Utah Education Network
Uen: Where Did the Matter in the Universe Come From?
Students use various articles about how atoms are made and spread throughout the universe starting with the Big Bang. They will study the articles as groups and will then present their information to the class.
Google
Access Mars
Access Mars lets you explore a 3D replica of the Martian surface, exactly as it was recorded by the Curiosity rover.
NASA
Nasa: Kepler and His Laws
This site from NASA provides biographical details about the lives of Tycho Brahe and Johannes Kepler. Discusses Kepler's successes at developing laws of planeatry motion. States the three laws and discusses each one individually....
Cosmos 4 kids
Cosmos4 Kids: Solar System: Neptune
Learn the basic details about the planet Neptune! The brief, to the point text makes this site most suitable for younger researchers.
Cosmos 4 kids
Cosmos4 Kids: Solar System: Uranus
Learn all the basic facts about the planet Uranus. The brief, to the point text makes this site most suitable for younger researchers.
Cosmos 4 kids
Cosmos4 Kids: Solar System: Saturn
Learn the basic facts about the planet Saturn. The brief, to the point text makes this site most suitable for younger researchers.
Cosmos 4 kids
Cosmos4 Kids: Solar System: Jupiter
Learn all the basic facts about the planet Jupiter. The brief, to the point text makes this site most suitable for younger researchers.
Cosmos 4 kids
Cosmos4 Kids: Solar System: Mars
Learn the basic facts about the planet Mars. The brief, to the point text makes this site most suitable for younger researchers.
Cosmos 4 kids
Cosmos4 Kids: Solar System: Earth
Learn the basic facts about planet Earth, and its unique position as the only known planet where life can survive. The brief, to the point text makes this site most suitable for younger researchers.
Cosmos 4 kids
Cosmos4 Kids: Solar System: Venus
Learn the basic facts about the planet Venus. The brief, to the point text makes this site most suitable for younger researchers.
Cosmos 4 kids
Cosmos4 Kids: Solar System: Mercury
Learn all the basic facts about the planet Mercury. The brief, to the point text makes this site most suitable for younger researchers.
NASA
Nasa: Solar System Exploration: Planets
This impressive compilation of ideas is a great source for space science. Loaded with extra links for further information on the solar system.
Cosmos 4 kids
Cosmos4 Kids: Everything Gathers
Understand that smaller parts make up the larger parts of our solar system. See that gas and dust come together to form a star, small rocks and asteroids come together to form planets, and so on. This page is a reference page that...
Library of Congress
Loc: Poetry 180: Forgotten Planet
This poet reminisces about childhood as he listens to his daughter's lack of undertanding about the names of the all of the planets.
California Institute of Technology
Spitzer Science Center: Historias Desde Espacio: Premiacion a Las Planetas
All the planets are competing to see who is the best planet in the Solar System. Read the story in Spanish to learn the results of the pageant. Excellent source of information presented in a fun manner.
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: What Do You Know? Astronomy
Take this ten-question self-scoring quiz to test your knowledge of astronomy facts: age of the universe, why stars and planets are spheres, where other life might exist in the outer space, the Milky Way, and more.
University of California
At Home Astronomy: Hands on Science Experiments for the Entire Family
A collection of ten hands-on science experiments for the entire family that will help you understand concepts in astronomy. Make an astrolabe, find the size of the sun and moon, build a lunar settlement, find out about meteoroids, shadow...
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: Ology: Cosmic Cookies
Roll your mouse over the planets in our solar system to read a vignette about each. Then, link to the recipe for directions to create miniature planet cookies that look like the real thing.
Nine Planets
The Eight Planets: Just for Kids
Here is a clear, simple picture of the solar system. Click on the names of the planets to learn more about each. Clicking on underlined terms takes you to more and more detailed scientific information.
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: Ology: Astronomy: In Pictures: Beyond Planet Earth
What would it be like to travel across the solar system and explore space? Take a look at some of the places that humans might go to someday, and the questions that scientists are asking.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Planets Time Line
A number line showing the average distance of the planets to the Sun.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Distance From Earth Time Line
A number line showing the distance from Earth to the eight planets and the Sun.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Investigating Ordering Planets: Math Connections & Number Sense in Science
In this Solar System Investigate, students will determine ways to order the planets. Teacher directed inquiry will suggest that they first order the planets according to their distance from the sun. Students will then work on their own...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Geo Logic: Terrestrial and Jovian Planets
Through GEOLogic puzzles, students are given clues about properties about the terrestrial and Jovian planets respectively, and challenged to match the planet with the correct equatorial radius, mean orbital velocity, and period of rotation.