STUDENT RESOURCE PAGE
Welcome students! Here you can find all sorts of fun and interactive websites to help you learn more about our solar system and view other sites to help you you learn what technology is available just for you.
1.) http://www.kidsastronomy.com/solar_system.htm
Here is a fun site where you can navigate our Milky Way Solar Sytem through an interactive planets tool. Everyone can use the interactive tool to discover the secrets of the planets and the sun just with a click of the mouse. Also students, you have the options to learn through online games, printable worksheets, online movies, and even music!
2.) http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/index.cfm
Here is an awesome site straight from NASA! Students, you can explore their website through an array of interactive tools. On the site, there is even a spot just for Kids! Not only will you be able to learn more about the solar system, but you have the chance to explore NASA with current news updates, learn about old and upcoming space missions, learn about the astrounauts, and go through our galactic neighborhood in 3D!
3.) http://www.neok12.com/Solar-System.htm
Trying to learn about the planets on youtube, but do not know which videos to watch. This is a site in which all that work is done for you beacause they have already bundled important and educational videos you need to see. All you have to do is click and watch!
4.) http://www.frontiernet.net/~kidpower/astronomy.html
Wanna impress your friends about your knowledge of the planets and sun. This site contains the 'hot facts' about our solar system and about each of the planets. So, if your are in the mood to impress just about...anybody, review these quick but important facts here.
5.) http://science.pppst.com/solarsystem.html
Would you like to see more PowerPoints about the solar system? On this site, the authors have bundled up several different kinds of PowerPoints all space related! Learn even more about the planets with just this one site.
6.) http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/menu/solar-system/
Another website from NASA just for kids and students. Here, you can look through a 'menu' of options inlcuding live chat with scientists and engineers, get all kinds of answers to questions you may have about the solar system from Dr. Marc, and do spapce actvities including making your own potatoe astroid!
7.) http://www.solarsystemscope.com/
Just fee like exploring our galaxy? On this site, that is exactly what you can do! Come and visit this site for a view around the galaxy. You can change your view setting such as a panoramic view or looking through a telescope to view the plants. You can even fast forward time to see the position of the sun and how it will cast shadows on the planets. This is a special, interactive solar system because you can view how the solar system is positioned in the sky right now! Another cool aspect is the planets and orbits move around with your mouse just by clicking on them.
8.) http://www.esa.int/esaKIDSen/OurUniverse.html
This is a fun site where you can interact with the environment to learn about our universe and its history, technology used in space exploration, and another interactive and fun solar system which small aliens burst in and out to tell you information about the sun and planets.
9.) http://childrenstech.com/blog/archives/3430
For all of you students who want a place to go to learn about technology in a language that YOU can understand, here is a site where kids can come to blog about technology and post reviews about current or past technology. Comment on other children's posts or create your own!
10.) http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/02/worlds-beyond-the-solar-system/
Interested in current events or recent news articles about space or just science in general? This is a website where you kids and students can come to look up recent news in the science world, and all articles are clear and understandable for any age. You can also use these in other classrooms if teachers ask for current events.
1.) http://www.kidsastronomy.com/solar_system.htm
Here is a fun site where you can navigate our Milky Way Solar Sytem through an interactive planets tool. Everyone can use the interactive tool to discover the secrets of the planets and the sun just with a click of the mouse. Also students, you have the options to learn through online games, printable worksheets, online movies, and even music!
2.) http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/index.cfm
Here is an awesome site straight from NASA! Students, you can explore their website through an array of interactive tools. On the site, there is even a spot just for Kids! Not only will you be able to learn more about the solar system, but you have the chance to explore NASA with current news updates, learn about old and upcoming space missions, learn about the astrounauts, and go through our galactic neighborhood in 3D!
3.) http://www.neok12.com/Solar-System.htm
Trying to learn about the planets on youtube, but do not know which videos to watch. This is a site in which all that work is done for you beacause they have already bundled important and educational videos you need to see. All you have to do is click and watch!
4.) http://www.frontiernet.net/~kidpower/astronomy.html
Wanna impress your friends about your knowledge of the planets and sun. This site contains the 'hot facts' about our solar system and about each of the planets. So, if your are in the mood to impress just about...anybody, review these quick but important facts here.
5.) http://science.pppst.com/solarsystem.html
Would you like to see more PowerPoints about the solar system? On this site, the authors have bundled up several different kinds of PowerPoints all space related! Learn even more about the planets with just this one site.
6.) http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/menu/solar-system/
Another website from NASA just for kids and students. Here, you can look through a 'menu' of options inlcuding live chat with scientists and engineers, get all kinds of answers to questions you may have about the solar system from Dr. Marc, and do spapce actvities including making your own potatoe astroid!
7.) http://www.solarsystemscope.com/
Just fee like exploring our galaxy? On this site, that is exactly what you can do! Come and visit this site for a view around the galaxy. You can change your view setting such as a panoramic view or looking through a telescope to view the plants. You can even fast forward time to see the position of the sun and how it will cast shadows on the planets. This is a special, interactive solar system because you can view how the solar system is positioned in the sky right now! Another cool aspect is the planets and orbits move around with your mouse just by clicking on them.
8.) http://www.esa.int/esaKIDSen/OurUniverse.html
This is a fun site where you can interact with the environment to learn about our universe and its history, technology used in space exploration, and another interactive and fun solar system which small aliens burst in and out to tell you information about the sun and planets.
9.) http://childrenstech.com/blog/archives/3430
For all of you students who want a place to go to learn about technology in a language that YOU can understand, here is a site where kids can come to blog about technology and post reviews about current or past technology. Comment on other children's posts or create your own!
10.) http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/02/worlds-beyond-the-solar-system/
Interested in current events or recent news articles about space or just science in general? This is a website where you kids and students can come to look up recent news in the science world, and all articles are clear and understandable for any age. You can also use these in other classrooms if teachers ask for current events.