(EER's homepage, Astronomer's Education Notebook)
Roettger's Astronomer's Education Notebook
An online notebook for astronomers and space scientists wanting to become involved in science education.

Organizations

(I'm working on this - additions and details welcome!)

Index:
Astronomy/space science societies
Related societies
Government agencies
Commercial organizations

For local Chicago organizations, please see Adler Planetarium's list of links.

Astronomy/space science societies

• American Astronomical Society (AAS)
  • Education Initiative
  • Education Officer - Mary Kay Hemenway
  • Education Working Group (see also subscriptions)
  • Education sessions at annual conferences
  • Teacher workshops in conjunction with annual conferences
  • Division for Planetary Sciences (DPS)
    • Education Officer - Linda French
    • Education session(s) at annual meeting
    • Teachers' workshop in conjunction with annual meeting (The 27th Annual Meeting in Kona, HI, from 9-13 October 1995, will include a session for astronomers wanting to be involved in education.)
    • Icarus (okay, it's not related to K-12 but I'm listing it anyway.)
  • AASWOMEN electronic newsletter (there are often announcements of higher education opportunities, and sometimes discussion of education and mentoring issues)

• Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP)
  • Project ASTRO
  • They also maintain a list of planetariums.

• International Astronomical Union's (IAU's) information bulletins.

Related societies

• American Institute of Physics (AIP)
  • Education Division publishes the (subscribable) Physics Education Newsletter (PEN)
• American Physical Society (APS)
  • educational outreach programs
  • Forum on Education
• American Geophysical Union (AGU)
• American Association of University Women (educational studies)
• American Women in Science
• National Science Teachers Association (NSTA)
• American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT)
• American Chemical Society (publishes WonderScience, see paper subscriptions)
• American Association for the Advancement of Science has a gopher server

Government agencies

• National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
  • Public Affairs Office (PAO) newsroom
  • NASA labs and centers
    • Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
      • StarChild project for K-12
      • National Space Science Data Center's (NSSDC's) Omniweb system
      • Public Use of Remote Sensing Data
    • Ames Research Center
      • **K-12 Internet Initiative (QUEST)**
    • Kennedy Space Center
      • shuttle information
    • Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
    • NASA Lewis Research Center (NLRC)
  • Education Division, HQ
  • Education Coordination group, HQ
  • Astrophysics's Education Division
  • Solar System's Education efforts
• National Science Foundation (NSF)
  • Education
  • Publications (User-friendly guides)
• National Academy of Sciences (NAS)
  • National Science and Technology Week
  • document on the Future of Space Sciences
  • Reinventing Schools: The Technology is Now!
• The National Information Infrastructure Advisory Council (NIIAC) was created by executive order at the end of 1993 by President Clinton.
• Department of Education has an Online Library that includes the text of the Goals 2000: Educate America Act.
• Department of Energy (DOE) sponsors many educational programs (note: the link is to a gopher site).
• the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) Public Broadcasting System (PBS) has program guides with K- 12 activities and a directory of Internet sites with K-12 resources.

Commercial organizations

(not intended to be exhaustive!)

• Sky Publishing
• See also the ASP; they're nonprofit but they do sell merchandise.

Go (back) to the Astronomer's Education Notebook or Elizabeth Roettger's Homepage.

Created 14 March 1995, last revised 15 June 1997

URL: http://www.nthelp.com/eer/AENorgs.html