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Ducksters

Ducksters: Astronomy for Kids: Asteroids

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about asteroids in the science of astronomy. Large chunks of rock and metal that orbit the Sun including the asteroid belt, Ceres, and Vesta.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Astronomy for Kids: Glossary and Terms

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about the glossary and terms for the science of astronomy including words and definitions such as asteroid, comet, meteoroid, galaxy, eclipse, etc.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Astronomy for Kids: Comets and Meteors

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about comets and meteors in the science of astronomy including the coma and tail, meteorites, meteoroids, the Kuiper belt, and the Oort cloud.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Astronomy for Kids: Constellations

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about the constellations in the science of astronomy. These stars that form patterns when viewed from the Earth have been studied since ancient times.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Astronomy for Kids: Lunar and Solar Eclipses

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about lunar and solar eclipses in the science of astronomy including the umbra, antumbra, penumbra shadows as well as total, partial, and annular.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Astronomy for Kids: Sunspots, Solar Winds, and Flares

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about sunspots, solar winds, and solar flares in the science of astronomy. What they are and how they affect Earth.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Astronomy for Kids: The Universe

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about the universe in the science of astronomy including expansion, size, dark matter and energy, age, and fun facts.
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Website
Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: Zoom Astronomy

For Students 3rd - 5th
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!
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Astronomy for Kids: The Planet Uranus

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about the ice giant planet Uranus of the Solar System including fun facts, mass, day, year, and distance from the Sun. Astronomy for kids and teachers.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Astronomy for Kids: The Planet Venus

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about the planet Venus of the Solar System including fun facts, mass, day, year, and distance from the Sun. Astronomy for kids and teachers.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Astronomy for Kids: Space Exploration Timeline

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about the timeline of the history of space exploration including early astronomy, astronauts, spacecraft, planets, and the Moon.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Astronomy for Kids: Stars

For Students 1st - 9th
Kid's learn about the science of stars like our Sun. Giant hot balls of gas and energy made mostly of hydrogen and helium.
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World History Encyclopedia

World History Encyclopedia: Greek Astronomy

For Students 9th - 10th
Looks at the history of Greek astronomy from the 4th century BC on, and the major figures who contributed ideas. Includes a timeline of Greek science.
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Article
University of St. Andrews (UK)

University of St. Andrews: Greek Astronomy

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides an overview of ancient Greek astronomy and the major figures who played a role in developing ideas about the Universe.
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Handout
NASA

Nasa: Mission: Science: Electromagnetic Spectrum: Infrared Waves

For Students 9th - 10th
Infrared light lies between the visible and microwave portions of the electromagnetic spectrum. Infrared light has a range of wavelengths, just like visible light has wavelengths that range from red light to violet.
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Website
University of Maryland

University of Maryland: The Astronomy Workshop

For Students 9th - 10th
Find tools to calculate astronomical distances and sizes, to view various Solar System models, to compare gravity's affect on weight, and more. A good place to find interesting facts, simple animations, and astronomy links to physics and...
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Website
Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Science Fair Central

For Students 9th - 10th
Are you, your students, and their parents wandering lost in the Science Fair desert? Here's an oasis! The Science Fair Central website provides a complete guide to the topic. There's a "Soup to Nuts Handbook" that assists the student in...
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E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Science: Madagascar: What Is the Solar System?

For Students 2nd - 4th
Patrick loves being a pirate, but he'd prefer to be an astronomer. Join him, and learn about everything high in the sky like the moon, stars, and asteroids.
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Handout
Florida State University

Florida State University: Science, Optics & You: Leonhard Euler

For Students 9th - 10th
Biography of Leonhard Euler (1707-1783), a famous Swiss mathematician also known for his work in optics and astronomy who left behind him a huge body of academic works.
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Florida State University

Florida State University: Science, Optics & You: Anders Jons Angstrom

For Students 9th - 10th
Biography of Anders Jonas Angstrom (1814-1874), a Swedish physicist who pioneered the field of spectroscopy. He was also well known for his work in mathematics and astronomy.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: History: Renaissance Astronomy for Kids

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about the science of astronomy during the Renaissance. Discoveries by Copernicus, Galileo, and Kepler.
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Article
Christian Science Monitor

Christian Science Monitor: The Map of the Millennium

For Students 9th - 10th
This article from the Christian Science Monitor explores the impact of key astronomical discoveries of the past millennium on science and religion.
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Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Kids Science: Astronomy: The Sun

For Students 1st - 9th
What is the Sun made of? How does the Sun make sunlight? Is the Sun a star?
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American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: What's the Big Idea? Astronomy

For Students 3rd - 5th
An introduction to key concepts about the science of astronomy. With interactive flash cards that open in new windows to help you learn more.

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