical model to explore the geometry of eclipse events. The model allows learners to model how…
https://www.compadre.org/astronomy/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=14321&DocID...
Solar and Lunar Eclipse JS Model  [ Computer Program ]
  
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The Solar and Lunar Eclipse JavaScript Model simulates the occurrences of solar and lunar eclipses. Moon's orbital inclination of 5.145 degrees with respect to the ecliptic (the…
https://www.compadre.org/astronomy/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=14328&DocID...
A One Credit Hour Eclipse Course for 2024: Description and Offer to the Community 
  
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This github repository provides materials for a turn-key, general-education level, interdisciplinary eclipse course. It is designed to help prepare for the Apr 8, 2024 total…
https://github.com/gwilliger/Eclipsecourse_2024
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…
http://astro.unl.edu/naap/
Earth and Moon Viewer 
  
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The Earth and Moon Viewer allows users to view a map of the earth showing the day and night regions at this moment, or view the Earth or the Moon from various vantage points,…
http://www.fourmilab.ch/earthview/vplanet.html
Sun, Earth and Moon Activity 
  
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This activity is useful for teachers who are discussing the the motion of the sun, moon and earth and how they all interact and cause daily motion, phases of the moon, and eclipses.
Please be aware that our link checker has indicated a possible issue with the link to this material.
https://web.pa.msu.edu/courses/1997spring/ISP205/sec-3/moon.act.ans.html
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