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Galaxy M81 seen by an infrared telescope |
The NVO's education and outreach partner projects bring data for billions of sky objects directly
to the participants in your science education program. Whether you lead an after-school program, manage a
planetarium, or design museum exhibits, you and your participants will gain all the knowledge that
modern astronomy data can provide.
The table below lists the NVO's current education and public outreach partners. Click the name of any
project to go to that project's web site (the site will open in a new window). Check back on this page for
more updates on how data provided by the NVO fit into these projects.
Name |
Description |
Level |
Developed by |
CyberSpace |
An interactive museum exhibit where visitors classify images of galaxies. The exhibit also has online activities for students. |
All informal science audiences |
Adler Planetarium |
The Digital Universe |
Participants can surf through the universe with Partiview software, going from the Solar System out to the farthest quasars. |
All informal science audiences |
The American Museum of Natural History |
SegNVO |
Learn what informal science educators, artists, and amateur astronomers look for from data provided by the NVO. |
NVO user communities |
Science Education Gateway at
UC-Berkeley |
Resources Adaptable to Informal Education
Name |
Description |
Level |
Developed by |
NVO Explorer |
Participants use the same tools that professional astronomers are using right now to work through lesson plans and conduct open-ended research. |
K-12 and College |
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey at
Johns Hopkins University |
Virtual Educational Observatory |
Participants explore real astronomy data with downloadable software that simulates an observatory setting. The program includes twelve complete lesson plans. |
High School to Astro 101 |
Project CLEA at
Gettysburg College |
Spectrum Explorer |
Participants explore spectra of stars and galaxies with a simple online tool. |
K-12 and College |
Project LITE at
Boston University |
Collaboratory |
Participants communicate with each other and with scientist mentors by creating and sharing research journals and publications. |
K-12 and College |
The Collaboratory Project at
Northwestern University |
M81 image courtesy of NASA/JPL-Caltech/K. Gordon (University of Arizona)
& S. Willner (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), N.A. Sharp (NOAO/AURA/NSF)
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