Curated OER
Making a Comet in the Classroom
Young scholars study comets and how Halley's comet was created. In this space lesson students create their own comets using dry ice.
Curated OER
Solar System
In this Solar System worksheet, students are quizzed. Students answer questions about the solar system and the planets and other celestial bodies that comprise it.
California Institute of Technology
Cool Cosmos: Ask an Astronomer: Comets
Resource provides easy to understand information about comets. Click on the frequently asked question link to find out more about these mysterious celestial bodies.
University of California
Univ. Of Cal Berkeley: The Comet's Tale
Site provides extensive information in the study of comets. Includes excellent graphics that depict what comets look like as they travel through the solar system. Also includes information on how comets may have effected the Earth's...
Other
Cometography.com: 1 P/halley
This site provides a detailed description of the Comet Halley. Content includes historical highlights and images.
Other
University of Leicester: Comets, Asteroids & Meteorites
Provides a general overview of comets, asteroids, and meteorites. Content includes ways to identify them in the night sky, as well as detailed information on each type of small body.
Other
University of Leicester: Comets
A detailed look at comets. Content outlines our observational history, as well as the origins of comets and an explanation of the appearance of comets.
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning: Zoom Astronomy: All About Space
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...
University of St. Andrews (UK)
University of St. Andrews: Biography of Menaechmus
This University of St. Andrews site contains biographical information on the mathematician Menaechmus.
Other
Spacetech's Orrery: Comets Visitors From Afar
This site provides a report on comets, with many links to more detailed information. Content includes a focus on Halley's Comet, Hale Bopp, and Shoemaker-Levy 9.
NASA
Nasa Space Science Data Archive: Giotto Mission
This site from the National Space Science Data Center provides information on the Giotto mission which was designed to study Comet P/Halley. The spacecraft encountered Halley on March 13, 1986 and approached to within 600 km. This page...
Nine Planets
The Nine Planets: An Overview of the Solar System
A detailed overview of the history, mythology, and current scientific knowledge of each of the planets and moons in the solar system.
National Earth Science Teachers Association
Windows to the Universe: Comets
This site takes readers on a comet adventure. Learn everything you ever wanted to know about comets--including how and where they come from, specific comets throughout history and different comet exploration missions. Interactives are...
Library of Congress
Loc: America's Story: King Kamehameha I
Who was King Kamehameha? This site chronicles the history of the Hawaiian islands through the Kamehameha Dynasty.
Library of Congress
Loc: America's Story: King Kamehameha I
Who was King Kamehameha? This site chronicles the history of the Hawaiian islands through the Kamehameha Dynasty.
University of St. Andrews (UK)
University of St. Andrews: Edmund Halley
This site, which is provided for by the University of St. Andrews, gives a detailed history of the Halley family and Edmund Halley's life and contributions to science.
University of St. Andrews (UK)
University of St. Andrews: Alexis Claude Clairaut
Contains a lengthy and detailed biography of Alexis Claude Clairaut including information on his relationships to other mathematicians of his day.
Mathigon
Mathigon: Algebra: Arithmetic and Geometric Sequences
This lesson focuses on arithmetic and geometric sequences using several examples and practice exercises.
Wolfram Research
Wolfram Science World: Edmond Halley (1656 1742)
A brief biography of the English astronomer, Edmond Halley.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Alexis Clairaut
This site from Wikipedia provides a concise biography on mathematician Alexis Claude Clairaut (1713-1765 CE) gives an overview of his accomplishments. Links are also provided for additional information.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Timeline of Solar System Astronomy
This site from the encyclopedia Wikipedia provides an in-depth timeline of important events in astronomy relating to the solar system are presented here. Links are also provided for additional information on related subjects.
National Earth Science Teachers Association
Windows to the Universe: Halley's Comet
Fact piece about Halley's Comet.
Curated OER
Nasa: Space Place: Halley's Comet
Halley's Comet looks fuzzy because of the coma around it.
Curated OER
Science Kids: Science Images: Halley's Comet
This is an amazing photo of Halley's Comet that was taken back in 1910. Halley's Comet is only visible from Earth around every 75 years. For more information on Haley's Comet, check out our fun comet facts for kids.