General education resources and curriculum documents for educators.
Teacher’s Conferences
- Teacher Workshops in Astronomy – CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science (CASS) run annual three-day workshop held at the Parkes Observatory, as well as a range of other teacher professional development days around Australia.
- 2012 Queensland Astronomy Education Conference – bi-annual teachers astronomy conference.
General Education Resources
- Association for Astronomy Education (AAE) – an affiliate of the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) USA.
- ATNF Teacher Resources & Serivces provides a range of support documents, educational papers and teacher contributions related to the effective teaching of astronomy in the classroom. It also provides details of the educational support services offered by the Australia Telescope National Facility.
- Australian Council for Education Research
- Cosmos – the Swinburne Astronomy Online Encyclopedia. A unique astronomy reference written by research astronomers.
- Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
- Department of Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education
- Education Network Australia
- Web Sites for Instructors of Introductory Astronomy Courses collated by the Astronomical Society of the Pacific.
Curriculum Documents