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BBC

Bb Ci Space: Solar System

For Students 9th - 10th
Take a journey through the solar system with this interactive guide. Includes planetary history, "travel information," "tourist highlights," and video clips. Games and quizzes include a Solar System jigsaw that prompts the student to...
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Cosmos 4 kids

Cosmos4 kids.com: Solar System Details

For Students 9th - 10th
This comprehensive site delves into other aspects of our solar system besides the planets and the sun. Click on the topics on the right like solar winds, the heliosphere, the heliopause, asteroids, comets, and more.
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abcteach

Abcteach: Solar System Links

For Teachers 1st - 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This resource provides several links to elementary information about the Solar System. Students and teachers will find charts, graphs, crossword puzzles, word searches, report forms and more.
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NASA

Nasa: Our Solar System Overview

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has links to all the planets, providing an overview of the solar system. It also contains information about asteroids, meteors, comets and other features of our solar system.
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Education.com

Education.com: The Solar System: Learning About Planets

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Learn all about the components of the solar system with this downloadable lesson plan. Includes several student handouts and a research activity.
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Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Build a Solar System

For Students 9th - 10th
Make a scale model of the Solar System and learn the REAL definition of "space." You tell it how large to make the sun (in inches or millimeters) and the page will do all of the calculations for your scale model solar system and provide...
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Cosmos 4 kids

Cosmos4 Kids: A Solar System From Dust

For Students 3rd - 8th
Understand how the solar system was formed by reading this web page. Also found on the page is a video that reenacts the beginning of our solar system.
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Forces of the Solar System

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Use water balloons to show the effect gravity will have on different sizes of objects in our solar system. Activity also shows how inertia works.
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University of Texas at Austin

The University of Texas Mc Donald Observatory: Solar System Science

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Each student becomes the "ambassador" for a planet and prepares by researching their planet, then meets with other ambassadors to form new mini-solar systems.
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Cosmos 4 kids

Cosmos4 Kids: Solar System Details: Heliopause

For Students 3rd - 8th
Travel to the outer edge of our solar system to the far reaches of the sun. Learn about this region called the heliopause and what information the Voyager probes send back to Earth.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Gravity in the Solar System Study Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
Understand gravity using this study guide.
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Cosmos 4 kids

Cosmos4 Kids: Solar System Details: Oort Cloud

For Students 3rd - 8th
Explore the huge spherical region surrounding our solar system. Find out what the Oort Cloud contains and how comets originate there.
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Cosmos 4 kids

Cosmos4 Kids: Solar System Details: Kuiper Belt

For Students 3rd - 8th
Explore space beyond Pluto in the Kuiper Belt region of our solar system. Find out about the space bodies that exist there and what our space missions have taught us about this far away region.
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Cosmos 4 kids

Cosmos4 Kids: Solar System: Venus

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn the basic facts about the planet Venus. The brief, to the point text makes this site most suitable for younger researchers.
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Cosmos 4 kids

Cosmos4 Kids: Solar System Details: Asteroids

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn about asteroids. What are they? What is their structure? Difference between asteroids and comets? The brief, to the point text makes this site most suitable for the younger researcher.
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Cosmos 4 kids

Cosmos4 Kids: Solar System: Pluto

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn all about Pluto ..its discovery, basic facts, recognition as a planet, and most recently, its 'demotion' from a planet to a dwarf planet. The brief, to the point text makes this site most suitable for younger researchers.
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Other

Making a Scale Model of the Solar System

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this lesson plan site, students are asked to construct a scale model of the planets to help visualize the relative size of planets and their relative distance from the Sun. Links are provided to the Sun and the planets which contain...
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Cosmos 4 kids

Cosmos4 Kids: Solar System: Neptune

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn the basic details about the planet Neptune! The brief, to the point text makes this site most suitable for younger researchers.
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Cosmos 4 kids

Cosmos4 Kids: Solar System: Uranus

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn all the basic facts about the planet Uranus. The brief, to the point text makes this site most suitable for younger researchers.
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Cosmos 4 kids

Cosmos4 Kids: Solar System: Saturn

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn the basic facts about the planet Saturn. The brief, to the point text makes this site most suitable for younger researchers.
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Cosmos 4 kids

Cosmos4 Kids: Solar System: Jupiter

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn all the basic facts about the planet Jupiter. The brief, to the point text makes this site most suitable for younger researchers.
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Cosmos 4 kids

Cosmos4 Kids: Solar System: Mars

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn the basic facts about the planet Mars. The brief, to the point text makes this site most suitable for younger researchers.
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Cosmos 4 kids

Cosmos4 Kids: Solar System: Mercury

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn all the basic facts about the planet Mercury. The brief, to the point text makes this site most suitable for younger researchers.
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Exploratorium

Exploratorium: A Guide to Astronomy Resources

For Students 9th - 10th
A portal to resources on the sun, the Earth's neighboring planets, and the weather in space. Find out why Saturn is the "jewel of the Solar System" and explore what happens when Venus and Mercury make their rare transits across the sun.

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