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California Institute of Technology

Cool Cosmos: Ask an Astronomer: Pluto

For Students 3rd - 8th
Visit this site and learn more about Pluto. Provides the answers to kids' most frequently asked questions.
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Article
BBC

Bbc Newsround: Top 5 Amazing Space Discoveries

For Students 2nd - 5th
Read about some of the most important space discoveries in recent times.
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Handout
Cosmos 4 kids

Cosmos4 Kids: Solar System Details: Kuiper Belt

For Students 3rd - 8th
Explore space beyond Pluto in the Kuiper Belt region of our solar system. Find out about the space bodies that exist there and what our space missions have taught us about this far away region.
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Handout
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Other Celestial Bodies Study Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
Review celestial bodies using this study guide.
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Curated OER

Xena Awarded

For Students 9th - 10th
This regularly updated site chronicles research, key facts, and the reasons for downgrading Pluto from a planet to dwarf planet. Recent discoveries from the New Horizon spacecraft and months of archived articles are kept here as well.
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Curated OER

New Horizons Salutes Voyager

For Students 9th - 10th
This regularly updated site chronicles research, key facts, and the reasons for downgrading Pluto from a planet to dwarf planet. Recent discoveries from the New Horizon spacecraft and months of archived articles are kept here as well.
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Curated OER

Nasa's the Space Place: Solar System: Pluto's Orbit

For Students 9th - 10th
An illustration showing Pluto's and the other planet's orbits around the sun.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Exploratorium: Your Weight on Other Worlds

For Students 9th - 10th
Want to lose weight in a hurry? Just step on a scale on almost any other planet! This page allows you to enter your weight on Earth and it will calculate your weight on all of the other planets, some moons and even some stars. Requires a...
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Curated OER

Nasa's the Space Place: Solar System

For Students 9th - 10th
A diagram of the solar system.