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Useful Links for GCSE Astronomy

General Information

Flamsteed Astro Useful Links Page

AAE Association for Astronomy Education

Royal Observatory Greenwich

Wikipidea Astronomy Portal

Study Guides etc

Edexcel Astronomy GCSE Page

AAE Scheme of Work for GCSE Astronomy

ROG GCSE Astronomy Modules

Astronomy GCSE.co.uk

PPARC useful links page

 

Image:  ’The pillars of creation’

Star nurseries in M16

The Eagle Nebula —

Hubble STScI / NASA

       [News about Astronomy] 

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Last updated Jan 11, 2008

1. Earth as a planet

 

Earth impact craters

 

Earth as a planet

 

Earth geology

 

Origin of life on Earth

 

Earth’s atmosphere

 

 

2. Calendars and seasons

 

Calendars

 

Seasons

 

 

3. Sundials and shadow sticks

 

British Sundial Society

 

Sundials on the Internet

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4. Latitude, longitude and time zones

 

Interactive time zones

 

 

5. Celestial coordinates

 

Coordinate systems

 

 

6. The Moon

 

John’s Moon page –

 

Moon page from Nineplanets.org

 

Apollo missions – Nasa site

 

Google moon

 

Lunar maps – interactive

 

Measuring the Moon’s distance

 

 

Useful sites – for each section of the course