This accession consists of the Access Smithsonian page on the Smithsonian Institution website as it existed on March 17, 2020. The page provides information on museum
accessibility for visitors and programs for children and young adults with special needs. It also lists the responsibilities of the office and the services it provides to
staff. Materials are in electronic format.
This accession consists of the "Tween Tribune," a free K-12 resource for teachers administered by Smithsonian Enterprises, as it existed on March 17, 2020. The website
includes articles written at multiple Lexile levels, lesson plans, and related resources. Website content may be incomplete in this accession. Materials are in electronic
format.
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Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Electronic records
Web sites
Date:
2007-2020
Descriptive Entry:
This accession consists of two websites associated with the Chandra X-ray Observatory, operated by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory for the United States National
Aeronautics and Space Administration.
The website developed for the general public was crawled on March 17, 2020. It includes information about the telescope and its mission; educational activities; x-ray astronomy
field guides; images taken by Chandra; and press releases. The website also includes an embedded blog which launched in August 2007. The blog was crawled separately on March
26, 2020. In addition, the Women in Science page of the website was crawled separately on June 18, 2020. Due to technical issues, some images may be missing from the blog.
The website developed for scientists was crawled on April 7, 2020. It includes information about the observatory, the Chandra X-ray Center, proposal submissions, observation
schedules, available data, data analysis software, fellowships, workshops, publications, and other related topics. It also includes press releases, "The Chandra Newsletter,"
and Chandra Users' Committee meeting materials. Observation data is not included in this accession.
Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Ira Spanierman, 2007 June 6-12. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Enhancing science learning through learning experiences outside school (LEOS) how to learn better during visits to museums, science centers, and science fieldtrips by Sandhya Devi Coll and Richard K. Coll