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Gr. 3 Planet Links |
| Also
check out the Space
Projects done by Mme. LaMarche's Grade 5/6 students
(February 2002) or the Space
Fun page (April 2005) for Ms. Gurtler's
Grade 1/2 class. |
Nicola's Gr. 3 students are studying the planets & will be creating an Apple Keynote multimedia presentation of their research. Download a template in Keynote. |
WebQuests |
Solar System Exploration |
| Planet WebQuest Gr. 3 |
The
Nine
Planets:
Take an unforgettable multimedia tour
through the solar system with this online
travel tour. |
Student Resources |
| Exploring
the Planets in the
Classroom |
| The
Messier Catalog
Images of
the brightest and most beautiful diffuse
objects in the sky, including nebulae,
galaxies, and star clusters. |
Astonomy
for
Kids |
| Windows
to the
Universe: Our Solar System |
| The
Aurora
Page What is the "aurora?" What causes it
to happen? Information, links, and images
about the Northern Lights. |
Exploratorium's
10 Cool Astonomy
Sites |
| NASA
Kids Learn space sciences at this site from
NASA. With games, projects, news, this
site seeks "to inform, inspire, and
involve" children of all ages and reading
levels. |
Welcome
to the
Planets |
| Our Solar System |
| All About the Solar System |
| The
Constellations and Their Stars Need
information on stars, constellations, and the
Milky
Way? The
first thing you need to know is that
constellations are not real! |
Astronomy
for
Kids The solar system, planets, sun, stars,
asteroids, and galaxies are all available
in this site. |
| Earth
and Moon
Viewer "Presents
an earth map; you can see where it
is day, or night, right now. You can view
either a map of the Earth showing the day
and night regions at this moment, or view
the Earth from the Sun, the Moon, the
night side of the Earth, above any
location on the planet specified by
latitude, longitude and altitude, from a
satellite in Earth orbit, or above various
cities around the globe." |
Live
From
Mars Opportunity
to visit Mars through the photography of
the space mission; includes a virtual
tour. |
| Stardate.org This site offers useful information from
stargazing tips to finding resources about
our solar system. |
| StarChild Explore
the universe at this colorful site
maintained by NASA. Here is a great
resource for upper elementary classes on
the solar system; either use it where
students must conduct individual research
for reports or projects, or use it
collectively as a class for an interactive
unit on our sun, the planets, comets,
moons, etc. Each section has its own
movie, vocabulary, description of
characteristics such as diameter and
composition, a history, and discussion
questions. |
| Star
Journey A
beautiful site from National Geographic
featuring star maps and info on the Hubble
telescope. |
| The
Space Shuttle Clickable Map |
| Asteroids:
Deadly
Impact Are you ready for your assignment as an
investigator with the Department of
Extraterrestrial Phenomena? In order to
solve the four real-life impact incidents
in this National Geographic simulation,
you'll need to know a bit of asteroid
science and history. |
| Basics
of Space Flight Learners'
Workbook This module is the first in a sequence
of training modules that pertain to space
flight operations activities. |
Planetary
Fact
Sheet:
Print this page out and use it as a chart
in your classroom while studying our solar
system. The comparison between planets in
distance from the sun, length of day, mean
temperature, etc., can be made at a
glance. |
| Eduscapes
Astonomy
Links (excellent site) |
| Education
World Space Links |
Views From the Solar System |
| Aboriginal
Star
Knowledge: Native American Astronomy. Stone Medicine
Wheels began 2,200 years ago on the
northern plains of Alberta and
Saskatchewan. Examine how the Medicine
Wheel works and study Native American
legends and folklore behind the
stars. |
Space
Resources for
Teachers |
| Chart
your
Course Use
this outline guide to help develop your
research project, or for activity
suggestions.. |
| Exploring
Space
Activities:
Integrate several of these activities into
your grade six space unit. |
| A
Private Universe
Project:
Teachers and students will explore common
misconceptions about the earth and moon,
and discover the scientific process as
they investigate in-class lunar
activities. |
Solar
System
Adventure Linking language arts to science through
science fiction, students will research
the solar system and then create their own
interplanetary adventure. |
| Multimedia
Tour of the Solar
System How would your students like to zip
over to... oh, say Saturn, today... Take a
multimedia tour through our solar system,
and learn the latest news and views on the
planets and other celestial
bodies. |
Amazing
Space Web-Based
Activities:Galactic
activities have students training to be an
astronaut, or whipping up comets, visiting
black holes...Sound
intriguing? Try this site to create a
phenomenal unit on space. |
| Asteroids What
is the difference between an asteroid and
a comet? Comets (dirty snowballs) are
primarily composed of ice and dust. As
they near the sun, the heat melts the
comet's ices and releases the dust
particles we view as the comet's tail.
Asteroids (minor planets) are large rocks
ranging in size from a few feet to several
hundred miles across. Ready to learn more? |
OUR
PLANET, OUR SOLAR
SYSTEM:
Stir up an interest in all things
astronomical with this planetary unit for
first (and second) grade. Key concepts are
introduced along with vocabulary,
classifying skills, planetary features
through poetry, science experiments to
discover revolution and rotation, moon
phases through demonstrations and murals,
and a host of hands-on activities across
the curriculum. |
| SOLAR
SYSTEM
UNIT: A thoughtful and challenging 3rd grade
unit on the solar system... Topics include
time zones, rotation and perception,
revolution and "moonrise", distance
scales, constellations, and planetary
features. Exercises include inventing a
time-keeping device to understand our
historical and cultural concepts of
"moon", and modeling a living organism
from another planet, including assigning
body temperature, food source, atmosphere,
shelter, and movement. |
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