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The Total Eclipse of the Moon, Feb. 20, 2008, A Resource Guide by Andrew Fraknoi

Amateur Astronomers as Informal Science Ambassadors: Results of an Online Survey Executive Summary (PDF) or Full Report (PDF). If you want to work with Amateur Astronomers doing outreach, find out in this report what they say they need.

The Universe in the Classroom, a newsletter for teachers. Return here quarterly for a new posting or mine the riches of our on-line archives.

Articles on Education from Mercury Magazine Hunt down some good ideas and resources in these archived articles from the "Education Newswire" and "Black Holes to Blackboards" departments of our membership magazine, Mercury

Other Articles on Education

• Astronomy Education in the U.S.: An Overview

• How to Succeed in College

• Astronomy Education and Public Outreach: Steps and Missteps Toward an Emerging Profession (pdf)

A Catalog of National Astronomy Education Projects Check here before you reinvent the wheel. This list contains info on workshop materials and more.

Selected Resource Guides Gather some great background reading from these annotated astronomical resource guides:

• Astronomy Education Bibliography

• Environmental Issues and Astronomy: An Introductory Resource Guide

• Women in Astronomy: An Introductory Bibliography

• Astronomical Pseudo-Science: A Skeptic's Bibliography

• The Solar System: An Introductory Resource Guide

• The Moon: A Resource Guide

• Science Fiction with Good Astronomy & Physics: A Topical Index

• SETI Messages Bibliography

• The Astronomy of Many Cultures: A Resource Guide

• Galileo: The Man and His Science

• Black Holes: An Introductory Resource List

Astronomy Education Review Looking for the latest research in astronomy education? This on-line journal and magazine is a good place to start. (A new browser window will open.)

Web links for Teaching Introductory Astronomy to College Non-science Majors Get out of the lecture mode, even in large classes, with some of these ideas from colleagues.

Space Science Education Resource Directory Jump into a universe of NASA developed products. (A new browser window will open.)

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