Web Directory

» Amazing Space Teaching Tools: Black Holes
   Resources for classroom use; from the Space Telescope Science Institute: features an online exploration, a page on myths vs. realities, and materials about astronomers' observations of the galaxy Centaurus A.
   http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/eds/tools/topic/blackholes.php.p=Teaching+tools%40%2Ceds%2Ctools%2C

» Black Holes
   Basic ideas of black hole physics, plus some more advanced material about astrophysical and quantum-gravity aspects; based on lectures given as part of a course "Foundations of Physics I" by Gabor Kunstatter at the University of Winnipeg in 2002.
   http://theory.uwinnipeg.ca/users/gabor/black_holes/

» Black Holes to Blackboards: God Divided by Zero
   Text written by a high school teacher about simple ways to teach the basic concepts of black hole physics.
   http://www.astrosociety.org/pubs/mercury/9802/lockwood.html

» Black Holes: Fact and Fiction
   Selected talks (slides and audio) from a 1999 Teachers Educational Forum on black holes at the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (UCSB); topics: black hole basics, astrophysical aspects, how to build a black hole in your classroom, and the relation
   http://online.kitp.ucsb.edu/online/bh_teach/

» How Stuff Works: How Black Holes Work
   What are black holes? Do they really exist? How can we find them? Article by Craig C. Freudenrich.
   http://www.howstuffworks.com/black-hole.htm

» Information and Activity Books
   From the Teacher's Corner of NASA's "Imagine the Universe!" website; includes posters, presentations and instructions for building a model of a specific kind of black hole.
   http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/teachers/blackholes/blackholes.html

» Ted Bunn's Black Hole FAQ
   List of questions that explore the basic properties of black holes (such as what happens when you fall in, or how a black hole evaporates).
   http://cosmology.berkeley.edu/Education/BHfaq.html

» Universe Forum: Black Holes
   Materials about black holes from the national center for teaching and learning about the structure and evolution of the universe; sponsored by NASA and created by the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.
   http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/seuforum/blackholelanding.htm