Astronomy
Shannon CC
I read that someone is interested in the moon? (sorry I deleted too
quickly :-)
My dd is only 17 m/o, but I've been unschooling myself lately (lol!) and
I've been looking at a lot of cool websites on astronomy so I thought
I'd share a few.
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/lib/aptree.html This is the Astronomy
Picture of the Day. This is their caption - "Discover the cosmos! Each
day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is
featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional
astronomer." I go here everyday and look at a fascinating pic and read
the explanation. Plus, the explanations are usually full of links, so I
spend awhile clicking and learning. Tho I have to admit, some days and
some links are a bit over my head. Not all! But some.
This is absolutely great. Go to http://www.seds.org/ which is Students
for the Exploration and Development of Space. I haven't even checked it
all out yet. I spend all my time at their The Nine Planets Solar System
Tour http://www.seds.org/nineplanets/nineplanets/nineplanets.html. I
spent the first day following all the moon links. And another day
following all the sun links. Those are my two favorites that I keep
going back to. I haven't completed the tour yet, I'm taking my time :-)
And finally Thursday's Classroom http://thursdaysclassroom.com/. This is
a NASA website for teachers and students with ideas for study and
classroom (but fine for us too). I ended up following their links to
read about the South Pole and diary entries of some college students who
went there (they are trying to figure out if it will be a good location
for astronomy). It changes on a regular basis, tho, so the topic will
not always be the same.
Shannon, unschooling, amateur, arm chair astronomer
quickly :-)
My dd is only 17 m/o, but I've been unschooling myself lately (lol!) and
I've been looking at a lot of cool websites on astronomy so I thought
I'd share a few.
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/lib/aptree.html This is the Astronomy
Picture of the Day. This is their caption - "Discover the cosmos! Each
day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is
featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional
astronomer." I go here everyday and look at a fascinating pic and read
the explanation. Plus, the explanations are usually full of links, so I
spend awhile clicking and learning. Tho I have to admit, some days and
some links are a bit over my head. Not all! But some.
This is absolutely great. Go to http://www.seds.org/ which is Students
for the Exploration and Development of Space. I haven't even checked it
all out yet. I spend all my time at their The Nine Planets Solar System
Tour http://www.seds.org/nineplanets/nineplanets/nineplanets.html. I
spent the first day following all the moon links. And another day
following all the sun links. Those are my two favorites that I keep
going back to. I haven't completed the tour yet, I'm taking my time :-)
And finally Thursday's Classroom http://thursdaysclassroom.com/. This is
a NASA website for teachers and students with ideas for study and
classroom (but fine for us too). I ended up following their links to
read about the South Pole and diary entries of some college students who
went there (they are trying to figure out if it will be a good location
for astronomy). It changes on a regular basis, tho, so the topic will
not always be the same.
Shannon, unschooling, amateur, arm chair astronomer
Nanci and Thomas Kuykendall
"keep looking up". Do you remember the name of that show? Where he
How's that for a miscelaneous factoid I never learned in "School?"
Nanci K.
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>used to say that at the end every time? I used to love it! I wonder if it's still on? (or maybe I'm mis-remembering the quote?)."Star Hustler" and yes it is, although I don't know where or when to catch it in this new state. (yes geographic state not mental, for the smartass population of the list who know me well. LOL)
How's that for a miscelaneous factoid I never learned in "School?"
Nanci K.
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Someone mentioned recently seeing wonderful things in the sky because a
neighbor came over and told them about it. Which reminded me... for those of
us not lucky enough to have a knowledgeable neighbor, we can have email pop
in to let us know when cool things are going on in the heavens!
Go to Spaceweather.com and sign up for Space Weather News.
Deborah in IL
neighbor came over and told them about it. Which reminded me... for those of
us not lucky enough to have a knowledgeable neighbor, we can have email pop
in to let us know when cool things are going on in the heavens!
Go to Spaceweather.com and sign up for Space Weather News.
Deborah in IL
Fetteroll
on 4/16/02 4:30 PM, dacunefare@... at dacunefare@... wrote:
it might create some Northern Lights, defintely in the high latitutdes but
maybe even in the middle latitutdes. That would be tomorrow night and the
next night (17th and 18th)
Joyce
> Go to Spaceweather.com and sign up for Space Weather News.Oh yes! And their most recent one said there had been flares on the sun and
it might create some Northern Lights, defintely in the high latitutdes but
maybe even in the middle latitutdes. That would be tomorrow night and the
next night (17th and 18th)
Joyce
marji
At 16:30 4/16/02 -0400, you wrote:
Marji
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>Go to Spaceweather.com and sign up for Space Weather News.Cool!!! Thanks so much !!!!
>
>Deborah in IL
Marji
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