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Roland Gesthuizen

Astronomy from the Ground Up - YouTube - 0 views

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    "This is a video journal of a CSIRO Astronomy course by education officer Rob Hollow that was held at the ANTF Radio Telescope "The Dish" at Parkes NSW on May 2009."
Roland Gesthuizen

News, news and more news | Telescopes in Schools - 2 views

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    There is a lot of cool Astronomy stuff going on at the moment and definitely time I filled you in on it all (well some of it anyway!)
Martin Burrett

100,000 Stars - 4 views

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    This is an amazing map of our closest 100,000 stars. Zoom and explore our galaxy. See binary systems and exotic stars in exquisite 3D detail. Requires Google Chrome. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Science
Holly Barlaam

Home | MIT + K12 Videos - 3 views

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    This is a fabulous video site where students from MIT teach science for Primary and Secondary children. View videos on a range of topics including engineering, biology, physics, astronomy and more. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Science
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    MIT students partner with K12 educators to produce science experiments and videos
Roland Gesthuizen

A world like ours, maybe, or too smart to say - 5 views

  • If the planets exist, they orbit a star about twice as old as our own, so a suitable planet has had plenty of time to develop life much more advanced than Homo sapiens. That may just explain why no one from Tau Ceti has ever contacted beings as primitive as us.
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    "ASTRONOMERS have discovered what may be five planets orbiting Tau Ceti, the closest single star beyond our solar system, the temperature and luminosity of which nearly match the sun's. If they are planets, one is about the right distance from the star to feature mild temperatures, oceans of water, and even life. Don't pack your bags just yet, though: the discovery still needs to be confirmed."
Roland Gesthuizen

Solar Eclipse pinhole viewer for 10 May 2013 Solar Eclipse : Nightskyonline.info - 1 views

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    "Want to observe the Friday 10 May 2013 Solar Eclipse safely but don't have access to a specialist solar filter for your telescope or binoculars? I have prepared a solar eclipse pinhole viewer which you can freely download and use to indirectly observe the eclipse.  I have included on the viewer information on start, mid and end times for the eclipse for the following cities: Adelaide, Brisbane, Sydney, Cairns, Perth, Melbourne, Canberra, Hobart, Darwin and Townsville."
Roland Gesthuizen

Astroblog: Occultation of Jupiter, Monday 18 February, 2013 - 1 views

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    On the evening of Monday, February 18, the Moon will occult (cover) Jupiter in Southern Australia (everywhere else sees it very close).  It will be quite spectacular with Jupiter's Moons being covered by the dark side of the Moon just before Jupiter.
Roland Gesthuizen

Check out the year's biggest and brightest moon on Sunday night - 0 views

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    "This Sunday night, 23 June 2013, at precisely 9.33pm AEST, the full moon becomes a "supermoon" - an especially bright full moon."
Roland Gesthuizen

TeachThought50 Awesome Chemistry Videos For The Busy Science Teacher - 11 views

  • From the reactions that fuel the sun to the biology of our bodies to the technology in our gadgets, chemistry is at the heart of everything we do and is the central science that unites biology, physics, geology, astronomy, medicine, and countless other fields. Yet chemistry doesn’t always get the credit and recognition it deserves for playing such an awesome role in, well, everything
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    "checking out a few (or all) of these amazing chemistry videos online. Some are funny, some impressive, but all will showcase the true awesomeness of chemistry"
Roland Gesthuizen

FAMOUS ASTRONOMERS - 3 views

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    A comprehensive resource for school assignments. Need to do a research assignment on a famous astronomer? Well look no further, because everything you need is right here. Ready to scaffold your project? Then lets go. . .  (Warning!! Check your sources!!)
Roland Gesthuizen

World's Largest Virtual Solar System Drive - 7 views

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    "See three-dimensional planet models along the way as you shuttle from Pluto at the furthest reaches of the Solar System to the Sun, which is represented by the 37-metre Anglo-Australian Telescope dome at Siding Spring Observatory.  The planets are displayed on huge billboards with the size of the planets and the distance between each billboard scaled relative to the dome - the Sun - along the five main roads that lead to Coonabarabran in regional NSW."
Amy Roediger

Planetarium - Interactive star map and virtual sky - 2 views

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    Planetarium by Neave Interactive is a website on which you can specify your current location and it will show you a map of the night sky based upon your location and the date. You can also use Planetarium without specifying your location and instead explore the night sky from any place on Earth. For Google Chrome users, Planetarium offers a Chrome Web App that you can add to your browser.
Amy Roediger

Planet Compare - 1 views

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    Compare sizes of planets with this free webtool.
Roland Gesthuizen

Sprinter and sprummer: scrap the four seasons - Ockham's Razor - ABC Radio National (Au... - 0 views

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    Spring starts on the first day of September, right? Not if Dr Tim Entwisle, director of the Royal Botanic Gardens in Melbourne and the author of 'Sprinter and Sprummer', has anything to do with it. Here he argues we should scrap the European approach and adopt a five season model.
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