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Other Educational
Resources:
Transit
of Venus
http://www.transitofvenus.org/educ.htm
Prepares teachers and educators for the rare Transit of Venus, with
hands-on activities; maps, science, math, and history lessons; links;
safe viewing practices; global observing projects; historical images;
diagrams; and paper plate activities.
NASA:
2004 and 2012 Transits of Venus
http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/transit/venus0412.html
2004 and 2012 Transits of Venus by Fred Espenak, NASA's GSFC. Includes
predictiona and observations.
Exploratorium: Transit
of Venus
http://www.exploratorium.edu/venus/
The Exploratorium as part of NASA's Sun-Earth Education forum covers
the Transit of Venus from our expedition in Athens, Greece. Maps, features,
and other resources are also available.
BBC's
coverage of the Transit of Venus
http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/myspace/nightsky/transitofvenus.shtml
Everything you need to know about this rare astronomical event
University of Central
Lancashire - Transit of Venus
http://www.transit-of-venus.org.uk/
University of Central Lancashire celebrates the 2004 Transit and the
historical heritage of Jeremiah Horrocks through a series of lectures,
events & international collaborations.
Smilthsonian
Institute - Transit of Venus
http://www.sil.si.edu/exhibitions/chasing-venus/teachers/
These exercises and lesson plans are designed to accompany and enrich
the study and discussion of the June 2004 Transit of Venus.
European Southern Observatory - Transit
of Venus
http://www.vt-2004.org/
A comprehensive VT-2004 Photo Archive has been updated and is now in
its final form, with more than 600 photos.
Observing,
Photographing and Evaluating Transit of Venus
http://didaktik.physik.uni-essen.de/~backhaus/VenusProject.htm
Observing, Photographing and Evaluating the Transit of Venus, June 8th,
2004. An international co-operation between schools, amateur astronomers
and universities has prepared observations of the transit.
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