Astronomy - HS/College Level - information and interactives about Space Science
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The Moon
Google Moon Current Moon Phase (also has a realtime sunlight map) Cool Moon Posters Lunar Phases Harcourt Phase Animation Aspire Sim Student Guide (Make sure to click on the Activity boxes!) NASA Phase Catalog - Eclipses Make a Paper Plate Moon Finder - video Miscellaneous Great Moon Sites Digital Lunar Orbiter Atlas Galileo Mission My Moon Space Cratering Diagrams and Background Earth Moon and Sun - Interactive and Quiz |
Tides
Tides: Crash Course Astronomy #8-video
What Physics Teachers Get Wrong About Tides! | Space Time | PBS Digital Studios - video (more details)
Tides - interactive
Tides: Crash Course Astronomy #8-video
What Physics Teachers Get Wrong About Tides! | Space Time | PBS Digital Studios - video (more details)
Tides - interactive
Nebulae and Stars
What is a Nebulae? - Information
Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram from HUBBLE - animation/video on how stars are sorted
Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram Explorer animation - lets you compare stars to our sun on the HR Diagram
Gizmos H-R Diagram interactive (you place the stars on the diagram)
Life cycle of a Star interactive
Life cycle of a large star bookmark
What is a Nebulae? - Information
Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram from HUBBLE - animation/video on how stars are sorted
Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram Explorer animation - lets you compare stars to our sun on the HR Diagram
Gizmos H-R Diagram interactive (you place the stars on the diagram)
Life cycle of a Star interactive
Life cycle of a large star bookmark
How the Universe was Formed
Here is the list of web sites that have been approved for you to use. Also, encyclopedias and books in print from the library are always great to use!
http://www.kidsastronomy.com/solar_system.htm
http://www.space.com/universe/
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/stars/
http://www.seds.org/messier/galaxy.html
http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/
http://www.planetary.org/explore/topics/groups/our_solar_system/
http://library.thinkquest.org/18188/english/universe/cosmos/bigbang.htm
http://www.esa.int/esaKIDSen/SEMSZ5WJD1E_OurUniverse_0.html
http://www.nhm.ac.uk/nature-online/space/planets-solar-system/formation/index.html
http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/universe_level1/universe.html
Here is the list of web sites that have been approved for you to use. Also, encyclopedias and books in print from the library are always great to use!
http://www.kidsastronomy.com/solar_system.htm
http://www.space.com/universe/
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/stars/
http://www.seds.org/messier/galaxy.html
http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/
http://www.planetary.org/explore/topics/groups/our_solar_system/
http://library.thinkquest.org/18188/english/universe/cosmos/bigbang.htm
http://www.esa.int/esaKIDSen/SEMSZ5WJD1E_OurUniverse_0.html
http://www.nhm.ac.uk/nature-online/space/planets-solar-system/formation/index.html
http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/universe_level1/universe.html
Galaxies
*Galaxies - video
Family of Galaxies - video
The Shape of Galaxies - video
*Galaxies - Notes
ProfQuizMaker - practice quiz
*Galaxies - video
Family of Galaxies - video
The Shape of Galaxies - video
*Galaxies - Notes
ProfQuizMaker - practice quiz