SUGGESTED WEBSITES


Earth & Space Image - Northern Lights above the Earth

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(Note: Some of these websites may not work due to settings on computers set by the school)

(Current as of October 2007)

READING MATERIALS:

http://www.frontiernet.net/~kidpower/astronomy.html (The Solar System)
http://space.kids.us/cosmology.html (Cosmology)
http://www.nightskyinfo.com/galaxies/index_3.htm (Types of Galaxies)
http://www.esa.int/esaKIDSen/SEMSZ5WJD1E_OurUniverse_0.html (Big Bang Theory)
http://curious.astro.cornell.edu/cosmology.php (Big Bang Theory)
http://www.kidsastronomy.com/stars.htm (types of stars)
http://www.dustbunny.com/afk/stars/lifecycle/hrdiagram.html (Star Brightness)
http://kids.nineplanets.org/intro.htm (The Solar System)
http://kids.nineplanets.org/portfoli.htm (The Sun)
http://www.nineplanets.org (The Solar System)
http://kids.yahoo.com/science/space/article/sun (The Sun)
http://www.kidsastronomy.com/solar_system.htm (The Solar System)
http://www.kidsgeo.com/geography-for-kids/0146-ocean-tides.php (Tides)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/norfolk/kids/astronomy/astronomy_for_kids_tides_feb05.shtml (Tides)
http://www.esa.int/esaKIDSen/SEMN99WJD1E_OurUniverse_0.html (meteorites)
http://www.dustbunny.com/afk/constellations/ (constellations)
http://www.kidsastronomy.com/astroskymap/lunar.htm (Lunar Phases)
http://www.dustbunny.com/afk/skywonders/lunareclipse/(Lunar Eclipse)
http://www.dustbunny.com/afk/skywonders/solareclipse/ (Solar Eclipse)

ONLINE ACTIVITIES/GAMES:

http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forkids/activities/index.html (various activities)
http://solar-center.stanford.edu/activities/ (The Sun)
http://www.sciencebuddies.org/mentoring/project_ideas/Astro_p009.shtml (Tides)
http://www.kidsastronomy.com/astroskymap/constellation_hunt.htm (Constellations)
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/activities/radiobuttonquiz/Sunpz.shtml (The Sun)

HANDS-ON ACTIVITIES:

http://www.lhs.berkeley.edu/StarClock/starclockprintout.html (Constellations)
http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/tabid/7930/default.aspx (Eclipses and Solar System models)

LINKS:

http://rl011.k12.sd.us/favorite_links1.htm (includes quizzes, activities and information)
http://www.dustbunny.com/afk/ (links to many astronomy websites)
http://edtech.kennesaw.edu/web/solar.html (links for teachers, games, quizzes and demonstrations)