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Unit Plan
Scholastic

Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Our Solar System: Outer Planets

For Students 3rd - 5th
A slideshow and a short multiple-choice quiz on the four outer planets of our solar system, which include Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
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Handout
Encyclopedia Mythica

Encyclopedia Mythica: Greek Mythology

For Students 9th - 10th
Encyclopedia Mythica offers a comprehensive resource on Greek mythology. Content includes a look at the principal gods, Zeus's consorts and offspring, the descendants of Prometheus, and much, much more. Click on "browse articles" for a...
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Graphic
NASA

Nasa: Astronomy Picture of the Day: Uranus's Moon Umbriel

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief overview of Umbriel from NASA. Answers the question "why is the moon so dark"? Provides additional links for more information. A NASA picture of the day.
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Graphic
NASA

Nasa: Astronomy Picture of the Day: Titania, Uranus's Largest Moon

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief overview of Titania, Uranus's largest moon. Includes a very good description of the moon's surface. A NASA picture of the day.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Uranus

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes the features of Uranus.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Uranus

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes the features of Uranus.
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Article
NASA

Nasa: Huge Springtime Storms Hit the Planet Uranus

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes in detail the devastating storms that occur on Uranus.Also includes an .mpeg movie showing the rings of Uranus up close. (Mar. 29, 1999)
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Article
Famous Scientists

Famous Scientists: William Herschel

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the life and work of William Herschel, and find out about his telescope coinstruction and solar system reserach.
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Website
NASA

Nasa Space Science Data Archive: The Voyagers

For Students 9th - 10th
This web page contains information about the Voyager and the Voyager II. The page explains that the Voyagers were designed to go beyond our solar system. The page also contains scientific results of regarding the Voyager mission.
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Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: The Outer Planets

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore the outermost planets of our solar system: Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. They also learn about characteristics of Pluto and its interactions with Neptune. Students learn a little about the history of space travel as well...
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Unit Plan
NASA

Nasa: Space Place: Messenger: Planet Mass Comparison

For Students 3rd - 8th
Compare the masses of planets in this interactive animation. Simply pile a number of Earths on one side of the scale, to balance with the mass of one Jupiter. Then try this with all the planets.
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Website
Nine Planets

The Nine Planets: An Overview of the Solar System

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed overview of the history, mythology, and current scientific knowledge of each of the planets and moons in the solar system.
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Handout
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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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: What's Up in Space?

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about outer space. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Handout
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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Handout
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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Interactive
Soft Schools

Soft Schools: Space: Solar System Interactives

For Students 3rd - 8th
Identify the planets in our solar system and discover how much you weigh on another planet with these space interactives.
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Website
NASA

Nasa Star Child: Uranus, Neptune's Twin (Level 1)

For Students 3rd - 8th
Get to know the twin of Neptune with this introduction to Uranus. Listen to the information in an audio file. Features include a printable version of the page, and vocabulary words are linked to a glossary of terms.
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Interactive
A&E Television

History.com: The Space Race: Interactive Universe

For Students 9th - 10th
A virtual journey through space offers photos and facts about Earth and its neighboring planets, comets, other celestial bodies of the Solar System, and the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies.
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Website
NASA

Nasa Star Child: Star Child

For Students 3rd - 8th
StarChild from NASA defines and describes the Solar System in a simple and easy-to-understand manner. The website is broken down into two versions for the student, grade school and junior high.
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Website
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.
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Website
NASA

Nasa: Celebrating Voyager 1 & 2

For Students 9th - 10th
This press release contains information about the Voyager and its history. The page gives facts about the past twenty years with the Voyager and all of its accomplishments.
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Website
NASA

Nasa: Planetary Photojournal

For Students 9th - 10th
This NASA site provides access to publicly released images from various Solar System exploration programs.
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Website
NASA

Nasa: Planetary Data Sytem: Welcome to the Planets

For Students 9th - 10th
Collection of images, with vocalized explanatory captions, of the planets acquired by NASA as part of its exploratory space programs.