Educational Links

(for students and teachers)

Students 

 Solar System, http://www.humnet.ucla.edu/humnet/french/faculty/gans/java/SolarApplet.html, This web page gives an excellent representation of the solar systems orbit. 

Our Solar System, http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/our_solar_system/solar_system.html&edu=elem, This web page our solar system is very useful for students.  It breaks down the solar system, but also gives the choices of beginner, intermediate, and advanced pages. 

Discover the Solar System, http://www.smplanet.com/planets/planetintro.html,  This is an excellent site.  It gives links to age ranges and presents material appropriate to that age range. 

Our Solar System, http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/tutor/solarsystem/1/, This page would be very helpful to students and gives little trivia questions to assist. 

Solar System, http://www.eoascientific.com/prototype/newcampus/space/space.html, This page gives some interactive tools which could assist in the student learning. 

Get info and do research on the planets,…, http://www.spacekids.com/spacenews/solarsystem-ez.html, This is very interesting and gives a lot of interactive tools and games for kids and is literally called kid zone. 

Microsoft Kids, http://www.microsoft.com/kids/msb/solarsystem.htm, This sites gives kids a lot of different ways to explore the solar system and other scientific matters using The Magic School Bus. 

Reference Resources: Links for Kids, http://www.athropolis.com/links/const.htm, This sites give the children information about constellations in our solar system. 

Projects for Kids, http://skyserver.sdss.org/dr1/en/proj/kids/, This site helps kids learn scientific information in a grade level reading they understand. 

Kids Space-Buzz, http://www.busoc.be/general/kidsspace/solarsystem.en.htm, This site gives encyclopedia like look to the solar system while keeping in mind they are children. 

BLP Kids Page, http://www.bpl.org/kids/Spacey.htm, This page gives many useful facts pertaining to the solar system.

Teachers

The Solar System in Pictures, http://www.the-solar-system.net/, The web page gives a lot of interesting pictures of each planet and also gives lot of useful information about each of them. 

Welcome to the Solar System, http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Lab/2683/,  This web page is very useful, it breaks down each plants and breaks down the different characteristics of each planet and other parts of the solar system. 

Solar System, http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/solar_system/, This website is full of very reliable information that teachers can use because it comes from NASA. 

Views of the Solar System, http://www.solarviews.com/eng/homepage.htm, Gives a very interesting breakdown of the solar system and also encompasses many languages if there is diversity in the class. 

The Planetary Society:  Solar System Guide, http://www.planetary.org/learn/solarsystem/, This web page gives very useful information from a reliable source. 

Our Solar System- True to Scale, http://www.panoptikum.net/sonnensystem/solarsystem.htm, This gives very interesting information about how big the solar system really is. 

Exploring the Planets-Cyber-Center, http://www.nasm.edu/ceps/SIIMAGES/,  This web page has some amazing pictures of the solar system. 

Hubble Site – Solar System, http://hubblesite.org/gallery/showcase/solar_system/index.shtml, The web page gives many links to references and news topics related to the solar system. 

Origins of Life in our Solar System, http://www.telemedical.com/Telemedical/origins.htm, This site gives a time line of sorts of how our solar system began. 

Hands On Crafts for Kids- The “Real” Solar System, http://www.crafts4kids.com/projects/real_solar_system.htm, This is a great web sits for crafts to help the kids understand the solar system better.

Paper Plate Education, http://analyzer.depaul.edu/paperplate/dynamic_solar_system.htm, This site gives a fun way to teach the solar system using paper plates and also engaging the children in team competition. 

Life in the Universe, http://www.lifeinuniverse.org/noflash/SolarSystem-06.html, This sites gives information about life in our solar system. 

Summary of Solar System, http://www.solstation.com/stars/sol-sum.htm, This site gives a quick overview of the Solar System and is a good quick reference. 

The Solar System, http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0873819.html, This gives the information bunched up into different categories than most sites. 

Solar System, http://home.cwru.edu/~sjr16/solarsystem_main.html, This page is useful because it give important information but also it has been the most recently updated.