Astronomy Activities and Links
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If you come across an excellent resource, let us know at hello@harborandsprout.com so we can add it to the list!NASA Picture Dictionary: https://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/k-4/dictionary/index.html
Google Sky: https://www.google.com/sky/
James Webb Telescope image gallery: https://webb.nasa.gov/
Interactives and Videos of space: https://viewspace.org/
Northrom Grumman Space Database: https://www.northropgrumman.com/space/
Peer Reviewed Space Research: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/astronomy-and-space-sciences
Astronomy online magazine: https://www.astronomy.com/
The Planetary Society: https://www.planetary.org/
Sky and Telescope guide to astronomy: https://skyandtelescope.org/
Space travel calculations: https://www.omnicalculator.com/physics/space-travel
Space mathematics: https://www.nasa.gov/education/materials/
Space Station Rotation Simulator: https://www.tomlechner.com/outerspace/#Math
The Nine Planets in-depth information about our solar system: https://nineplanets.org/
Discover Earth's Moon: https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/moons/earths-moon/overview/
Our Galactic Neighborhood: https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/
The Moon and Tides: https://moon.nasa.gov/moon-in-motion/tides/
Meteor shower peak dates: https://www.amsmeteors.org/meteor-showers
History of astronomy video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVXFrDYxm80
In depth video about the Hubble telescope: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzK24xalyuM
Astronomers in history: https://www.space.com/16095-famous-astronomers.html
Astronomy history series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jr515W9hD4
Current and upcoming NASA missions: https://www.planetary.org/space-missions
Worldwide space exploration timeline: https://www.archives.gov/research/alic/reference/space-timeline.html
Comprehensive space exploration timeline including satellites: https://www.tutorialspoint.com/fundamentals_of_science_and_technology/space_exploration_timeline.htm
All about Neil Armstrong: https://www.halloweencostumes.com/all-about-famous-astronaut-neil-armstrong.html
Hans Zimmer "Where We're Going": https://open.spotify.com/track/7e41gTSV9fKdsDqOgS47Wg?si=e6858d7b815e47a9
Sleeping at Last Selections: https://open.spotify.com/album/5wsaSNJTS4x2XhO30SD3NL?si=0I8LsPK5SQ2Z5EUPKP1DFg
Space images translated to sound: https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2020/sonify/?linkId=100235717
Star map to locate constellations near you: https://stellarium-web.org
Night sky by date and location: https://www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/night/
Sky maps by date and location: http://www.skymaponline.net/
African Cosmos: Stellar Arts Exhibit: https://africa.si.edu/exhibits/cosmos/intro.html
Literary devices, definitions, and examples: https://writers.com/common-literary-devices
The Backyard Astronomer's Guide by Terence Dickinson
Constellations by Govert Schilling and Wil Tirion
What We See in the Stars by Kelsey Oseid
100 Things to See in the Night Sky by Dean Regas
Hubble's Universe by Terence Dickinson
Astronomy: A Self-Teaching Guide by Dinah L. Moche
Field Guide to the Night Sky by National Audubon Society
The Last Stargazers by Emily Levesque