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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Galileo Galilei

For Students 9th - 10th
Galileo Galilei (15 February 1564 - 8 January 1642) was a Tuscan (Italian) physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher who played a major role in the scientific revolution. His achievements include improvements to the telescope...
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Extreme Science

Extreme Science: Space Science: Our Solar System

For Students 6th - 8th
Read about our solar system and its formation over 4.6 billion years ago. Find out about the planets, asteroids, meteors, satellites, and comets. More in-depth planet background can be accessed through links.
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NASA

Nasa: Io: Overview: Volcanic Moon

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out about most volcanically active world in the Solar System, Jupiter's moon named Io.
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Other

Phy6: De Astronomos a Astronaves

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains four main categories: Astronomy of the Earth's motion in space, Newtonian mechanics, the sun and spaceflight and spacecraft.
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Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: Zoom Astronomy

For Students 3rd - 5th
Where is our Solar System? How far away is the sun? What makes up the sun? Find out all you want to know about our solar system. This is a comprehensive on-line site about space and astronomy. Check out all of the excitement!
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Solar System

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart guides online research on a study of our solar system and links the teacher to a WebQuest activity.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Space Solar System

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson students will compare and contrast the attributes of star, star patterns and planets. Students will also have the opportunity to review facts about each planet and then complete various...
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NASA

Nasa: The Space Place

For Students 3rd - 5th
This site from NASA's Space Place is geared towards early elementary learners. It offers detailed instructions for crafts and activities related to space, games and a teacher resource area. Students can also ask an expert at this site.
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Other

The Telson Spur: The Solar System

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a list of links to online resources related to the study of the planets. It has a literary theme associated with the Lewis Carrol poem "The Hunting of the Snark" with many quotes from literature and science. Navigation tools...
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NASA

Nasa: Surface Maps of the Solar System

For Students 9th - 10th
Solar system surface map database. Includes maps of all solid planets and many moons. Maps of gas planets are either based on images taken by Voyager, or are fictitious maps including general storm systems.
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Handout
NASA

Nasa: The Galileo Mission

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from NASA has information on the Galileo space mission, which launched in October 1989. In spite of technical problems, Galileo transmitted enormous amounts of new data, especially about Jupiter and its satellites and rings,...
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Quia

Quia: Brushing Your Teeth

For Students 3rd - 5th
This site gives you opportunities to practice putting the planets in the correct order from the sun. Press "Click here to begin" to get started.

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