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University of Cambridge: Astro Adventure
Imagine a time when you can travel through space, planet to planet, cheaply and in comfort, when you can take a trip to the stars as your next holiday. Well, imagine no more. Learn more about the solar system as you take this trip of a...
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Spacetech's Orrery: The Kuiper Belt
This site provides a historical look at the Kuiper Belt; its theoretical prediction, finding, and the man behind it all - Gerald Kuiper.
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Southwest Research Institute: Distant Ek Os Kuiper Belt Electronic Newsletter
Distant EKOs is a scholarly newsletter about astronomical research on the Kuiper Belt. The bulk of information is accessed by clicking on the Current and Past Issues links. The newsletter issues contain, primarily, abstracts of scholarly...
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Canal Kids: Ciencias (Science for Portuguese Speakers)
Colorful, engagingly written information about astronomy and biology for Portuguese-speaking English language learners. Both subjects are broken down into a broad array of related subtopics. The biology section is particularly helpful...
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Roman Gods
This is an awesome site to research Roman gods. Find out about these Roman icons. This site lists each of the gods and then by clicking on the name you get more in depth information.
NASA
Nasa: Mission Science: What Is a Planet?
Find out about how planets have been classified historically, and what scientists use to study them.
NASA
Nasa: Planets in a Bottle
In this simple lesson, students grow yeast to learn how the climates on each of the nine planets would affect life.
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.
Nine Planets
The Nine Planets: Comets
A detailed description of comets, their distinct parts, and the known comets in our solar system. Links are also provided for additional information on related subjects.
A&E Television
History.com: The Space Race: Interactive Universe
A virtual journey through space offers photos and facts about Earth and its neighboring planets, comets, other celestial bodies of the Solar System, and the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies.
NASA
Nasa Star Child: Star Child
StarChild from NASA defines and describes the Solar System in a simple and easy-to-understand manner. The website is broken down into two versions for the student, grade school and junior high.
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The Apollo Society: The Solar System
Contains a small set of images of solar system objects and a series of links to information about all solar system objects. Solar System Tours link to excellent image collections.
NASA
Nasa: Planetary Photojournal
This NASA site provides access to publicly released images from various Solar System exploration programs.
NASA
Nasa: Planetary Data Sytem: Welcome to the Planets
Collection of images, with vocalized explanatory captions, of the planets acquired by NASA as part of its exploratory space programs.
University of Oxford (UK)
Beazley Archive: Hades
Illustrated dictionary entry for Greek God Hades. Describes the location of Hades, the significance of Hades, and other Greek symbols associated with Hades.
Shmoop University
Shmoop: The House of Dies Drear
This young adult fiction novel is one of Virginia Hamilton's most delightful mystery stories. Read about the characters, plot and themes in this informative site.
Curated OER
Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Arizona: Lowell Observatory
Observatory where Pluto was discovered.
Curated OER
New Horizons Salutes Voyager
This regularly updated site chronicles research, key facts, and the reasons for downgrading Pluto from a planet to dwarf planet. Recent discoveries from the New Horizon spacecraft and months of archived articles are kept here as well.
Extreme Science
Extreme Science: Space Science: Our Solar System
Read about our solar system and its formation over 4.6 billion years ago. Find out about the planets, asteroids, meteors, satellites, and comets. More in-depth planet background can be accessed through links.
Space Telescope Science Institute
Amazing Science: Solar System Trading Cards
Amazing Science looks at the Solar System with this FAQ site and lesson plan.
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The Virtual Sun: Between the Sun & Earth
The Virtual Sun by Michiel Berger provides a very brief overview of solar wind.
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning: Zoom Astronomy
Where is our Solar System? How far away is the sun? What makes up the sun? Find out all you want to know about our solar system. This is a comprehensive on-line site about space and astronomy. Check out all of the excitement!
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Solar System
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart guides online research on a study of our solar system and links the teacher to a WebQuest activity.
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