Amazing Space http://amazing-space.stsci.edu
Learn about astronomy, space, telescopes, stars, discoveries.
Includes “Tonight’s Sky” constellations, deep sky objects and planets.
Dawn http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/DawnKids/index.asp
Dawn is an unmanned mission to the beginning of the solar system. There are videos and images of the craft moving towards the asteroid belt. The site includes games and activities for kids such as making an asteroid belt. It’s also a resource for students and teachers including online interactive simulations.
Earth and Moon Viewer. http://www.fourmilab.ch/earthview/vplanet.html
“Presents an earth map—you can see where it is day, or night, right now. You can view either a map of the Earth showing the day and night regions at this moment, or view the Earth from the Sun, the Moon, the night side of the Earth, above any location on the planet specified by latitude, longitude and altitude, from a satellite in Earth orbit, or above various cities around the globe.”
Galileo: Journey to Jupiter. http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/galileo/
This NASA site from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory describes the journey of space probe Galileo, which explored the planet Jupiter.
Hubble Site. http://hubblesite.org
Learn about new Hubble discoveries, view photographs of stars and galaxies, and find out facts about this remarkable telescope.
Marc’s Observatory http://www.marcsobservatory.com
This fun, interactive, and eclectic mixture of facts about space, the Milky Way, moon phases, and even constellations with Harry Potter connections, is sure to stimulate the stargazer.
NASA – Kid’s Home http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forkids/home/index.html
Games, art, stories, and activities for children presented by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
NASA in Spanish http://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/En_Espanol.html
Available in both English and Spanish, NASA's Home Page provides information about NASA, including missions, events, research, and the most up-to-date news. Links are available to NASA Kids, Resources for Students, and Resources for Educators.
NASA Kids Club Home Page http://kids.msfc.nasa.gov/
Learn space sciences at this site from NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center. With games, projects, news, this site seeks "to inform, inspire, and involve" children of all ages and reading levels.
NASA Quest. http://quest.arc.nasa.gov
Meet the people of NASA and look over their shoulders as they make NASA's goals a reality. NASA Quest allows the public to share the excitement of NASA's authentic scientific and engineering pursuits like flying in the Shuttle and the International Space Station, exploring distant planets with amazing spacecraft, and building the aircraft of the future.
NASA Space Place http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/kids
Available in both English and Spanish, NASA's Space Place includes games, animations, projects, and fun facts about Earth, space and technology.
NASA Space Place in Spanish http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/sp/kids/index.shtml
Juegos, actividades, e hechos asombrosos sobre el espacio, la tierra, y tecnología.
NASA. http://www.nasa.gov
Available in both English and Spanish, NASA's Home Page provides information about NASA, including missions, events, research, and the most up-to-date news. Links are available to NASA Kids, Resources for Students, and Resources for Educators.
National Air and Space Museum. http://www.nasm.si.edu/
Here, in virtual space, are the objects that made the dream of flight a reality. Each is a reminder of a noteworthy achievement and evokes the spirit of its own particular time. From the Smithsonian.
Planet Quest http://planetquest.jpl.nasa.gov
Explains a 15-year mission of NASA to explore planets outside our solar system through the use of a new telescope, the Terrestrial Planet Finder. A section for educators provides hands-on projects for students.
Science News for Kids http://sciencenewsforkids.org
A collection of the latest science news articles from around the globe.
Science@NASA Headline News in Spanish http://ciencia.nasa.gov/
Stay current with
headline news (1-4 new stories a week) from NASA related to space science,
astronomy, living in space, Earth science, physical and biological sciences,
and rocketry. Full-text stories in English are archived by month and year
and are available from 1996 to the present. Beginning in 2000, archived
stories are also available as audio files.
Science@NASA. Headline News http://science.nasa.gov/
Stay current with
headline news (1-4 new stories a week) from NASA related to space science,
astronomy, living in space, Earth science, physical and biological sciences,
and rocketry. Full-text stories in English are archived by month and year
and are available from 1996 to the present. Beginning in 2000, archived
stories are also available as audio files.
SETI Institute. http://www.seti.org
This site serves as a home for scientific research in the general field of life in the universe, with an emphasis on the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI).
Space Day. http://www.spaceday.com
Launched in 1997, as an educational initiative, Space Day is the first Thursday of each May.
Students are encouraged to participate in suggested Design Challenges to
provide unique solutions to some "out-of-this-world" problems encountered in
space exploration by role playing scientists, engineers, and explorers
working on the space frontier. Suggestions for Design Challenges are posted
a year in advance. Space Day tool kits are available for educators to help
in planning a Space Day Event, including suggested classroom activities,
large group activities, and interviews with former astronauts.
Space Today Online. http://www.spacetoday.org
The site bills itself as covering space from earth to the edge of the universe. Learn about space shuttles, space stations, satellites, astronauts, space history, the solar system, & deep space.
Space Weather Center http://www.spaceweathercenter.org/
The story of space weather effects. From the plasma state of matter and the Sun, to forecasting auroras and storms in Earth's magnetic field.
Star Journey. http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/97/stars/
A beautiful site from National Geographic featuring star maps and info on the Hubble telescope.
Starchild: A Learning Center for Young Astronomers http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov
An introduction to the solar system, planets, moons, asteroids, and more. This site is also available in German, Italian, and Portuguese.
Stardate.org http://stardate.org
This site offers useful information from stargazing tips to finding resources about our solar system. You may have heard the radio show--now visit the Web site, from the University of Texas McDonald Observatory. Also available in Spanish.
The Constellations and Their Stars. http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~dolan/constellations/
Need information on stars, constellations, the Milky Way? The first thing you need to know is that constellations are not real!
The Messier Catalog. http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/messier/Messier.html
Images of the brightest and most beautiful diffuse objects in the sky, including nebulae, galaxies, and star clusters.
The Nine Planets. http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplanets/nineplanets/nineplanets.html
An overview of the history, mythology, and current scientific knowledge of each of the planets and their moons in our solar system. Each page has text and images, some have sounds and movies, most provide references to additional related information. A multimedia tour of the solar system by Bill Arnett.
Views of the Solar System. http://www.solarviews.com/
Presents a vivid multimedia adventure unfolding the splendor of the sun, planets, moons, comets, asteroids, and more. Discover the latest scientific information, or study the history of space exploration, rocketry, early astronauts, space missions, and spacecraft through a vast archive of photographs, scientific facts, text, graphics, and videos.
Available in English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
Virtual Science Center. http://www.chabotspace.org/vsc
The Chabot Space and Science Center in Oakland, California, offers a virtual tour of selected exhibits and programs, a virtual planetarium, and space photographs taken by their telescopes. Try your hand at a lunar landing.
Windows to the Universe http://www.windows.ucar.edu/windows.html
A vibrant site filled with facts, mythology, poetry, art, and games about astronomy, the solar system, scientists, space exploration, weather, and more.
Windows to the Universe. http://www.windows.ucar.edu/
A site about earth and space science. Includes a lovely section on mythology. Also available in Spanish.
Women of NASA. http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/women/intro.html
The Women of NASA resource was developed to encourage more young women to pursue careers in math, science, and technology.
Selected profiles are available in Spanish.
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