The Science Dome is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. We however do recommend a panel of Websites to view (in order below):

Our main Website is Click here for additional Website http://www.sciencedome.co.uk/

A good public interest website at www.scienceprojectideas.co.uk focused on great ideas and advice for science projects.

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Some key Websites based on SPACE suitable for children are:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/

http://www.space.com/

http://www.nasa.gov/

http://www.esa.int/esaCP/index.html

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The International Year of Astronomy 2009

In 2009 the world will celebrate the International Year of Astronomy to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Galileo's use of a telescope to study the night sky. 2009 is also the anniversary of many other important dates in the history of science, such as the publishing of Kepler's Astronomia Nova, Huygens' Systema Saturnium, and the first moon landing.

http://www.astronomy2009.org/

The Science Dome has already planned for this event and has upgraded the equipment to be able to show all dome projection with a new US dome and 2008 US Gamma Projector.

The two new shows planned to celebrate these event are;

'Introduction to Stargazing' and ‘Story telling and the Stars’

2008 Gamma projector is the most advance mobile projector in the world with state of the art Stellarium software. This can also be downloaded and used on a PC desktop for a test. Visit the link below.

http://www.stellarium.org/

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Equipment is supplied by Click here for information on Digitalis Education Solutions

Digitalis Education Solutions Website is worth looking at for 'Free Lesson Plans' used in the US and for the great pictures to illustrate our new projector Gamma 2008 system.

The Science Dome is an independent distributor of a world leading provider of portable digital planetarium systems, Digitalis Education. See our UK Website for further details. Click  http://www.digitariumsciencedome.co.uk/

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Below we have included references to useful websites for astronomy background information and activities, followed by a recommended reading list.

Background information

Basic astronomy/general interest

http://www.badastronomy.com
http://www.nasa.gov
http://www.spacetoday.org
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html
http://www.astronomy.com/
http://skyandtelescope.com
http://www.lowell.edu/Public/LEARN
http://www.darksky.org

Planets

http://www.nineplanets.org
http://pds.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/welcome.htm

Moon (Luna)

http://www.nineplanets.org/luna.html
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/earth/moons_and_rings.html
http://hea-www.harvard.edu/ECT/the_book/Chap6/Chapter6.html

Hubble Space Telescope

http://hubblesite.org
http://stipo.larc.nasa.gov/browse/hubble.html

Cosmology

http://www.astro.ucla.edu/~wright/cosmology_faq.html
http://map.gsfc.nasa.gov/m_uni.html
http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/~jcohn/tcosmo.html

History of astronomy/important astronomers

http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/the_universe/uts/timeline.html
http://www.spacetoday.org/History/History.html
http://www.physics.sfsu.edu/~gmarcy/cswa/history/history.html

Electromagnetic spectrum

http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/sitemap.html (Click on the “electromagnetic spectrum” link under the “Science” heading.)
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/ems1.html
http://www.geo.mtu.edu/rs/back/spectrum

Debunking astrology

http://www.astrosociety.org/education/astro/act3/astrology.html
http://www.badastronomy.com/bad/misc/zodiac.html

Astronomy Activities

http://www.exploratorium.edu/observatory/index.html
http://www.exploratorium.edu/science_explorer
http://www.astrosociety.org/education/activities/activities.html
http://hea-www.harvard.edu/ECT/the_book/
http://cse.ssl.berkeley.edu/AtHomeAstronomy
http://amazing-space.stsci.edu

Constellations and astronomy of different cultures

Chinese

http://ecuip.lib.uchicago.edu/diglib/science/cultural_astronomy/cultures_china-4.html
http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/CE/Museum/Space/Research/StarName/e_research_chinengstarzone_b.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_constellation
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Chinese_astronomy
http://physics.gac.edu/~chuck/astro/archeo.html
http://www.ianridpath.com/startales/startales2a.htm

Ancient Egyptian

http://ecuip.lib.uchicago.edu/diglib/science/cultural_astronomy/cultures_egypt-1.html
http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/gods/home.html
http://www.egyptologyonline.com/astronomy.htm
http://www.hallofmaat.com/modules.php?name=Articles&file=article&sid=24
http://www.personal.psu.edu/users/d/r/drn116/egypt.html
http://stardate.org/egypt/resources.html

Recommended Reading

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Astronomy, Christopher G. De Pree. A thorough but gentle introduction to astronomy.

The Stars: A New Way to See Them, H. A. Rey. A different way to see the stars, from the creator of that mischievious monkey Curious George.

Deep Sky Companions: The Messier Objects, Stephen James O'Meara. Designed to be used with a telescope. Provides photographs of all Messier objects, as well as information on where to look for them.