Required Materials

Hardware and Software

• Please refer to the Required Materials page in the Student Center for COOLSchool's most current hardware and software requirements.
• RealPlayerBasic, a free plug-in which will enable you to utilize streaming sound and video clips. (Be sure to choose the basic player - that's the free one.)

Books

• No text required

Other

• Access to the video Contact (c) 1997 Warner Bros.

Optional Resources

WEB SITES

Here is a list of what I believe to be some of the premium astronomy Web sites that may be good resources for you. They are categorized by their primary content.

General

Windows to the Universe

Zoom Astronomy

Sea and Sky

Absolute Astronomy

Space Today Online

Solar System

Views of the Solar System by Calvin J. Hamilton

Solar System Exploration: The Planets

The Nine Planets

Constellations/Sky Viewing

Hawaiian Astronomical Society Deep-Sky Atlas: Constellations

Constellation Photos

Space Flight

NASA Human Spaceflight

Periodicals

Sky and Telescope Magazine

Astronomy Magazine

Astrophotos/Deep-Sky

STSci/HST Public Information

The Web Nebulae

Hubble Heritage Project

MEDIA

You should first check with your school or city library to see if your can borrow the supplementary materials below. For those students who have decided that they need to, or prefer to purchase these materials, we have established an association with amazon.com, the world's largest online bookstore. Each item is linked directly to the corresponding page on their website. In case you would like to search for related material, we have provided a search gateway to the amazon.com site.

Supplementary Textbooks

Any of the following three resources are highly recommended but not required for this course.

	National Audubon Society Field Guide to the Night Sky (Audubon Society Field Guide Series) by Mark R. Chartrand (Paperback - November 1991)
	Nightwatch : A Practical Guide to Viewing the Universe by Terence Dickinson (Spiral-bound - November 1998)
	Skywatching (Nature Company Guide) by David H. Levy, John O'Byrne (Editor) (Hardcover - September 1995)