This section contains link to external organisations.
Magazines
Sky at Night Magazine | http://www.skyatnightmagazine.com | |
Astronomy Now | http://www.astronomynow.com |
Education
Association for Astronomy Education | http://www.aae.org.uk |
RAS Education Committee – competitions for schools and information leaflets. | http://www.ras.org.uk |
On this site are 4 educational exercises aimed at students aged 16-19, but societies might find them interesting if running any sort of practical astronomy sessions. The exercises all relate to distance measuring. | http://www.astroex.org/ |
Some experiments on Cosmic Rays | http://sunshine.chpc.utah.edu/javalabs/java102/hess/index.htm |
Links to a number of astronomy lessons | http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/teachers/lessons/ |
Another set of astronomy education experiments | http://www.sr.bham.ac.uk/xmm/forteachers.html |
FAQs
Astronomy & Physics are covered here
The Bad Astronomy page at – this attempts to address some misconceptions about astronomy
Planets for Kids – Informative page for kids which provides information on the planets in our solar system.
Places to Visit
Below is a list of a few astronomy related atractions that are mostly across the UK.
Centro de Observacao Astronomica no Algarve – COAA
Coats Observatory – Strathclyde
Herstmonceux Science Centre in Sussex
Island Planetarium & Astronomy Resources Centre on the Isle of Wight
Jodrell Bank Science Centre and Arboretum
Les Granges: Sun and Stars in Southern France
Mills Observatory – Dundee
National Maritime Museum – Greenwich
The National Space Centre in Leicester
Thinktank – Birmingham’s Science Museum
Norman Lockyer Observatory in Sidmouth, Devon
Spaceport – Liverpool
The Astronomy Centre in the Pennines on the Yorkshire/Lancashire border
Techniquest – Cardiff
Further places to visit can be found in the FAS Handbook.