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Photo by G. W. Kronk on 1976 March 6

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a detailed overview of the comet C/1975 V1 (West). Content includes discovery information, images, and historical highlights.
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H. Mikuz Image of 109 P Exposed on 1992 December 15

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a detailed overview of the comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle. Content includes discovery information, images, and historical highlights.
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G. Rhemann Image of 109p Exposed on 1992 November 24

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a detailed overview of the comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle. Content includes discovery information, images, and historical highlights.
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H. Mikuz Images of C/1996 B2 Exposed on 1996 April 6

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a detailed overview of the comet C/1996 B2 (Hyakutake). Content includes discovery, observational, and orbit information, as well as several images.
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Cometography.com: C/1996 B2 (Hyakutake)

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a detailed overview of the comet C/1996 B2 (Hyakutake). Content includes discovery, observational, and orbit information, as well as several images.
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Cometography.com: C/1996 B2 (Hyakutake)

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a detailed overview of the comet C/1996 B2 (Hyakutake). Content includes discovery, observational, and orbit information, as well as several images.
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Cometography.com: C/1998 J1 (Soho)

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a detailed overview of the comet C/1998 J1 (SOHO). Content includes discovery information, images, and historical highlights.
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Cometography.com: C/1998 J1 (Soho)

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a detailed overview of the comet C/1998 J1 (SOHO). Content includes discovery information, images, and historical highlights.
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Online Course
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Open Course Ware: Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences: Solar System

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A university-level course that looks at the structure of the solar system, the sun, the planets, and other bodies in space. Includes course readings, assignments, and study notes.
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Other

Space weather.com

For Students 9th - 10th
Want to know what the current weather conditions are in space? Find everything here you may want to know about the latest solar flares, sunspots, asteroids and more. Site also includes essential web links to quench any user's thirst for...
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: A Brief History of Astronomy

For Students 9th - 10th
In this interactive module students will explore what different ancient cultures believe was an explanation of the stars and planets. They will look at how the work of Nicolas Copernicus revolutionize the world of astronomy and learn how...
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Website
NASA

Nasa Space Science Data Archive: Photo Gallery: Galileo

For Students 9th - 10th
A well-indexed collection of NASA images taken by the Galileo spacecraft. Images include the spacecraft itself prior to launch and all of the solar system objects this incredible mission has visited.
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eBook
OpenStax

Open Stax: Prosperity and Cold War Fears 1945 60: Popular Culture and Mass Media

For Students 11th - 12th
Examines the impact that rock and roll music, movies and the invention of television had on America in the 1950s.
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Website
European Space Agency

Esa Rosetta

For Students 9th - 10th
This complete overview of the Rosetta mission is a fantastic source that is updated for every new discovery or happening during the mission. Additional links to a multimedia gallery, and to learn about the team that is working on the...
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Website
NASA

Nasa Space Place: El Space Place

For Students 3rd - 8th
NASA's space science site for kids - en Espanol. Features a wide range of activities, including games, projects, animations, and more. Also contains useful information on basic physics, chemistry, and other natural sciences, offering...
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NASA

Nasa Star Child: Skylab (Level 2)

For Students 3rd - 8th
This site has a description of Skylab, its history and what it was used for. Includes glossary, graphics, and printable version.
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Website
NASA

Nasa Star Child: Infrared Astronomy Satellite (Iras) (Level 2)

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief description of Infrared Astronomy Satellite (IRAS) project and its discoveries. Complete with graphics, links to a glossary of terms, and a printable version of the page.
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Handout
NASA

Nasa Space Science Data Archive: Galileo Project Information

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the homepage of all of the archived information about and from the Galileo Mission. Included is data from the flybys of Venus, Earth, Moon, and Asteroids Gaspra and Ida, as well as the current data from Jupiter and its moons. See...
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University of St. Andrews (UK)

University of St. Andrews: Biography of Menaechmus

For Students 9th - 10th
This University of St. Andrews site contains biographical information on the mathematician Menaechmus.
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Website
Virginia Tech

Virginia Polytechnic Institute: Greenhouse Dinosaur Extinction Theory

For Students 9th - 10th
This comprehensive page discusses the Asteroid Impact vs. Volcano-Greenhouse dinosaur extinction debate. It was written by paleontologist, professor, and scientist Dr. Dewey McLean.
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NASA

Nasa: Solar System Exploration

For Students 9th - 10th
Enter our solar system to interact with the planets, moons, asteroids, meteors, and more. Investigate with NASA scientists and explore missions related to space exploration. Read facts, compare statistics, look through resources, and...
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G. Rhemann Image of C/1995 O1 (Hale Bopp) Exposed on 1997 March 27

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a detailed overview of the comet C/1995 01 (Hale-Bopp), the great comet of 1997. Content includes discovery, and observational and orbit information, as well as several images.
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Crni Vhr Observatory Images of C/1995 O1 (Hale Bopp) March and April of 1997

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a detailed overview of the comet C/1995 01 (Hale-Bopp), the great comet of 1997. Content includes discovery, and observational and orbit information, as well as several images.
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Nasa: Space Place: Tails of Wonder!

For Students 3rd - 8th
Oort Cloud of comets

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