Exploring Our Universe: From the Classroom to Outer Space II. The FUSE Satellite Resources

RESOURCES

Classroom Activities
The following resources provide a variety of activities and other information suitable for classroom use:

• More Universe at Your Fingertips, San Francisco,CA.: Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2000.  (astronomy resources and activities)

• Space Based Astronomy: Teacher's Guide with Activities, NASA, EG-102, August 1994. (activities on the atmosphere, the electromagnetic spectrum and related topics)

• Hewitt, Paul G., Conceptual Physics, Menlo Park,CA: Addison Wesley Longman, 2000. (Physics background for grade 9 readers)

• Wilson, Jerry D. and Anthony J. Buffa, College Physics, Uppersaddle, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2000. (Physics background for good readers with strong mathematics skills.

•  Seeds, Michael A., Horizons: Exploring the Universe, Pacific Grove,CA: Brooks/Cole,2000 (Astronomy and research tools)

• Astronomy,  Waukesha,WI: Kalmbach Publishing (Monthly magazine including easy-to-read articles on space based astronomy)

• http://fuse.pha.jhu.edu/outreach/       (Homepage for the FUSE mission including technical information as well as information for students and teachers)

• http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/science/science.html           ( General information about the Universe with lesson plans and additional resources for each topic)

• http://violet.pha.jhu.edu/~wpb/spectroscopy/spec_home.html             (Information about light and spectroscopy)

• http://spacelink.msfc.nasa.gov               (Link to news, background and instructional materials for NASA missions)

• http://teachspacescience.stsci.edu       (Space Science Education Resource Directory)

Materials
Materials for classroom activities can be obtained from the following sources: