IYA2009 Discovery Guides available on-line.
3 November 2008
Introducing 12 easy ways to share the excitement of the International Year of Astronomy (IYA) during 2009. Monthly IYA Discovery Guides are internationally accessible and complete with articles, activities, instructional videos, and finder charts.
The Night Sky Network, Astronomical Society of the Pacific, National Science Foundation, NASA, and the IYA US committee have teamed up to provide these great resources that support NASA's monthly themes and featured celestial objects. Join skygazers worldwide in a renewed appreciation of the universe. Download your free IYA Discovery Guides here:
http://www.astrosociety.org/iya/guides.html
These guides are part of a fully searchable online database filled with easy-to-use activities, loved by amateur astronomers and other educators nationwide and proven to engage and inspire. Explain the universe, from eclipses to black holes with simple models, presentations, and hands-on demonstrations. See for yourself here:
http://nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov/download-search.cfm
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http://nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov/download-view.cfm?Doc_ID=338
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