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Sun, Moon and Stars


THE SOLAR SYSTEM

http://www.windows.umich.edu/ - Windows to the Universe

http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/StarChild.html - Star Child

http://www.germantown.k12.il.us/html/solsys.htm - The Solar System

http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/kids/ - Kid’s Space

http://users.aol.com/usgoju/nifty.html - Nifty Astronomy Facts

http://www.dustbunny.com/afk/ - Astronomy for Kids (and Supervised Adults)

http://tqjunior.advanced.org/3645 - Astronomy for Kids

http://www.tcsn.net/afiner/ - The Nine Planets-Just For Kids

http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Launchpad/1364/ - Jessica’s Solar System Page

http://volcano.und.edu/vwdocs/planet_volcano/other_worlds.html - Volcanoes of Other Words

SPACE EXPLORATIONS

http://ceps.nasm.edu:2020/NASMpage.html - National Air and Space Museum

http://ceps.nasm.edu:2020/MARS/MARS.html - Mars: The Red Planet

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/worlds/ - Nova Online: Hunt For Alien Worlds

THE SUN

http://www.astro.uva.nl/michielb/sun/kaft.htm - The Sun

http://www.exploratorium.edu/eclipse - Solar Eclipse

http://solar.physics.montana.edu/YPOP/ - yohkoh Public Outreach Project: Yohkoh Movie Theater

THE STARS

http://einstein.stcloudstate.edu/Dome/default2.html - The Dome of the Sky

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/97/stars - National Geographic’s Star Journey

http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~dolan/constellations/constellations.html - The Constellations and their Stars

http://www.eclipse.net/~cmmiller/BH - Black Holes and Neutron Stars

http://www.pa.msu.edu/abrams/SkyWatchersDiary/Diary.html - Abrams Planetarium SkyWatcher’s Diary

THE MOON
http://lunar.arc.nasa.gov/ - Lunar Prospector

http://whyfiles.news.wisc.edu/060moons - Moon’s River

http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/ - Lunar Exploration

SPECIAL ATTRACTIONS

http://www.fourmilab.ch/earthview/vplanet.html - Earth and Moon Viewer

http://hawastsoc.org/solar - Views of the Solar System

http://www.terraserver.microsoft.com - TerraServer

http://www.nasm.edu/APOLLO/ - The Apollo Manned Space Program

http://www.hq.nasa.gov/osf/ - Office of Space Flight

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html - Astronomy Picture of the Day

EMAIL AN EXPERT

http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/mars/ask/question.html - Mars Team Online: Mars Team Answers Your Questions

http://www.windows.umich.edu/ - Windows to the Universe Ask A Scientist

http://www.omsi.edu/online/whatzit/astronomy.html - Science Whatzit

http://www.outerorbit.com/ask - Ask An Astronomer

PROJECTS TO JOIN

http://kidsat.JPL.NASA.GOV/kidsat/ - Kidsat

http://nova.stanford.edu/projects/mod/ - Mars Global Surveyor Radio Science Team Education Outreach Program

http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/space - Space Team Online

http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/mars - Mars Team Online

http://science.nas.nasa.gov/Services/Education/SpaceSettlement/ - Orbital Space Settlements

MYTHLOGY

http://www.windows.umich.edu - Mythology

WEATHER AND TIDES

http://www.umassd.edu/Public/People/kamaral/thesis/Tides.html - The Tides

http://nova.stanford.edu/projects/mgs/dmwr.html - The Daily Martian Weather Report

ASTRONOMY

http://www.noao.edu/education/astfaq.html - Frequently Asked Questions About Being An Astronomer

http://www.astro.uva.nl/michielb/maya/astro.html - The Maya Astronomy Page

KEYPALS

http://www.epals.com - ePals Classroom Exchange

http://www.mightymedia.com/keypals/ - KeyPals Club

http://www.globalclassroom.org/ - The Global Classroom

STUDENT GALLERIES

http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/mars/kids - Mars Team Online: Kids Corner

http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/space/kids - Space Team Online: Kid’s Corner

MAILING LISTS

http://spacelink.nasa.gov/xh/express.html - Spacelink Express

SITES FOR TEACHERS
http://www.star.le.ac.uk/edu - Leicester University Educational Guide to Space and Astronomy

http://spacelink.nasa.gov/.index.html - NASA Spacelink

http://pds.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/ - Welcome to the Planets

http://www.starhustler.com - Star Gazer

http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/ - NASA’s Planetary Photojournal

http://library.advanced.org/3461/toc_f.htm - The Online Planetarium Show

ACTIVITIES AND LESSON PLANS

http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/mars/teachers/learning.html - Mars Team Online: Teacher’s Page

http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Launchpad/1364/Teachers.html - Jessica’s Solar System: Teacher’s page

http://www.lalc.k12.ca.us/laep/smart/Sunrise/sunhome.html - Sunrise Sunset

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/nses/html/ - National Science Education Standards