Re: Astronomical Info link
¿ªÔÆÌåÓýWhen I try to access this, I get the banner across the top, and a big empty rectangle in the middle of the page where I think something was meant to load ¡ but doesn¡¯t. ?Is the site working?Regarding learning tools and concepts¡ Starry Night is AMAZING for this. ? Starry Night (Simulation Curriculum) is a simulation engine and they specialize in education. ?So it¡¯s a ¡°computer planetarium¡± much in the way that you might think of Stellarium or The Sky X. ?But ¡ Stellarium and The Sky X aren¡¯t ¡°simulation engines¡± and can¡¯t do a fraction of what Sky Safari can do.? If you¡¯ve every visited a large planetarium that uses the Spitz SciDome planetarium system¡ *that* is really the Simulation Curriculum engine running the planetarium (the same engine in Starry Night). There are loads of education modules in the software that teach all kinds of concepts. ? I¡¯ve never counted them, but I¡¯m betting there are more than 100 modules. ?The documentation that comes with it is amazing. ? They do actually make special edition versions ¡ Starry Night Middle School, High School, and a few College editions. ?These special editions have education modules in them that are age-appropriate. ? I use Starry Night Pro Plus to build presentations because I can set up a ¡°simulation¡± and save it as a ¡°favorite¡± (like a bookmark) and arrange these in the order that I want to use when presenting. ?Instead of PowerPoint with a bunch of static slides, I can click through a series of moving simulations. ? Also, in Starry Night you aren¡¯t stuck on Earth. ?You can put yourself anywhere in the universe. Clear Skies, Tim
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Timothy Campbell