NASA
Nasa: Space Place: How Long Is One Day on Other Planets?
Here on Earth a day takes 24 hours. How long are days on other planets in our solar system? Find out here in three different ways, whichever meets your learning style the best.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Our Big Blue Marble
Students are introduced to the fabulous planet on which they live. Even though we spend our entire lives on Earth, we still do not always understand how it fits into the rest of the solar system. Students learn about the Earth's position...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Coriolis Effect
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes the Coriolis effect.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Earth's Core
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes the composition of the Earth's core.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Earth's Core
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes the composition of the Earth's core.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Earth's Crust
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes the makeup of the Earth's crust.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Earth's Crust
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes the makeup of the Earth's crust.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Earth's Shape
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Examines Earth's shape.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Earth's Shape
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Examines Earth's shape.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Formation of Earth
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How the Earth was formed.
NASA
Nasa: Space Place: Messenger: Planet Mass Comparison
Compare the masses of planets in this interactive animation. Simply pile a number of Earths on one side of the scale, to balance with the mass of one Jupiter. Then try this with all the planets.
Nine Planets
The Nine Planets: An Overview of the Solar System
A detailed overview of the history, mythology, and current scientific knowledge of each of the planets and moons in the solar system.
Other
Strange Science/james Hutton
A brief description of James Hutton's philisophical stance and how he disputed the Neptunian philosophy and instead proposed the Plutonian theory.
Nine Planets
The Nine Planets: Asteroids
A plethora of information about Asteroids. This site provides lots of in-text links to information, pictures of asteroids, a table full of information about asteroids, as well as links to more information about asteroids.
Nine Planets
The Nine Planets: Meteors, Meteorites and Impacts
Very informative and in-depth site about meteors, meteorites and their impacts. This site provides lots of text to inform about meteors, lots of pictures of the different types of meteorites, tables and statistics about meteors and...
US Geological Survey
U.s. Geological Survey: 1906 Marked the Dawn of the Scientific Revolution
This site contains information about we have learned about the San Andreas Fault since 1906.
Read Works
Read Works: What Is the Solar System?
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the solar system. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Read Works
Read Works: What's Up in Space?
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about outer space. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Read Works
Read Works: A Hole in the Planet
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the layers of the Earth and a place near the Canary Islands where there is a hole in the crust. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading...
Read Works
Read Works: A Hole in the Planet!
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes scaffolding for vocabulary learning. It can be used as both a read-aloud exercise...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Rotation of Earth
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How the Earth rotates around its axis.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: How Earth Formed
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes the Earth's formation.
Other
Astrobiology Magazine: The Rise of Oxygen
A look into what controls the rise of oxygen on the Earth and maybe on other planets as well.
PBS
Pbs/global Weather Machine
This site explains wind systems as part of a global weather scheme, with illustrations.