Beyond Einstein Teachers Academy

Beyond Einstein Teachers Academy 2007-2008
Black Holes and Strong Gravity

BETA Resources
LISA Science Case [PDF]
"Black Star or Astrophysical Black Hole?"	Astro-ph paper describing the author's rationale for the existence of black holes.

Websites with resources and curriculum materials on black holes

Space Science Education
Resource Directory

http://www.teachspacescience.org/cgi-bin/ssrtop.plex
[searchable database of all space science education materials]

Astrophysics Division	http://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/
o Beyond Einstein Program	http://beyondeinstein.nasa.gov/
o Imagine the Universe	http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/
o Black Holes	http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/teachers/blackholes/blackholes.html
o Ask-An-Astrophysicist	http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/ask_astro/ask_an_astronomer.html

Education materials from the
Chandra X-ray Observatory

Education materials from the
Hubble Space Telescope

Black Hole Resource Area
compiled by the
GLAST EPO program

Universe Education Forum	http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/seuforum/ [all sorts of resources for teaching about the Universe beyond the solar system]
o Black Holes	http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/seuforum/blackholelanding.htm
o Black Hole Board Game	http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/seuforum/einstein/resource_BHExplorer.htm

Cole Miller�s FAQ page

Complete set of lecture notes for an undergraduate course in high-energy astrophysics from Chris Reynolds
	http://www.astro.umd.edu/~chris/Teaching/ASTR498E_Spring_2006/astr498e_spring_2006.html

Curator:
Responsible NASA Person:

Pat Tyler
Phil Newman