PBS
Pbs Learning Media: How Many Earths Fit Inside Jupiter?
Watch this visualization comparing the size of Jupiter to the Earth. Jupiter is so immense almost 1,000 Earths fit inside it. Background information and teaching tips are provided.
Society for Science and the Public
Science News for Students: Clouds on Jupiter Run Surprisingly Deep
Scientists have recently observed a unique feature of the clouds on Jupiter. Find out what they've discovered.
Other
Nasa: Jupiter's Ring System
This page is the main NASA archive of information on Jupiter's rings. It includes access to images, animation, and text relating to the discoveries made by the Voyager and Galileo missions.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Jupiter: Earth's Shield
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...
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: Jupiter O Logy Card
Flip this interactive card to start learning about Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system. Answer multiple-choice and fact-or-fiction questions and review some fast facts about Jupiter.
Views of the Solar System
Views of the Solar System: Jupiter
Explore the planet Jupiter through this site that includes vivid multimedia resources. Learn Jupiter statistics and view numerous images.
NASA
Nasa Space Science Data Archive: Photo Gallery: Jupiter
Images of Jupiter and its moons. Thumbnails lead to small JPEG graphic files. Some link to large, high-resolution TIFF files. Nearly all have a detailed caption file link.
Wisc-Online
Wisc Online: Space Science: The Planets: Jupiter
Answer questions about the fifth planet from the Sun and the largest in the Solar System. Play along as you learn more about Juno and its mission to Jupiter.
National Earth Science Teachers Association
Windows to the Universe: Jupiter's Moons and Rings
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.
University of Texas at Austin
The University of Texas Mc Donald Observatory: Jupiter
Discover interesting facts about Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system.
NASA
Nasa Space Place: All About Jupiter
Discover interesting facts about Jupiter, the biggest planet in our solar system.
DOGO Media
Dogo News: Week of 10 21 13: Does It Rain Diamonds on Saturn and Jupiter?
Article reports on research that suggests that rain on Saturn and Jupiter may be made of diamonds. Includes a brief video.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Jupiter
Wikipedia, a publicly-maintained encyclopedia, provides information on the planet Jupiter, including physical characteristics, exploration, moons, comet impact, and more.
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning: Jupiter
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...
NASA
Nasa: Astronomy Picture of the Day: Jupiter
A triple eclipse crossing the face of Jupiter on 2 Feb 98. This set of five images captures the passage of the shadows of Io, Callisto, and Ganymede across the face of Jupiter.
NASA
Nasa: Astronomy Picture of the Day: Jupiter's Clouds 3 D
Every day is a cloudy day on Jupiter, the Solar System's reigning gas giant. This 3-dimensional visualization presents a simplified model view from between Jovian cloud decks based on imaging and spectral data recorded by the Galileo...
NASA
Nasa: Jupiter Voyager 1
This site from NASA provides general information about the Voyager 1 spacecraft which visited Jupiter in 1979 and Saturn in 1980. Voyager is now the most distant man made object in the universe.
University of Oregon
University of Oregon: Io, Moon of Jupiter
Statistics and general information about the volcanic moon of Jupiter. Good comparison, with graphics, of Io's volcanoes and Earthly geysers.
NASA
Nasa: Astronomy Picture of the Day: Jupiter's Great Red Spot
This collage of images by the Hubble Space Telescope captured the changes in Jupiter's Great Red Spot over a period of several years.
National Earth Science Teachers Association
Windows to the Universe: Origin of Jupiter's Rings
University of Michigan and Windows to the Universe offers information showing that with the help of the Galileo spacecraft, scientists figured out that the rings are made from dust that was kicked off of the small moons surrounding...
NASA
Nasa: Comet Shoemaker Levy 9 Collision With Jupiter
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...
Other
S F Austin State University /Jupiter Comet Collision
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.
NASA
Nasa Space Science Data Archive:comet Collision With Jupiter
Comet collision with Jupiter with lots of pictures and some text. Links to the information about the comet, the impacts, and observations made by four different spacecraft.
NASA
Nasa: Space Place: What's It Like Inside Jupiter?
Find out what it is like at the very core of Jupiter. This tutorial uses imagery and examples to help students understand the concepts.
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