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   Issue 3 - Spring 2010 Full Table of Contents

Articles
Materials  URLs
The RAP Sheet, and Astronomical Teach-niques

Stardate.org script: guidelines for writing a script for the StarDate.org radio broadcast.  http://stardate.org/pdfs/radio_guidelines.pdf

2-D Virtual Reality Astronomy Softwares  

AlphaCentaure (yes, it does not end with an �I�) http://www.astrosurf.org/alphacentaure/english/index1.htm.
Not only star charts but phase calendars, tools, ephemeris makers, day/night clocks for every planet and tons more, and free!

Stellarium http://www.stellarium.org/
Jigsawing the Universe   Puzzle Making Website http://www.flash-gear.com/puzzle/ 
Mapping Alien Worlds Worksheets

USGS Astrobiology  Research Site http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/

Lunar Images website  http://www.nrl.navy.mil/clementine/clib/features/comp.html
Websites, Activities and Resources to Combat 2012 Hysteria

2012 Hoax http://www.2012hoax.org/

Starry Night Looks at Doomsday http://www.starrynighteducation.com/sntimes/2008/06/#art1

The Truth About 2012(The End is NOT near) http://www.griffithobservatory.org/exhibits/special/2012.html

Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies (FAMSI)-It's Not the End of the World: What the Ancient Maya Tell Us About 2012 http://www.famsi.org/research/vanstone/2012

2012 Doomsday Not Likely http://news.discovery.com/earth/maya-doomsday-2012.html

The Planet X Saga http://www.badastronomy.com/bad/misc/planetx/index.html

Nibiru and Doomsday 2012: Questions and Answers http://astrobiology.nasa.gov/ask-an-astrobiologist/intro/nibiru-and-doomsday-2012-questions-and-answers

Astronomical Pseudo-Science: A Skeptic�s Resource List http://www.astrosociety.org/education/resources/pseudobib.html

2012: Six End-of-the-World Myths Debunked http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/11/091106-2012-end-of-world-myths.html

365 Days of Astronomy podcasts http://365daysofastronomy.org/

Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance http://www.religioustolerance.org/end_wrld.htm

Cosmophobia.http://www.astrosociety.org/2012/ab2009-32.pdf

2012 - The End of the World! What? Again?? Article