Exploratorium- one of the first (if not the first) and one of the largest science web sites by a museum
The Hawai`i Space Grant Consortium is developing interdisciplinary education, research, and public service programs related to space science, earth science, remote sensing, human exploration and development of space, and aerospace technology. Plus they have very good classroom activities. Thanks to Kim Jones for this site (hint: she will need a job in 1 year!) and showing me the Solar System Activities
Planet fact sheet – NASA link from Franklin, boring but it has all the data
Basic links to Solar System info and activities:
Goose Holler Middle School – weight, age and how high can you jump? I’m not sure if this is a real school. But the activity is legit.
Solar system models – with links to many great spots
Meta links page – this guy does not have a life
Space.com – a great resource for all astronomy, but this link goes to the solar system activity. Good links at the end of the activity.
Scaled Solar System web page – why we call it space – one of my favorites
Solar System Web quest – put those computers to work.
Enchanted Learning – solar system model – what is wrong here?
- Constellation myths from many cultures
- The Skidi Band of the Pawnee Tribe
Astrobiology is the study of the origins, evolution, distribution, and future of life in the universe.
NASA has a bunch of sites that deal with astrobiology.
- NASA Astrobiology Institute (NAI) which inlcudes Astroventures (online materials for students)
- Astrobiology at NASA from the Ames Research Center
- NASA and TERC have developed a middle school curriulum
Other sites include:
- The UCLA Center for Astrobiology is one of five centers of the UCLA branch of the University of California-wide Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics.
- Astrobiology.com run by Discovery.
Two other sites that should be used for background material
- The mission of the SETI Institute is to explore, understand and explain the origin, nature and prevalence of life in the universe.
- The Planetary Society was founded in 1980 by Carl Sagan, Bruce Murray, and Louis Friedman to encourage the exploration of our solar system and the search for extraterrestrial life.