Web-based Tools

• Drake Formula Solver
• The Planet Temperature Calculator
•  Life in the Universe: A Workbook for the Drake Solver and The Planet Temperature Solver [Word] [PDF]
• Earth to Mars...coming soon
• NovaSearch

K-12 Education

Life in Space

• Astronomy/Astrobiology Units for 5th-8th Grade

Educational Links

• Astronomy for Kids
• The Space Place
• JPL Kids
• Star Child
• Kid's Space
• NASA Quest
• The Nine Planets
• NASA Kids
• Student access to space
• Astro-Venture
• NASA Sci-Files
• Astro for Kids by Astronomy Magazine

Teacher Workshops

Past Workshops

• IR Workshop at IU Astronomy 2005
• Astrobiology Workshop 2006
• Exploring the Dark Universe Summer 2007

Publications on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

• Glenn Simonelli and Caty Pilachowski,
  "First-Year College Students' Ideas About Astronomy: A Pilot Study"
• Caty Pilachowski and Richard H. Durisen
  "A Graduate Seminar on Astronomical Citizenship at Indiana University"
• Durisen, Richard H. and C.A. Pilachowski. "Decoding Astronomical Concepts," in D. Pace and J. Middendorf (eds), Decoding the Disciplines: Understanding Student Thinking and Learning, New Directions for Teaching and Learning. 98 (Summer) 2004.

Other Resources for Teaching Introductory Astronomy at IU

• Class Activities for Introductory Astronomy Courses
• Writing in Science

Other Links

• Teaching and Learning Technologies at Indiana University
• Interesting Astronomy Links
• Project Astro Astronomical Society of the Pacific
• SETI Education
• IR Workshop at IU Astronomy 2005
• Astronomy Education Review
• Astrobiology Workshop 2006
• Exploring the Dark Universe Summer 2007
• PBS Seeing in the Dark

Credit: J. Bell (Cornell U.), M. Wolff (SSI) et al., STScI, NASA