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Sky Server: Color

For Students 6th - 8th
SkyServer answers why stars have different colors and shows what you can learn by studying the colors of stars, galaxies, and other objects.
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University of Texas at Austin

University of Texas: Thunderstorms

For Students 9th - 10th
You can find out the conditions for a thunderstorm, the life cycle, types, and wall clouds.
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Sky Server: Scavenger Hunt

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this site, from the SkyServer of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey users hunt for stars, galaxies, quasars, asteroids and meteors. Learn what they look like and how to find them.
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NASA

Nasa Star Child: Planet Hop

For Students 3rd - 8th
Figure out your age and your weight on all the planets in the solar system using the formulas given here. Then type them into the correct place, and let the computer check to see if you are correct.
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NASA

Nasa: Planet Quest: Extreme Planet Makeover

For Students 9th - 10th
Activity in which students create a planet based on distance from a star, age, size, and star type. The created planet is evaluated to determine if it can support life.
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University of California

Interactive Extreme Ultraviolet Skymap

For Students 9th - 10th
A map showing a view of the night sky is given; sources of extreme ultraviolet light are marked. Visitors analyze the spectrum from these parts of the sky and attempt to determine which star type the spectrum most closely resembles.
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Wet Web Media: Crinoids

For Students 9th - 10th
A great site on everything you need to know about crinoids, including species, types, environmental conditions, ecosystems, and pictures.
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National Research Foundation: How Far? How Big? How Many?

For Students 9th - 10th
Using light as our measuring stick in space, science site provides all types of fun facts using light years and seconds as a reference.
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Nine Planets

The Nine Planets: Meteors, Meteorites and Impacts

For Students 9th - 10th
Very informative and in-depth site about meteors, meteorites and their impacts. This site provides lots of text to inform about meteors, lots of pictures of the different types of meteorites, tables and statistics about meteors and...
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University of California

Ucmp: From Starfish to Sea Cucumbers

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive site that looks at the different types of echinoderms, their life history and anatomy.
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Gulf of Maine Research Institute

Gulf of Maine Aquarium: Tidepool: Window Into the Sea

For Students 9th - 10th
A nice description of the type of life in the waters of a tidepool.
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Sonoma State University

The Gamma Ray Large Area Space Telescope (Glast)

For Students 9th - 10th
Background information on gamma rays and the sources of gamma rays in the universe. Discusses the purpose of the GLAST space mission and the types of findings which they wish to make. A link to the GLAST movie provides an excellent...
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Other

Modern World History: Introduction: What Is Imperialism?

For Students 9th - 10th
Beginning with a discussion of the fictional Star Wars Empire, this section of the textbook explains what imperialism is, its historical contexts, the different forms it can take, and the importance of studying it so that we learn from...
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Ministerio de Educación (Spain)

Ministerio De Educacion: Diagrama H R Modulo Ii Unidad 3

For Students 9th - 10th
In this unit you will study the different types of luminosity, the effective temperature of the stars and the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram.
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NC State University

Adventures of the Agronauts

For Students 3rd - 5th
Come along with the Agronauts and discover space in order to report back to Commander Spud Goodroot. Fun site provides all types of information about space science! Various missions include: 'What's In Our Sky?', 'The Root of the...
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NASA

Nasa Space Place: What Is a Galaxy?

For Students 3rd - 8th
This resource explores the different types of galaxies through text and images.
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Curated OER

Star of the West

For Students 9th - 10th
Site has information on the different types of artillery that were used in the Civil War.
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E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Science: Christmas Island: How Do We Describe the Weather?

For Students 1st - 3rd
Join Tim on Christmas Island to understand how to gauge weather conditions. Learn all about tracking weather, finding clothing suitable for various weather conditions, which animal likes a certain type of weather, and activities for...
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Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: World Flags

For Students 6th - 8th
Enchanted Learning features this website devoted to the study of the world's flags. There are fact sheets, illustrations, current and historical flags, and related links.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Build Your Own Solar System

For Students 9th - 10th
This Java applet creates a model of a solar system with user-defined data. Users can create a solar system with up to four planets, choosing the star type at the center of the solar system, planet name, size, eccentricity of orbit and...
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Stat Soft: Statistics Glossary

For Students 9th - 10th
Dozens of statistical terms are defined and illustrated in this glossary.
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Math Science Nucleus

I. Science Ma Te: Integrating Science, Math and Technology

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This site offers a wealth of online textbook-related materials that encourage the discovery of science in the world around us. Enter the site to access material on specific topics. Each section contains reading material (complete with...
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Other

Galaxy Photography and Digital Imaging

For Students 9th - 10th
A site for images and how to take images of the night sky. Backed by Meade, a maker of telescopes. Good information on equipment and techniques as well.

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