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Astronomy Education Review
Astronomy Apps for Mobile Devices: A First Catalog 
  
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A. Fraknoi, Astron. Educ. Rev., 10 (1), 010302 (2011).
An annotated overview of 98 astronomy applications for smart phones and tablets has been published in the on-line journal "Astronomy Education Review." Compiled by Andrew Fraknoi…
https://doi.org/10.3847/AER2011036
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...
Measurement of the Solar Rotation Rate with Tracker  [ Computer Program ]
  
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The Measurement of the Solar Rotation Rate with Tracker Lab uses the Tracker video analysis tool to measure and analyze the motion of sunspots to determine the solar rotation rate.…
https://www.compadre.org/astronomy/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=11617&DocID...
Peer Reviewed Item Contemporary Laboratory Experiences in Astronomy 
  
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Project CLEA develops laboratory exercises that illustrate modern astronomical techniques using a virtual observatory, digital data and color images. Each CLEA laboratory exercise…
http://public.gettysburg.edu/~marschal/clea/CLEAhome.html
Lenses and Telescopes 
  
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In this laboratory activity, students investigate properties of lenses and simple telescope construction. Students will describe the nature of convex lenses, measure the focal length…
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Logarithmic Maps of the Universe 
  
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Instructors can use images from this website to teach students about recently revised map of the universe which illustrates recent discoveries, ranging from Kuiper belt objects in…
https://www.astro.princeton.edu/universe/
Spot the Station 
  
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This site provides watchers worldwide when and where the International Space Station can be seen as it passes overhead. It is visible to the naked eye, the third brightest object in…
https://spotthestation.nasa.gov/
Center for Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) 
  
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This site contains relevant information on Near Earth Objects (NEO). The site includes current tables with tracking data for potentially hazardous asteroids and their approaches…
https://cneos.jpl.nasa.gov/
Planetary Fact Sheets 
  
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This site lists links to information on the planets, their satellites, and their rings, as well as to tables comparing the planets. Information includes facts like mass and volume,…
https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/planetfact.html
CLEA: Radio Astronomy of Pulsars 
  
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The software for this exercise presents students with a radio telescope they can point at a source in the sky, viewing the output of the radio receiver on a graphic display that…
http://public.gettysburg.edu/~marschal/clea/plsrlab.html
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