One of the unique features of using the World Wide Web is the ability
to move quickly and easily to other links of related topics. If you find
an appropriate, related link, don't forget to bookmark it for later use.
These related links can play an important role in enhancing your lesson.
You can use them to gather research information, find current events,
and introduce or follow up a specific lesson module. Here are some Web
pages that relate to the topic:
Below you will find a vast amount of information about comets. The information
comes from many sources other than the Institute.
Some of the resources are quite in-depth, and it is easy to get lost.
You should bookmark this page before you examine each source. That way,
should you get lost, you can simply use the bookmark to return to the
main page.
You may occasionally find a site "under construction," or
you may find that a site is completely gone. There is no way to help such
situations, as the sites are out of Space Telescope Science Institute's
control.
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/
This site offers an Astronomy Picture of the Day.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/spacewatch/
This is PBS's NOVA site. Here, you can find images of Hale-Bopp and
Hyakutake.
http://www.msnbc.com/news/373938.asp?cp1=1
An article about adding up the risks of cosmic impact. Researchers turn
attention to smaller, more frequent blasts. This article includes many
links.
http://cse.ssl.berkeley.edu/SegwayEd/lessons/CometsTale/com.html
Learn more about comets.
http://www.sipe.com/halebopp/tocmap.htm
The Web page of Russell Sipes, an amateur astronomer and creator of
the magazine Computer Gaming World.
http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/billa/tnp/comets.html
Provided by Students for Exploration and Development of Space at the
University of Arizona, Lunar and Planetary Laboratory.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/spacewatch/
NOVA Online: The Doomsday Asteroid. Includes a teachers guide, general
information on comets and the specifics of Hale-Bopp and Hyakutake.
http://www.isc.tamu.edu/~astro/sl9.html
Includes links to Shoemaker-Levy 9 information and FAQs.
http://spacelink.nasa.gov/NASA.Projects/Human.Exploration.and.Development.of.Space/Human.Space.Flight/
This site includes instructional materials related to human exploration
of space.
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/solarsystem/asteroid_software_000110.html
Report written by Michael Paine about Simulating Armageddon on Your
PC: Asteroid Impacts with Earth and the consequences.
http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/~jewitt/comet.html
The University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy's comet page includes
an extensive discussion on the structure of comets, the Kuiper Belt,
and the Oort Cloud.
http://comets.amsmeteors.org/
The American Meteor Society
page about comets and meteor showers.
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/planets/asteroidpage.html
Information, observational data, and images concerning asteroids can
be found here.
Customize your lesson! Below you will find the images and icons used
in the lesson. You can use them to create your own interactive lessons
and overhead transparencies.
Books:
1. Levy, David. Impact Jupiter—The
Crash of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9. New York, NY: Plenum Press,
1995.
2. Lewis, John. Rain of Iron and Ice—The
Very Real Threat of Comet and Asteroid Bombardment. Massachusetts:
Addison-Wesley Publishing, 1996.
3. Sagan, Carl and Druyan, Ann. Comets.
New York, NY: Random House, 1986.
4. Schneider, Stuart and Etter, Roberta. Halley's
Comet—Memories of 1910. New York, NY: Abbeville Press,
1985.
5. Pasachoff, Jay M. Astronomy: From
the Earth to the Universe. Philadelphia, PA: Saunders College
Publishing, 1991.
6. Potter, Robert & Goodman. The
World Anthology. New York : Globe Book Company, 1987.
Publications:
1. Newburn, Ray. Periodic Comet Shoemaker-Levy-9
Collides with Jupiter. NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, July 1994.
2. Lind, Mary; Knecht, Pam; Dodge, Bill; Williams, Ana; and Wiebe,
Arthur. Out Of This World. AIMS
(Activities Integrating Science and Math) Educational Foundation, 1994.
Student Books & Computer Activities:
1."Where in Space is Carmen Sandiego." Computer CD-Rom: Broderbund
Software.
2. Cole, Joann. The Magic Schoolbus—Lost
in the Solar System. New York, NY: Scholastic, 1990.
3. Simon, Seymour. Jupiter. New
York: Mulberry Books, 1985.
4. Simon, Seymour. Comets, Meteors, and
Asteroids. New York: Morrow Junior Books, 1994.
5. Van Cleave, Janice. Gravity Spectacular
Science Projects. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1992.
6. Van Cleave, Janice. Astronomy for
Every Kid: 101 Easy Experiments that Really Work. New York: John
Wiley & Sons, 1991.
Periodicals:
1. Sky & Telescope
Beatty, Kelly. "Killer Crater in Yucatan," July 1991, p.
38.
Beatty, Kelly and Goldman, Stuart. "The Great Crash of 1994: A
First Report," October 1994, p. 18.
Chapman, Clark. "Observing Jupiter At Impact Time," July 1994.
Gallant, Roy. "Journey To Tunguska," June 1994, p.38.
Pendleton, Yvonne. "Life From Stars?" March 1994, p.36.
2. Time
Nash, Madeleine. "How Did Life Begin?" October 11, 1993,
p. 68.
3. The Planetary Report
Anderson, Charles, M. "Jupiter Watch: The Celestial Necklace Breaks,"
January/February 1994, p. 8.
4. Nature
Backes, Karl; Dowling, Timothy; Harrington, Joseph and LeBeau, Raymond.
"Dynamic Response of Jupiter's Atmosphere to the Impact of Comet
SL-9," April 7, 1994, p. 525.
5. Science
Morbidelli, Alessandro. "New Insights on the Kuiper Belt,"
June 26, 1998, p. 2071.
Shoemaker, Carolyn. "Space—Where Now, and Why?" November
27, 1998, p. 1637.
