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| title | General & Misc. Astronomy |
General astronomy (including some resources for lower level courses), (astro)physics education research, and miscellaneous materials.
- OpenStax Astronomy{:target="_blank"} textbook (first edition here{:target="_blank"})
- Handbook of Space Astronomy and Astrophysics{:target="_blank"} by Martin V. Zombeck
- Open Astrophysics Bookshelf{:target="_blank"} (also on GitHub{:target="_blank"}) -- "A collection of open-licensed 'living' textbooks on topics in astrophysics" -- maintained by Michael Zingale
- Astronomy as a Field: A Guide for Aspiring Astrophysicists{:target="_blank"} from SIRIUS B
- Space science textbooks from the University of Arizona Press Open Arizona initiative
- Astrophysics I{:target="_blank"} lecture notes from Ian Cross's MIT 8.901 course
- Lecture videos from ASTR 121 - The Solar System at the University of Oregon by Yvette Cendes
- AAS Journal Author Series{:target="_blank"}
- Aspen Center for Physics Physics Colloquia and Public Lectures{:target="_blank"}
- Astrotalks{:target="_blank"} -- compilation of astronomy research talks by David Hendriks
- Caltech Astro Seminars{:target="_blank"} and public talks{:target="_blank"}
- Cambridge University Astronomy{:target="_blank"}
- Cork Astronomy Club{:target="_blank"}
- Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Colloquia{:target="_blank"}
- Harvard-Smithsonian CfA Institute for Theory and Computation talks{:target="_blank"}
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology lectures{:target="_blank"}
- Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics talks{:target="_blank"}
- NASA Diffuse Gase in Cosmic Ecosystems Science Interest Group seminars{:target="_blank"}
- Northwestern University Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astrophysics{:target="_blank"}
- Royal Astronomical Society{:target="_blank"}
- Texas A&M Physics & Astronomy Talks{:target="_blank"}
- University of Arizona Theoretical Astrophysics Program{:target="_blank"}
- Virtual Astronomy Software Talks{:target="_blank"}
- Space Telescope Science Institute recorded talks{:target="_blank"}
- Animations{:target="_blank"} from Michael Zingale
- PhET blackbody simulator{:target="_blank"}
- ViewSpace interactives{:target="_blank"}
- Various visualizations{:target="_blank"} by Astronomy Education at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln
- Cosmic Data Stories{:target="_blank"} from the Harvard-Smithsonian CfA
- NASA's Eyes on the Solar System{:target="_blank"}
- Various interactives{:target="_blank"} by Kevin Healy
- ViewSpace interactives and visualizations from space-based images
- Stellarium{:target="_blank"}, "a free open source planetarium for your computer"
- Astronomy Picture of the Day{:target="_blank"}
- Firefly{:target="_blank"}, an interactive web-based particle viewer by Aaron Geller and Alex Gurvich
- Multiwavelength Astronomy{:target="_blank"} from the University of Chicago's eCUIP Digital Library collection (Note: These resources were developed for high school classrooms rather than college classrooms.)
- Crash Course Astronomy{:target="_blank"} -- video lessons from Phil Plait
- astrobites Educational Resources{:target="_blanks"}
- KStars{:target="_blank"} deskop planetarium
- Astronomy Education Journal{:target="_blank"} administered by the IAU
- Harvard Natural Sciences Laboratory Demonstrations{:target="_blank"}
- AstroPix{:target="_blank"} -- easily browsable astronomical images
- NASA Community College Network{:target="_blank"}
- Taotie{:target="_blank"} by Song Huang, which compiles research resources of all kinds
In addition to the resoures linked here -- and throughout astroteaching.github.io -- there are sites with other materials not specifically developed for pedagogy that may be useful in the classroom: e.g., Annual Reviews in Astronomy & Astrophysics{:target="_blank"}, Legacy Survey viewer{:target="_blank"}, JADES interactive map{:target="_blank"}, COSMOS-Web interactive map{:target="_blank"}