http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ A search of MERLOT materials Copyright 1997-2013 MERLOT. All rights reserved. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:38:58 PDT Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:38:58 PDT http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/images/merlot.gif http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ 44 34 http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=84014 This is a very easy to use satellite traking site. You will need to create an account before using the site but this is quick and painless. Be sure to check out the Iridium flares. Very cool stuff http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=654290 A free K-20 educational, web media site for students and teachers. 36 Academic subjects; 493 Courses; 1,794 Documentaries;1,372 videos; and 1.342 images. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=284168 EducaNext provides access to thousands of materials on various subjects of relevance to teaching and learning at the college level and higher. Member institutions list their materials on the site as well as fees for those materials. You have to register (free) to use this learning object repository. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=758753 The Silicon Valley Astronomy Lectures, featuring noted scientists giving nontechnical illustrated lectures on recent developments in astronomy, are now available on their own YouTube Channel, at: http://www.youtube.com/SVAstronomyLectures/ The talks include: * Frank Drake discussing his modern view of the Drake Equation, * Michael Brown explaining how his discovery of Eris led to the demotion of Pluto, * Alex Filippenko talking about the latest ideas and observations of black holes, * Natalie Batalha sharing the latest planet discoveries from the Kepler mission, * Anthony Aguirre discussing how it is possible to have multiple universes, and * Chris McKay updating the Cassini discoveries about Saturn's moon Titan. The lectures are taped at Foothill College near San Francisco, and co-sponsored by NASA's Ames Research Center, the SETI Institute, and the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. Note that the top page of the channel shows the lectures in the order they happened to be uploaded to YouTube. If you want to see them in chronological order, select the Playlist option. Both new and older talks in the series will be added to the channel as time goes by. Many pioneering astronomers have given talks in this series since its founding in 1999; recent lectures are being recorded so that people around the world can "tune in.״ http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=272623 Students can take a virtual tour of the planets, sun,or moon. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=272644 This website has fun facts about planets. It has Space Station games, Memory games, puzzles, and NASA pictures.