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Stars Academy |
http://www.starsprogram.com |
Go on a virtual tour of the solar system |
http://www.spacekids.com |
Visit the learning centre of the Planetary Society |
http://planetary.org |
Stardust spacecraft mission |
http://stardust.jpl.nasa.gov |
NASA |
http://www.kids.msfc.nasa.gov |
Starshine Research Satellite |
http://www.azinet.com |
Small Experimentation Module at NASA |
http://www.wff.nasa.gov/~sspp/sem/sem.html |
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Heavens Above is a fantastic site! Students can nominate their own town as the viewing point and obtain information that enables them to view space shuttles, asteroids, sattelites and other astronomical phenomena at specific times. Great fun! |
http://heavens-above.com/
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Teachers will find this site useful to plan lessons on many aspects of the Solar System and space. |
http://cse.ssl.berkeley.edu/segwayed/
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The Nine Planets: A Multimedia tour of the Solar System- an excellent introduction to the Solar System for students looking at Space Futures. |
http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/billa/tnp/
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Solar System Simulator- This great site allows students to present a view of the sun, a planet or satellite as seen from another space object. |
http://space.jpl.nasa.gov/
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Solar System trading cards- A computer quiz game is the main part of the site, where students collect 'cards' by answering questions that identify planets and other objects. Good fun. |
http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/trading-top-level.html
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Zoom Astronomy- A comprehensive astronomy and space site. Interactive puzzles and quizzes for years 2-6. |
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/
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Space Weather- Scary Stuff! Information on potentially hazardous asteroids. Students could use the information to look at possibilities for living in space. |
http://www.spaceweather.com/
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History of Space Exploration- This site highlights the extensive interest in space. It descibes the first lunar landing as told by the three astronauts. |
http://www.solarviews.com/eng/histort.htm
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Human Physiology in Space- This site focuses on the effects that travelling in space has on the body. |
http://www.nsbri.org/HumanPhysSpace/
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NASA Human Spaceflight- An extensive site which contains sections on space shuttles, the international space station, living in space and space news. |
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/
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NASA Space Science- Education - This site includes lesson plans on a range of science topics relating to the solar system and space. |
http://spacescience.nasa.gov/education/educators/
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National Space Society of Australia Ltd- This association comprises of people who wish to see civilisation extended to the solar system. |
http://nssa.com.au
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Project Starshine - is an international, low cost project which involves school students from around the world to polish the 1000 small mirrors which are attached to the satellite's shell to make it visible from Earth. |
http://www.azinet.com/starshine/
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