This webpage contains a compilation of resources that can be used by school teachers and students interested in learning about Astronomy and other areas of Physics.

• National STEM Centre Science Teaching Resources
• General online Physics simulations
• Institute of Physics teaching resources
• Forces in Physics
• Find out about Physics Careers in Ireland
• Planet SciCast: SciCast: Short Films, Real Science
• Particle Physics UK resources
• Education resources at CERN
• Medical Physics for Schools: Teaching Medical Physics
• Dr. Jason Greenwoods' talk on Medical Physics given at the 2011 Physics Teachers Conference (32 Mbytes)

• Careers for Physics students at Physics.org
• Video clips on careers from the IoP
• STEM Careers video clips form the National STEM Centre
• CPD workshop for Teachers on "Exploring Physics, Uncovering Choice"
• Careers options and student activities from FutureMorph
• The 2012 IoPI report on the importance of Physics to the Northern Irish Economy
• The April 2011 IoPI report on career destinations of Irish Physics Graduates
• Slides from Careers Presentation at 2011 Physics Teachers Conference

The powerpoint slides for this talk can be found here (Warning - 88 MB file)

European Space Agency movies are not are not included in the slideshow, but can be freely downloaded from ESA:

* Rosetta's journey * How Philae landed on the comet * Ambition * What Rosetta and Philae did (Cartoon)

• Presentation by Gavin Gray on the CCEA Physics Syllabus
• Presentation by Alan Fitzsimmons and Sandra O'Connell on astronomy resources for the GCSE physics and science syllabus
• Presentation by David Jess on Solar research at QUB

If you attended a particle physics masterclass at Queen's, these links will direct you to both the software/data and instructions on how to perform the analysis. Note that the exercise performed at QUB may not have been exactly that described on the website:

1. Using W-boson decays in the LHC ATLAS detector to test the standard model of particle physics
2. Using muon-generating events to measure the mass of the J/Psi particle in the LHC CMS detector.

If you are a teacher, you may order free posters and booklets about particle physics.

• NASA Astronomy Education site
• ESA (European Space Agency) Education site
• Learn about the distances between different astronomical objects
• Free posters, pictures and activities at Armagh Planetarium

Real-time pictures from telescopes and satellites.

• Solar Dynamics Observatory: http://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/
• Solar Monitor: http://www.solarmonitor.org/
• The Sun Today: http://www.facebook.com/thesuntoday
• Helioviewer: http://www.helioviewer.org/

Useful pictures, animations and information.

• Explore planetary orbits
• What are the positions of the planets on a given date? Interactive orrery
• Learn about the properties of the planets in our solar system
• Compare the properties of different objects of the solar system
• Explore animations of the positions of small bodies of the solar system
• Learn about Near Earth Objects

• Can I see the ISS flying over Northern Ireland tonight?
• What about over other countries?

• What do we know about other solar systems?
• Design your own exoplanet