National Park Service Night Sky Program: http://www.nature.nps.gov/air/lightscapes/index.cfm NPS Night Sky Program Light Pollution Research Methods: www.georgewright.org/184duriscoe.pdf NPS Night Sky Program Astronomy Volunteer In the Parks Program: http://www.nature.nps.gov/air/lightscapes/astrovip/ NPS Night Sky Program Podcasts: The Tradition of Looking Up: http://365daysofastronomy.org/2009/03/20/march The Good, The Bad and The Ugly of Outdoor Lighting: http://365daysofastronomy.org/2009/04/25/april-‐25th-‐the-‐good-‐the-‐bad-‐and-‐the-‐ugly-‐of-‐ outdoor-‐lighting/ The Scenery of the Night: http://365daysofastronomy.org/2009/08/25/august-‐25th-‐the-‐scenery-‐ of-‐the-‐night/ NPS Web Rangers: (look for the “Disappearing Dark Sky” online kid’s activity): http://www.nps.gov/webrangers/
The Sun and Space Weather NASA Eclipse Website: http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse.html Eclipse eyewear: http://www.the3dmarket.com/Eclipsers/default.asp SOHO Space Weather monitoring web page: http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/spaceweather/ NOAA National Weather Service Updates: http://www.weather.gov/ Strike Alert II Personal lightning detector: http://www.ambientweather.com/stpelide.html
Tonight’s Sky Resources
Make a Star Finder: http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/en/kids/st6starfinder/st6starfinder.shtml Print A Sky Map: http://www.skymaps.com/downloads.html Constellation Stories (Greek): http://comfychair.org/~cmbell/myth/myth.html USNO Sun and Moon Data: http://www.usno.navy.mil/USNO/astronomical-‐applications/data-‐ services/ The Best Night Sky Show is Tonight’s Sky: http://amazing-‐space.stsci.edu/tonights_sky/ StarDate: http://stardate.org/ What’s Up: http://www.sciencecenter.net/whatsup/09/feature.htm WikiSky: http://www.wikisky.org/ The Clear Sky Clock: http://www.cleardarksky.com/csk/ Google Sky: http://www.google.com/sky/ Moon Phases: http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/vphase.html Google Moon: http://www.google.com/moon/
Educator’s Resources
Traditions of The Sun Ancient Solar Observatories: http://www.traditionsofthesun.org/ NASA & NPS Partnership: http://www.earthtosky.org/ NASA Solar System Exploration Website: http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/index.cfm SOHO Sun Classroom – great sun diagrams: http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/classroom/classroom.html The Space Science Institute (SSI) is a nonprofit http://www.spacescience.org/education/instructional_materials.html
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Amazing images from Hubble Space Telescope: http://hubblesite.org/ Great Images and video clips: http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/Media/mediaimages/jpl.shtml Good Teaching Tools: http://amazing-‐space.stsci.edu/eds/ International Year of Astronomy web links: http://365daysofastronomy.org/ http://www.astronomy2009.org/ http://astronomy2009.us/ Telescope History: http://amazing-‐space.stsci.edu/resources/explorations/groundup/ PBS on 400 Years of the Telescope: http://www.pbs.org/soptv/400years/the_film/overview.php The Sun Song: http://kids.niehs.nih.gov/lyrics/whysunshine.htm or at : http://www.learninggamesforkids.com/science_songs/educational_videos_sun_song.html They Might Be Giants music video: http://tmbw.net/wiki/Why_Does_The_Sun_Shine The Dark Skies Rangers (Excellent source for Light Pollution activities): http://www.darkskiesawareness.org/DarkSkiesRangers/ The Galileoscope: https://www.galileoscope.org/gs/ One Planet: http://www.oneplaneteducation.com/canyons/ Paper Plate Light Pollution Activity: http://analyzer.depaul.edu/paperplate/lights.htm IDA Teacher Resources Website (includes impact to wildlife habitat activity): http://www.darksky.org/mc/page.do?sitePageId=90127 Nocturnal Animal Lesson: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/coloring/nocturnal.shtml
To find an astronomy club near you, please visit these websites: The Night Sky Network Club Finder http://nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov/club-‐map.cfm Sky & Telescope Magazine Club Finder http://www.skyandtelescope.com/community/organizations Astronomy Magazine Club Finder http://www.astronomy.com/asy/community/groups/ Astronomical League Club Directory http://www.astroleague.org/al/general/society.html
About Eppley Online Interpretation Training
Eppley Online Training – take the free online courses when you get a chance. The FREE course we want you to take is the Foundations of Interpretation Course at: http://eppley.org/elearning/interpretation-‐1/foundations-‐of-‐interpretation For all courses you will have to create a log in at http://eppley.org/elearning/ Click on “Catalog” tab – this is the page to bookmark. 1. Click on the “Register” tab and create an account. REMEMBER your email address and password that you used! 2. GO back to the /elearning webpage and Log in. 3. Click on “Catalog” – In the box that says “4 Easy Steps” there’s a link to “course catalog”. Find the National Park Service courses to browse – select a course and add to your cart. You must have a valid mailing address before you can checkout your cart.
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4. The Checkout process will send you an email order confirmation. Then you can go back to the /elearning site (you should be logged in still) and click on the up most tab “My Courses”. 5. Select your course in “My Courses” when you are ready to take the course. 6. After completing the course make sure to print out extra copies of your certificate of completion. 7. Make sure to log out when you are done with your course.
Lighting Technologies for Dark Sky Friendly Parks
Guidance Lighting Suggestions: TraxEyes: http://www.traxeyes.co.uk/index.html IDA White Paper on Blue LED Lighting: http://docs.darksky.org/Reports/IDA_Blue-‐ Rich_Light_White_Paper051710.pdf IDA Manufacturers Directory: http://www.darksky.org/mc/page.do?sitePageId=56423 IDA Light Pollution Info Sheets: http://www.darksky.org/mc/page.do?sitePageId=58823 How to upgrade dusk-to dawn lighting nightmares: http://evluma.com/ National Geographic Article on Light Pollution: http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/geopedia/Light_Pollution#Light%20Pollution Starry Night Lights: http://www.starrynightlights.com/ NOTE: The NPS Night Sky Program espouses the following mitigations for outdoor lighting. The total environmental performance of an outdoor light is the sum of all factors. These mitigation steps should be performed in order, from top to bottom, to provide the most effective solution. 1) Warranting-‐ Light only WHERE you need it 2) Controls-‐ Light only WHEN you need it 3) Shielding-‐ Direct light DOWNWARD 4) Spectrum-‐ Select lamp COLOR that minimize negative impacts 5) Intensity-‐ Use the minimum AMOUNT of light necessary 6) Efficiency-‐ Select the most energy EFFICACIOUS lamp and fixture
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