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GAVRT Links

The following website links may be useful for teachers and students as they begin to explore the universe. Useful websites for use with the Jupiter Quest Project:

http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplanets/nineplanets/
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/galileo/
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/galileo.html
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/imgcat/mission_index.html
http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/
http://www.atnf.csiro.au/people/rsault/Jupiter/
http://www.aapt.org
http://www.lhs.berkeley.edu/
http://www.nsta.org
http://www.cv.nrao.edu/~abridle/images.htm

Useful websites for use with the Uranus Campaign:

http://www.windows.ucar.edu
Excellent resource on Uranus and its atmosphere and space weather. It has three levels: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced.

http://www.spaceweather.com
Latest news on space weather.

http://www.physics.isu.edu/weather/kmdbbd/unit1.htm
Explanations about the structure of Earth’s atmosphere with diagrams.

http://www.brainpop.com
Resources for atmosphere and seasons. Movies but can only long on to two movies a day.

http://www.nsta.org/publications/interactive/aws-din/
Astronomy with a Stick. A series of lesson plans on seasonal changes and the tilt of the Earth.

http://science.nasa.gov/newhome/headlines/ast29mar99_1.htm
News story about huge storms hit the planet Uranus. Times lapse movie and quotes from Dr. Hammel.

http://amazing-space.stsci.edu
Galileo to HST gives an overview of different kinds of telescopes and the advantages and disadvantages of space-based vs. Earth-based telescopes. Deep Field Academy uses data from Hubble to allow students to estimate the number of objects in space and classification of galaxies.

Useful websites for use with the Quasar Variability Study (QVS)::

The Astronomical Society of the Pacific
http://www.astrosociety.org/

Astronomy HyperText Book
http://zebu.uoregon.edu/text.html

Black Holes and Beyond
http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Cyberia/NumRel/BlackHoles.html

Black Holes by Ted Bunn
http://cosmology.berkeley.edu/Education/BHfaq.html

Galileo Mission to Jupiter Home Page
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/galileo/

Mission to Planet Earth Homepage
http://science.hq.nasa.gov

Shuttle Mission Home Page
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/

StarChild--a learning center for young astronomers
http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/

Astronomy And Astrophysics Links
http://guinan.gsfc.nasa.gov/WebStars/AST.html