Links

• Organizations that support afterschool programs:

• National Afterschool Association
• Afterschool Alliance
• Coalition for Science Afterschool
• Informal education at NASA
• NASA Goddard Visitor's Center in Greenbelt, MD offers exhibits, programs, and tours

• Many of the sessions in Afterschool Universe were adapted from sources developed for a classroom. We list the original sources below as they list the National Science Standards addressed.

• Learning resources about the Universe for educators, scientists, and students. This site includes the "Modelling the Universe" and "Cosmic Survey" activities.


• Science First, where you can find the telescopes (and associated lesson plans) built by students in Session 3.


• Soda can core contraction demonstration from the X-ray Chandra Observatory


• Original version of the ball drop activity for supernova explosions from the Chandra X-ray Observatory


• "Make your own Milky Way Model" activity from the Subaru telescope


• Original version of the aluminum foil and balloon black hole activity from Imagine the Universe!


• "High Energy Groove Cosmic Quilt" activity from the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer