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Activity
National Earth Science Teachers Association

Windows to the Universe: Jupiter's Moons and Rings

For Students 9th - 10th
Windows to the Universe of the University of Michigan gives a brief introduction to Jupiter's rings. The information can be accessed in a beginner, intermediate, or an advanced setting.
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NASA

Nasa: Mission Archives: Pioneer Project

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the home page of NASA's Pioneer Project. Content includes a general overview of the probes' missions, news, and history.
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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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NASA

Nasa Star Child: The Asteroid Belt (Level 1)

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn about asteroids in our solar system. Discusses where you will find the asteroid belt and what it is. Vocabulary words linked to a glossary of terms and a printable version are available.
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NASA

Nasa Star Child: Jupiter the Largest Planet

For Students 3rd - 5th
Here at this site from NASA you can learn about the planet Jupiter! Read, or listen to, what makes Jupiter so special in our solar system.
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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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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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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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Space Telescope Science Institute

Nasa: Hubble Traveling Exhibit: Planets

For Students 9th - 10th
At this site from HubbleSite you can learn everything you wanted to know about planets like what is the weather on Mars, what is the black eye on Jupiter? Site also provides links to information on the telescope, the rest of the planets,...
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Handout
NASA

Nasa: Latest Conclusions of the Comet Collision

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from NASA allows one to read the reports by scientists of what we learned from observing the giant collision of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 with Jupiter. Some are very technical, others for general audiences.
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NASA

Nasa: Top 20 Comet Shoemaker Levy Images

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration provides the most popular images at the JPL Comet Shoemaker-Levy home page during the month of July 1994, when the comet was impacting Jupiter.
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Activity
NASA

Nasa: Hubble Observations Shed Light on Jupiter Impact

For Students 9th - 10th
Scientists continue to learn from their observations long after the largest collision in history was recorded. Was Comet SL-9 actually an asteroid? What were the dark impact clouds made of? What were the effects on Jupiter's magnetic field?
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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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Handout
NASA

Nasa: Comet Shoemaker Levy 9 Collision With Jupiter

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from NASA provides information on the Shoemaker-Levy collision which, even though the impact of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 with Jupiter happened in 1994, it continues to make news. Read the latest information related to the...
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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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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.
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Other

S F Austin State University /Jupiter Comet Collision

For Students 9th - 10th
Excellent links to books, images, videos, and articles about the collision of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 with Jupiter. Also links to a short page about Gene Shoemaker, one of the team who discovered the comet.
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Handout
Children's Museum

Field Guide to the Universe: Space Craft

For Students 9th - 10th
Pictures and descriptions of the robot spacecraft that have explored the planets and outer space since the 1960s.
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Handout
NASA

Nasa Space Place: How Many Moons?

For Students 3rd - 6th
Find out about different planets' moons in our solar system.
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Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: Jupiter

For Students 3rd - 8th
This thorough site presents a wealth of facts about the fifth largest planet. Topics you will find discussed include size, mass and gravity, length of day, orbit, moons, and more. Various Jupiter activities are found on this site such as...
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Other

Stephen F. Austin State University: Jupiter Events

For Students 9th - 10th
An excellent site for amateur astronomers, with or without a telescope. Includes some links to information about Jupiter and its satellites and the collision of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9
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Handout
European Space Agency

European Space Agency: Esa Kids: Our Universe: Jupiter

For Students 3rd - 8th
A basic overview of the planet Jupiter. Links to information about the other planets and objects in our solar system are included.
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Space Telescope Science Institute

Hubble Site: Solar System Images

For Students 9th - 10th
A listing of clickable images of objects in the Solar System from the Hubble telescope that includes the following: Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Jupiter's satellites, Saturn, Saturn's rings and satellites, Uranus, Uranus' rings and satellites,...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Jupiter: Earth's Shield

For Students 9th - 10th
Jupiter's immense gravity protects Earth from asteroids. In this video segment adapted from NOVA, scientists searching for signs of life in the universe identify solar systems with Jupiter-like planets that may be shielding smaller...