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A bibliography of software for aerospace education can be obtained from the Teacher Resource Center at the NASA field center serving your area or from Spacelink.
The following Hypercard Stacks were produced by the Exploration In Education (ExInEd) program of the Special Studies Office at the Space Telescope Science Institute. Additional Information. (For Macintosh and Windows; free via downloading.)
The Red Planet
An overview of Mars, including its volcanos, the Valles Marineris
canyon system, features formed by running water, the SNC meteorites,
and its two small moons, Phobos and Deimos.
Clementine Explores the Moon
Describes the mission and offers a selection of imagery and global
data coverage obtained by the Clementine spacecraft.
PlanetQuest
Describes the history of planetary spacecraft, beginning with the
early lunar missions in support of the Apollo program to current
plans for missions to Mars, Jupiter, and Pluto.
Comparing Earth and Its Planetary Neighbors
Compares Earth features with those of other bodies in the solar
system. Provides an introduction to planetary science especially
appropriate to middle school students.
Images of Mars
Contains reprocessed photos, with captions, taken on the Viking
mission. Includes brief history of human interest in Mars.
Magellan Highlights of Venus
A geologic tour of Venus using images from the Magellan spacecraft.
Includes a summary of the most important scientific findings from the
mission.
The Planetary System
Collection of some of the most beautiful images of the solar system.
Includes all the planets, their rings and satellites, asteroids, and
comets.
NASAView
This is a Planetary Data System image display tool that runs on different
platforms. It can be used to display imagery from NASA mission CD-ROMs.
Additional Information.
(Multiple platforms; free via downloading.)
NCSA Image
This is an image processing tool, developed by NCSA, for the Macintosh and
PC-DOS computers.
Additional Information.
(Macintosh and DOS; free via downloading.)
NIH Image
This is a public-domain image processing and analysis program for the
Macintosh computer.
Additional Information.
(Macintosh only; free via downloading.)
Scion Image for Windows
This is a public-domain image processing and analysis program for Windows
computers.
Additional Information. (Windows only; free via downloading.)
Astrometry of Asteroids
This software (for high school and college classes) is designed to
introduce students to the techniques used to discover asteroids and
measure their coordinates. Includes student manuals and teaching
materials. (Macintosh or Windows; free via downloading.)
Source = CLEA.
The Height of Lunar Mountains
This software (for high school and college classes) is designed to
show how the height of surface features can be determined from measurements
of their shadows. Includes student manuals and teaching
materials. (Macintosh or Windows; free via downloading.)
Source = CLEA.
The Revolution of the Moons of Jupiter
This software (for high school and college classes) is designed to show
how the mass of a planet can be determined using Kepler's third law
of motion. Includes student manuals and teaching materials. (Macintosh
or Windows; free via downloading.)
Source = CLEA.
The Rotation of Mercury Using Doppler Radar
This software (for high school and college classes) is designed to
show how to determine the rotation rate of a planet using the Doppler
shift of a returned radar pulse. Includes student manuals and teaching
materials. (Macintosh or Windows; free via downloading.)
Source = CLEA
Astrografix
A collection of astronomy utility, game, database, and graphics
programs. (Apple II platform; 1 disk, $2.00.)
Source = CORE.
Astro-Macronomer
Astronomical observation utility providing coordinate, magnitude, and
other pertinent data about the Sun, Moon, planets, stars, and a variety
of deep space objects. (Macintosh; 1 disk, $5.00.)
Source = CORE.
Astronomy
The majority of the programs are observatory utility programs, for
grades 4-6, providing a variety of calculation functions including
planet locations, eclipse dates, and astrophotography data. Also
includes the "Griffith Observatory Museum" disk and "The Astronomical
Almanac." (Apple II platform; 3 disks, $12.00.)
Source = CORE.
The GO Program
A computer program that allows users to calculate periods of
altitude, acceleration of gravity, and escape velocity. (Apple II platform; Grades 5-6; 1 disk, $2.00.)
Source = CORE.
Hubble Space Telescope Education Software Project
Explains the operation and design of telescopes in general and the
HST in particular. Includes a collection of classroom activities. (8
disks, $26.00.)
Source = CORE.
Multiyear Interactive Computer Almanac (MICA)
Supersedes the old Floppy Almanac. Provides high-precision astronomical
data in tabular form for a wide variety of celestial objects.
Additional Information.
(Grades 9 and up; DOS and Macintosh; $24.95.)
Source = Willmann-Bell Inc.
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