Astronomy


Astronomy Picture of the Day: (nasa.gov)
 
Astronomy for Kids: (dustbunny.com)
Astronomy for Kids - Planets: http://www.dustbunny.com/afk/planets/
 
Astronomy: (astronomy.com)
 
Astronomy: (astronomynow.com)
 
BBC Schools Science Clip (earth & moon rotation around sun):
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/9_10/earth_sun_moon.shtml
 
Yahooligans Astronomy: http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/content/science/space/astronomy.html
 
Yahoo Astronomy: http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Astronomy/
 

PLANETS

The Nine Planets: http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplanets/nineplanets/nineplanets.html
 
Yahoo Image Search of Planets: http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?_adv_prop=images&imgsz=all&imgc=&vf=all&va=planets&ei=UTF-8
 
Welcome to the Planets: http://pds.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/welcome.htm
 
The Solar System in Pictures: http://www.the-solar-system.net/index.html
 
The Solar System: http://www.solarviews.com/eng/solarsys.htm
 
The Planets: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/planets/
 
Solar System: http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/solarsystem/
 
Exploring the Planets (facts & comparing planets): http://www.nasm.si.edu/etp/
 

Astronomy
MSN Encarta: http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_1741502444_3/Astronomy.html
*Smart web page: http://www.iit.edu/~smart/sheajan1/lesson4.htm

Earth
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/planets/earth/
http://www.dustbunny.com/afk/planets/earth/
Motion of the Earth: http://www.school-for-champions.com/science/earthmotion.htm

 

Earth's Rotation - Day & Night
http://curious.astro.cornell.edu/question.php?number=52
 

Earth's Revolution - Seasons
http://www.nmm.ac.uk/server/show/conWebDoc.5458/viewPage/3
 
What Causes Seasons?
http://curious.astro.cornell.edu/question.php?number=196
The Reasons for the Seasons: http://www.morehead.unc.edu/Shows/EMS/seasons.htm

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/planets/earth/Seasons.shtml
http://starryskies.com/articles/dln/3-96/suntrak.html
http://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/mysteries/seasons.html
http://astrotulsa.com/Learn/lesson4.asp

 
 

 

Earth's Moon

Phases of the Moon
*Phases of the Moon Calculator: http://www.calculatorcat.com/

http://www.astro.umd.edu/education/astro/moon/phases.html
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/moon/Phases.shtml
http://www.schoolsobservatory.org.uk/astro/textb/solsys/moonphs.htm
http://www.sumanasinc.com/webcontent/anisamples/astronomy/moonphase.html
43 FAQs Phases of the Moon: http://www.astronomycafe.net/qadir/amoonp.html
Home Science Tools: http://www.hometrainingtools.com/articles/astronomy-science-explorations-newsletter.html
Kids Astromomy: http://www.kidsastronomy.com/astroskymap/lunar.htm
The Moon: It's Just a Phase It's Going Through...:http://www.astrosociety.org/education/publications/tnl/12/12.html
*Our Moon: Phases of the Moon: http://www.adlerplanetarium.org/learn/moon/phases.ssi
http://www.synapses.co.uk/astro/moon2.html
 


 

Stars
 
Life of a Star
http://curious.astro.cornell.edu/question.php?number=38

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/stars/lifecycle/

http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/teachers/lifecycles/LC_main_p1.html

 
http://curious.astro.cornell.edu/stars.php
 
 
Astronomy Workshop Tools:
http://janus.astro.umd.edu/AW/awtools.html
 
How Much do You Weigh on the Planets?: http://www.onlineconversion.com/weight_on_other_planets.htm
Hands On Activities in Classroom: http://www.spacegrant.hawaii.edu/class_acts/
 
Your Weight in Other Worlds: http://www.exploratorium.edu/ronh/weight/
 
 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Created By: J. Crounse
Tech Specialist
1/25/06