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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/
Constellation Mythology 
  
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This website gives the mythological accounts of the stars and constellations. It provides the stories of the constellations from different parts of the world.
http://web.archive.org/web/20120114025737/http://coldwater.k12.mi.us/lms...
Measurement of the Sidereal Day with Tracker  [ Computer Program ]
  
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The Measurement of the Sidereal Day with Tracker Lab uses the Tracker video analysis tool to measure and analyze the motion stars near Polaris (the North Celestial Pole) to determine…
https://www.compadre.org/astronomy/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=11614&DocID...
Naked Eye Sidereal and Solar Day JS Model  [ Computer Program ]
  
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The Naked Eye Sidereal and Solar Day Javascript Model illustrates the difference between the sidereal and solar day. This simulation shows the view from the Earth as one would…
https://www.compadre.org/astronomy/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=12991&DocID...
Sidereal and Solar Day JS Model  [ Computer Program ]
  
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The Sidereal and Solar Day Javascript Model illustrates the difference between the sidereal and solar day. The planets of our solar system both orbit around Sun and rotate on their…
https://www.compadre.org/astronomy/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=12993&DocID...
Astronomical Parallax 2D JS Model  [ Computer Program ]
  
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The Astronomical Parallax 2D Javascript Model illustrates the phenomenon of parallax in astronomy. Parallax is the apparent displacement of an object relative to the background that…
https://www.compadre.org/astronomy/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=12995&DocID...
Northern Horizon Star Motion JS Model  [ Computer Program ]
  
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The Northern Horizon Star Motion JS model displays how the appearance and motion of the stars near and around the northern horizon change over the course of hours. The specific…
https://www.compadre.org/astronomy/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=13419&DocID...
Reading the Sky - From Starspots to Spotting Stars  [ Thesis ]
  
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This thesis encompasses two research fields in astronomy: astrometry and astronomy education and they are discussed in two parts. These parts represent two sides of a coin;…
http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-234636
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Who Needs 3D When the Universe Is Flat? 
  
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U. Eriksson, Sci. Educ., 98 (3), 412–442 (2014).
An overlooked feature in astronomy education is the need for students to learn to extrapolate three-dimensionality and the challenges that this may involve. Discerning critical…
https://www.compadre.org/astronomy/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=13750&DocID...
Celestial Sphere with Analemma JS Model  [ Computer Program ]
  
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The Celestial Sphere and Analemma JavaScript Model simulates the Two Sphere Universe theory of the Ancient Greeks. This theory supposes the stars to be fixed on the surface of a…
https://www.compadre.org/astronomy/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=14326&DocID...
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