Curated OER
Space Facts
Students read space facts and click on the links to research more about space objects. In this space lesson plan, students read about comets, planets, the moon, and more.
Curated OER
Rocks and Minerals Composition Database
Fourth graders research a specific rock or mineral. They compile the facts into a database which students access for information.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Find Center of Milky Way Galaxy Using Globular Star Clusters
The Milky Way is the edgewise view of our home galaxy, a disk made up of billions of stars. The Sun resides on one of the spiral arms of the disk, 30,000 light-years from the thick hub of the galaxy. The actual center, with a black hole...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Galaxies, the Milky Way and Beyond
In this interactive tutorial students will explore galaxies. Learn what the Milky Way Galaxy is like, how various galaxies are grouped into clusters and superclusters and why those particular galaxies clump together.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: The Milky Way and Beyond: Globular Clusters
Globular clusters, compact groups of about a million stars that move around together in galaxies, are among the oldest objects found in the universe. Since they are found most galaxies and since they've been around for so long, globular...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Milky Way
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Identify the shape and size of the Milky Way and where our solar system is located in the Milky Way.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Milky Way
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Identify the shape and size of the Milky Way and where our solar system is located in the Milky Way.
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: Ology: Milky Way Galaxy
How big is a billion? Find out some interesting facts about our galaxy, the Milky Way, and its billion stars.
National Earth Science Teachers Association
Windows to the Universe the Milky Way Galaxy
Learn what Milky Way galaxy is made of and what it looks like, as well as how it relates to other known galaxies. Read "Questions and answers about the Milky Way" for further information.
NASA
Nasa: Milky Way
This Milky Way image is part of a series of photographs taken from the Spitzer Space Telescope. The picture is accompanied by a textual overview of the Milky Way with specific attention given to the details of the picture. Several higher...
University of Arizona
The Milky Way Train: Celebrating Kenji Miyazawa
This site presents a synopsis of Kenji Miyazawa's novel, "The Milky Way Train," focusing on the author's interest in astronomy and how he weaves that into his story.
University of Texas at Austin
The University of Texas Mc Donald Observatory: The Milky Way
Students will work in groups to make up a story and picture that explains how someone living thousands of years ago in their location might have explained the Milky Way.
Cosmos 4 kids
Cosmos4 Kids: Galaxies: Milky Way
Learn the basic facts about the Milky Way. Brief, to the point text make this site most suitable for younger students.
National Science Foundation
National Science Foundation: Star Makes Closest Approach to Black Hole in Milky Way
A star known as S0-2 made its closest approach to the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way in 2018.
PBS
Nova: Do Aliens Exist in the Milky Way?
Does alien life exist? Explore the arguments both pro and con. Make your own opinion known by participating in an online poll and then find out what the majority believe.
California Institute of Technology
Spitzer Science Center: Milky Way Aglow With Dust
This space telescope image titled "The Milky Way Center Aglow with Dust" features five separate images of the galaxy's center through infrared eyes. In addition, a detailed textual overview explains various specifics of the picture.
California Institute of Technology
Spitzer Science Center: Star Clusters in the Milky Way
Under the heading, "Star Clusters Found in the Milky Way" this site examines specific details of an image displaying various clusters of stars in the Milky Way. The text below the image highlights in detail various features of the picture.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Milky Way Study Guide
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This study guide summarizes key points about the Milky Way. Includes a few questions to check for understanding.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Milky Way Has an Extra Sweeping Arm
From ABC News in Science, this article discusses the shape of the Milky Way Galaxy and the presence of an additional arm attached to the galaxy.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Milky Way Is Many Tentacled Beast
From ABC News in Science, Larry O'Hanlon's article discusses research connected to the size of the Milky Way Galaxy. The article suggests that the galaxy, instead of being a neat spiral, stretches out through a series of arms.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Earth's Twin Found at Heart of Milky Way
From ABC News in Science, Marilyn Head's article centers on research behind the discovery of the planet in the Milky Way which most closely resembles the planet Earth.
California Institute of Technology
Spitzer Science Center: Center of the Milky Way
This space telescope image displays the center of the Milky Way Galaxy and its "A Cauldron of Stars." In addition, a detailed textual overview explains various specifics of the picture.
NASA
Nasa Star Child: The Milky Way
The information, geared mainly for younger viewers, provides simple and basic information about the Milky Way, and includes several embedded links to related information.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: The Milky Way
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart provides information about the Milky Way Galaxy and Charles Messier's famous nebulae catalog.