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Planet eBooks

Planet E Book: The Thirty Nine Steps [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
The complete text of "The Thirty Nine Steps" by John Buchan is available here in PDF format. The Thirty Nine Steps, which was first released in 1915, is 146 pages pages long.
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Nine Planets

Nine Planets: The Web Nebulae

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Nine Planets provides introductory material about nebulae, information and images of several types of nebulae, information on Edwin Hubble, and additional related sites are provided.
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Nine Planets

The Nine Planets: Uranus

For Students 9th - 10th
An excellent report on the planet Uranus. The site includes detailed information about the planet as well as links to information about Uranus moons, unmanned probes sent to explore Uranus, and an extensive set of images of the planet.
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Nine Planets

The Nine Planets: Venus

For Students 9th - 10th
In-depth information site on Venus, complete with a thorough glossary, links to a wide array of related sites, thumbnail picture files linked to larger images, and even a short audio file from a classic symphony.
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Nine Planets

The Nine Planets: Titan

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from The Eight Planets shows that Titan may serve as a model of a highly reduced early Earth atmosphere in which the first stages of organic chemical evolution could take place in the atmosphere.
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Nine Planets

The Nine Planets: Asteroids

For Students 9th - 10th
A plethora of information about Asteroids. This site provides lots of in-text links to information, pictures of asteroids, a table full of information about asteroids, as well as links to more information about asteroids.
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Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: Zoom Astronomy: All About Space

For Students 3rd - 8th
A fantastic collection of information about the solar system. Includes information on all of the planets, the moon, the sun, asteroids, comets, meteoroids, and stars. Also find puzzles, a dictionary, quizzes, classroom activities, and...
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Nine Planets

The Nine Planets: Europa

For Students 9th - 10th
View pictures and links to more information about Jupiter's moon Europa. Links are also provided throughout for additional information on related subjects.
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Nine Planets

The Nine Planets: Meteors, Meteorites and Impacts

For Students 9th - 10th
Very informative and in-depth site about meteors, meteorites and their impacts. This site provides lots of text to inform about meteors, lots of pictures of the different types of meteorites, tables and statistics about meteors and...
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Nine Planets

The Nine Planets: Titania

For Students 9th - 10th
A general overview of Uranus's largest moon, Titania. Includes a picture and additional links to other sites for more detailed information, making this a great site to check out on the subject.
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Nine Planets

The Nine Planets: Uranus's Moon Umbriel

For Students 9th - 10th
An overview of Uranus's third-largest moon, Umbriel. Provides good statistical data, as well as its discovery and surface structure. Links are also given throughout for additional information on related subjects.
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Nine Planets

The Nine Planets: Comets

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed description of comets, their distinct parts, and the known comets in our solar system. Links are also provided for additional information on related subjects.
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Nine Planets

The Nine Planets: Oberon

For Students 9th - 10th
An overview of Uranus's heavily cratered moon Oberon. Provides statistical data as well as descriptive narrative about the moon's surface. Links are given throughout for additional information.
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Nine Planets

The Nine Planets: Sun Picture List

For Students 9th - 10th
Various pictures and movies of the sun. Download some of these files and then give a presentation to your class explaining the solar phenomena.
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Nine Planets

The Nine Planets: Chronology of Solar System Discovery

For Students 9th - 10th
A chronology of Solar System discoveries made from before the 1600s to now.
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Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)

Smile: Paper Mache Solar System

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This site from the Illinois Institute of Technology provides a set of directions for the creation of a solar system model out of paper mache. Includes orbital distances and planet diameters for the nine planets. Great idea for a student...
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Georgia State University

Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Solar Orbit

For Students 9th - 10th
A table listing the average radius of orbit for the nine planets about the sun; expressed in astronomical units. Data can be used to calculate the orbital speed or the orbital period.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Nine Times the Fun

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will further develop their understanding of multiplication of whole numbers and develop the ability to apply it in problem solving.
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Quia

Quia: Brushing Your Teeth

For Students 3rd - 5th
This site gives you opportunities to practice putting the planets in the correct order from the sun. Press "Click here to begin" to get started.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Compare & Contrast Little Red Riding Hood and Lon Po Po

For Teachers 2nd - 6th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will hear a retelling of Little Red Riding Hood. Students can record their retelling of Lon PoPo. There are two sites to learn more about the author of Lon PoPo, Ed Young. Students will then...
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Pythagorean Theorem

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is a lesson on the Pythagorean Theorem. This has just about everything you need to teach the concept including, video, practice, and Activote assessment. In addition, there are two other...
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Divisibility & Factorials

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Testing for divisibility of 0, 2, 3, 4, 5, 9, 10 & 11. This flipchart explores factorials and perfect numbers as well.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Stars 1 5

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] Making sets of stars to match the numbers 1-5.