Jeff Stanger Science Teacher 4 IYA International Year of Astronomy 2009

The collection of links to information and resources below have been designed to give support to school teachers wishing to organise activities or find resources.

IYA Discovery Guides		CSU Monthly Webcasts	Galileo Teacher Training
Resources providing monthly IYA educational outreach activities and their adaptation for Australians		Webcasts each month from Australian telescope. You can request images	Training and resources for school teachers

NASA IYA News		School Based Activities	Universe Awareness
Information and hot topics to discover each month		Some of my ideas for school based activities in 2009	Resources for teaching astronomy to young children

Australian IYA Science Teacher Events
February 12	Teachers Preview at Sydney Observatory
March 20	Astrophysics for Physics Teachers in Sydney
May 15 - 17	Teacher Workshop at Parkes Observatory
June 4	Teacher Workshop in Melbourne
July 4 - 7	CONASTA Conference in Launceston
September	STANSW Annual Conference

Other Resources
Documentary		Tons of Resources	CSIRO Science by Email
400 Years of the Telescope		A huge collection of astronomy teaching resources	Weekly email from CSIRO with activities for educators
ATNF Teacher Resources		Space Weather Viewer	Classroom Resources
Huge collection of astronomy resources for physics teachers		See amazing images of the Sun	Teacher resource collection from NOAO
Presentations		Starchart Handouts	Sun-Earth Day Lessons
PowerPoint files for the IYA		Free, simple and effective starchart to handout	Lesson plans from NASA themed around Sun-Earth Day
Documentary		Classroom Demonstrations	All About Telescopes
Fully Downloadable Official Documentary of IYA09		Some astronomy demonstrations for year 10 and 12 in NSW	Space Telescope Institute's resources on telescopes
ASA Teacher Resources		Galileo Galilei	Galileoscope
A collection of student and teacher resources by the ASA		Wikipedia page on Galileo	Educational resources to accompany the Galileoscope