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Mars today.com: Home Page

For Students 9th - 10th
MarsToday.com provides a collection of sites related to the planet Mars. Not your dad's "Whole Earth Catalog" since it's missing all of the advertising and humor. Latest news, basic planetary facts, and historic missions to Mars.
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Other

The Apollo Society: The Solar System

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
Handout
Web Elements

Web Elements Periodic Table: Nickel

For Students 9th - 10th
A nice collection of all sorts of information on nickel, its properties, isotopes and uses. Very informative.
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Origins: Earth Is Born

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Collect micrometeorites from space -- remnants of the time when the solar system formed about 4.6 billion years ago. Create a sky dust collector, sort particularate matter according to attributes and identify micrometeorites by their...
Online Course
Cosmo Learning

Cosmo Learning: Astrobiology and Space Exploration

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of video lectures from several guest speakers about issues of astrobiology and space exploration at Stanford University. The lectures cover topics like Martian meteorites, planetary system, life in space, and satellites....
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: Department of Mineral Sciences

For Students 9th - 10th
Useful interface and gateway into the research collections of the Department of Mineral Sciences at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History. Find information, image galleries, exhibits, specimens, and related resources about...