Element 1

Performance Indicator 1

Our Sun

http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/solarsystem/sun/index.shtml#

http://www.nasa.gov/worldbook/sun_worldbook.html

http://son.nasa.gov/tass/content/structure.htm (structure)

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/03/070323132406.htm (magnetic field)

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/solar-b/ (plasma)

http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/science/know_l2/sun.html (as x-ray source)

Element 1

Performance Indicator 1,2,3

Solar system structure

http://www.nasa.gov/worldbook/solarsystem_worldbook_update.html (covers everything in the unit standard)

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/activities/label/labelsolarsystem.shtml

http://www.nineplanets.org/overview.html (basic overview)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_system

http://www.solarviews.com/eng/homepage.htm (overview with access to useful information on each object)

http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/?ss_outer (handy diagrams)

http://www.fourmilab.ch/solar/solar.html (see how the planets move)

Element 2

Performance Indicator 1,2

Earth

http://www.nasa.gov/worldbook/earth_worldbook.html (overview of planet, all that is needed for 20622)

http://terra.nasa.gov/ (TERRA study of the Earth from above)

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/ (links to all aspects of planet Earth)

http://www.solarviews.com/eng/earth.htm (good introduction)

Element 1,2

Performance Indicator 2.2

Eclipses

http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/solarsystem/sun/solareclipse.shtml

Element 1

Performance Indicator 1

Aurora

http://www.nasa.gov/worldbook/aurora_worldbook.html

Element 2

Performance Indicator 3

Narratives: Pasifika

http://www.sacred-texts.com/pac/maui/maui15.htm

Element 2

Performance Indicator 3

Narratives: Maori

http://www.astronomynz.org.nz/maori-astronomy/taatai-arorangi-maori-astronomy-2.html

http://www.maori.org.nz/Korero/?d=page&pid=sp51&parent=44

http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-BesAstro-t1-body-d1-d4.html

http://my.opera.com/DUBMASTER%20PhD/blog/2007/01/25/aotearoa-s-starn (Aotearoa's star)

Element 2

Performance Indicator 3

Helios (Narratives: science history)

http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/profile.cfm?Sort=Target&Target=Sun&MCode=Helios_01

http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/profile.cfm?Sort=Target&Target=Sun&MCode=Helios_01&Display=ReadMore

Element 2

Performance Indicator 3

SOHO (Narratives: science)

http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov

http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/about/docs/SOHO_Fact_Sheet.pdf

Element 2

Performance Indicator 3

Narratives: Green and Cook (1771)

http://coombs.anu.edu.au/%7Ecookproj/archive/royal_society/green.html#top

Element 1

Performance Indicator 1

Astronomical unit

http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/ask_astro/answers/980122b.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronomical_unit

Element 3

Performance Indicator 1,2

Comet

Comet collides with Jupiter

Element 2

Performance Indicator 1

Earth

http://science.hq.nasa.gov/earth-sun/index.html

Element 2

Performance Indicator 1

Individual planets

http://pds.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/ (index to each planet)

http://mistupid.com/astronomy/orbits.htm (orbits - excellent)

http://www.nineplanets.org/overview.html

http://vathena.arc.nasa.gov/curric/space/planets/planorbi.html (includes tables)

Element 1,2,3

Performance Indicator 1.4, 2.3, 3.3

Narratives: history of science

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/science/sciencesbook.html (many links)

http://www.ou.edu/cas/hsci/rel-site.htm (many links)

http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/

http://galileo.rice.edu/lib/catalog.html/hooke.html (useful links)

http://galileo.rice.edu/sci/kepler.html (Kepler)

Article on Bearice Tinsley (see workbook)

Element 1

Performance Indicator 4

Narratives: international mythology

http://www.cyberpursuits.com/space/pastfuture/myth.asp

http://www.comfychair.org/~cmbell/myth/myth.html (constellations)

http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/mythology/stars.html (nice index)

http://www.thunderbolts.info/tpod/2005/arch05/051026meeting.htm (the meeting of myth and science)

http://www.ufrsd.net/staffwww/stefanl/myths/milkyway.htm (Milky Way myths)

Element 1, 3

Performance Indicator 1.1, 3.1

Our Sun: transits

http://www.astrosociety.org/education/publications/tnl/69/mercury.html

http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/transit/transit.html

Venus transit animated (begins at the surface of Venus)

Element 1

Performance Indicator 1.1

Milky Way location in the cosmos

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milky_Way

Element 1

Narrative

Women in science

Element 1

Performance Indicator 1.2

Milky Way structure

http://cassfos02.ucsd.edu/public/tutorial/MW.html

Element 1

Performance Indicator 1.2

Kinds of galaxies

http://seds.org/MESSIER/galaxy.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxy

Element 1

Performance Indicator 1.3

Star evolution

http://seds.org/MESSIER/nebula.html

http://www.ras.ucalgary.ca/SKA/science/node12.html

http://astronomyonline.org/Stars/Evolution.asp?Cate=Stars&SubCate=OG04&SubCate2=OG0401

Element 1

Performance Indicator 1.3, 1.4

Big Bang model

http://science.hq.nasa.gov/universe/science/bang.html

http://cosmology.berkeley.edu/Education/IUP/Big_Bang_Primer.html

http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/academy/universe/b_bang.html

http://hepwww.rl.ac.uk/pub/bigbang/part1.html

Element 1

Performance Indicator 1.5

Life cycle of galaxies

http://www.miqel.com/space_photos_maps/the_big_picture.html (orientation of galaxies)

Element 1

Performance Indicator 1.5

Dark matter

http://science.hq.nasa.gov/universe/science/dark_energy.html

Element 1

Performance Indicator 1.5

Dark energy

http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/science/mysteries_l1/dark_energy.html

http://www.nasa.gov/missions/deepspace/f_dark-energy.html

http://www.nasa.gov/missions/science/f_dkenergy.html

Element 1

Performance Indicator 1.3

Supernova

http://www.nasa.gov/worldbook/supernova_worldbook.html (summary)

http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/science/know_l2/supernovae.html (another summary)

http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/science/know_l2/supernova_remnants.html (what is left over after a supernova)

Element 2

Performance Indicator 2.1

Our position in the Milky Way

http://www.rasnz.org.nz/ (relate to practical astronomy)

See practical astronomy web page

http://www.miqel.com/space_photos_maps/galactic_info/position-of-sun-in-milky-way.html (Sun's position in the Milky Way)

http://www.miqel.com/space_photos_maps/galactic_info/position-of-milky-way-in-local-group.html (our place in the Local Group)

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/solarsystem/where.shtml (beginners)

Element 2

Performance Indicator 2.2

Our view of the Milky Way

http://www.rasnz.org.nz/ (relate to practical astronomy)

See practical astronomy web page

Element 1

Performance Indicator 1

History of space exploration (unmanned particularly)

http://www.solarviews.com/eng/history.htm (good introduction)

http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/space_missions/overview.html (for beginners)

http://www.spaceline.org/rockethistory.html (excellent account of history)

Element 1

Performance Indicator 1

Rockets

http://inventors.about.com/od/rstartinventions/a/Rockets.htm

http://www.lerc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/TRC/Rockets/history_of_rockets.html (brief introduction with nice pictures)

Element 1

Performance Indicator 1

Scientific space missions: history

http://science.hq.nasa.gov/missions/index.html (links to NASA projects)

http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/space_missions/space_missions.html

Element 1

Performance Indicator 1.1, 1.2, 1.3

Scientific space missions: current

Space weather (what is happening right now)

Element 1

Performance Indicator 1.1, 1.2, 1.3

Scientific space missions: primates in space (manned & unmanned)

http://www.planet4589.org/space/book/astronauts/astronaut/bio/primate.html (useful list)

http://history.nasa.gov/animals.html (history)

http://library.thinkquest.org/03oct/00179/s_chimps.html (opposition to the use of animals in research)

http://www.primatesworld.com/SpaceMonkeys.html (animal rights issues)

Element 1

Performance Indicator 1.1, 1.2, 1.3

Scientific space missions: moonshots

http://www.lpi.usra.edu/expmoon/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exploration_of_the_Moon

http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-4214/cover.html (history)

Element 1

Performance Indicator 1.1, 1.2, 1.3

Scientific space missions: Mars

http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/ (summary)

http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/ (rovers)

Element 1

Performance Indicator 1.1, 1.2, 1.3

Scientific space missions: Jupiter

http://sse.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/profile.cfm?Sort=Target&Target=Jupiter&Era=Future

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/solar_system/planets/jupiter_missions.html

http://galileo.jpl.nasa.gov/ (Galileo mission)

http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/jupiter/space_missions.html (useful chart)

Element 1

Performance Indicator 1.1

Apollo programme

http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/history/apollo/

Element 1

Performance Indicator 1.2

Space shuttle

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html

Element 2

Performance Indicator 2.1, 2.2, 2.3

Hubble Space Telescope

http://www.spacetelescope.org/ (European website)

http://www.childrensmuseum.org/cosmicquest/fieldguide/hst.html (Hubble basics)

Element 3

Performance Indicator 3.1, 3.2, 3.3

International Space Station

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html

Element 3

Performance Indicator 3.1, 3.2, 3.3

Gravity Probe B (an experiment in space)

http://einstein.stanford.edu/

http://science.nasa.gov/RealTime/JPass/25/JPass.asp (track the satellite)

Element 4

Performance Indicator 4.1, 4.2, 4.3

http://iss.sfo.jaxa.jp/iss/kibo/develop_status_9908_e.html

http://physics.ucsd.edu/zerogravity.html

http://iss.sfo.jaxa.jp/education/parabolic/en/2004/index.html

http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2006/07/07/byteline/byteline_30008185.php

Element 1

Performance Indicator 1

Russians

http://www.russianspaceweb.com/tsiolkovsky_legacy.html (Tsiolkovsky)

http://en.rian.ru/analysis/20060412/45705029.html (summary)

http://community.webshots.com/album/77515345lwZLMX (pictures)

Practical astronomy

Go to the special Astronomy Aotearoa page>

Index of web sites

http://www.cv.nrao.edu/fits/www/astronomy.html

Galileo

http://galileo.rice.edu/

Lesson plan.

Newton

http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Newton.html (nice site)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Newton (full account)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/newton_isaac.shtml (BBC)

http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr161/lect/history/newtongrav.html (useful site, apart from the inaccurate account of how gravity was discovered)

http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Isaac_Newton (quotes about and by Newton)

Kant

http://www.friesian.com/kant.htm#note-1

Timelines

http://www-spof.gsfc.nasa.gov/stargaze/Stimelin.htm

http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0001196.html (World History and Timelines)

http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001196.html (World History)

Index of topics on NASA site

http://science.hq.nasa.gov/info/sitemap.html

Faraday

http://www.bartleby.com/30/1.html (talk on gravity, delivered to children, 1859)

Kelvin

http://www.bartleby.com/30/15.html (the wave theory of light, 1884)

http://www.bartleby.com/30/16.html (the tides)

Einstein

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/brgt230563/SCIENCE/Einstein/Einstein.html (introduction)

http://fi.edu/case_files/einstein/ (introduction, and more)

http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Einstein.html (excellet)

http://www.bartleby.com/br/173.html (His book on relativity)

http://www.alberteinstein.info/ (for serious students)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein (for advanced students)

http://www.westegg.com/einstein/ (links)

http://www.mathpages.com/rr/rrtoc.htm (mathematical, comprehensive text)

Gravity (Einstein's account)

http://einstein.stanford.edu/ (this site explains Einstein's general theory)

Euclid

http://www.mathopenref.com/euclid.html (biography)

http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/java/elements/elements.html (famous work "Elements". This is the source of the geometry you learn at school.)

Mathematics that relates to modern theory in physics

http://superstringtheory.com/ (string theory)

http://www.mathpages.com/home/index.htm (useful mathematics topics)

Planets outside the Solar System

http://planetquest.jpl.nasa.gov/TPF/tpf_index.cfm

Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand
( Current links to all the New Zealand astronomy organisations.)

http://www.rasnz.org.nz/

Cook's observation tents and Maori

http://digital.natlib.govt.nz/get/26583?profile=access

William Pickering

http://www.nexusresearchgroup.com/space_expl/pickering.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Hayward_Pickering

http://www.nzedge.com/heroes/pickering.html

Gifford Observatory
(Wellington College)

http://www.gifford-observatory.wellington.net.nz

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gifford_Observatory

Carter Observatory, Wellington

www.carterobservatory.org

Stardome Observatory, Auckland

http://www.stardome.org.nz/

Wellington Astronomical Society

http://www.was.org.nz/

Bill Pickering (on Rutherford site)

http://www.rutherford.org.nz/biopickering.htm

Auckland Astronomical Society

http://www.astronomy.org.nz/aas/pub/home.asp

Graham Palmer, astrophotographer

http://www.skyhigh-photography.com/

Paul Moss Astronomy

http://www.astronomy.net.nz/

Stonehenge Aotearoa

http://astronomynz.org.nz/stonehenge/

http://www.rsnz.org/education/alpha/Alpha124.pdf (student notes)