September 2008
Lunar Cycle Challenge
(via)Drag the moons to their places in the lunar cycle. Three levels of play.
May 2008
Stanford SOLAR Center - Colors of the Sun Video
Narrated movie about the sun
Planet Size Comparison
(via)What a great tool to see how the sun and planets compare in size. Try it, it's easy: In the first box choose "Sun". In the second box, choose "Mercury". Next, click the word "compare" located between the two boxes. Try different variations.
October 2007
Solar System Live
Use these numbers for the observing site
Lat 44°47'17"
Long 73°9'11"
The Maine Solar System Model
Click on the name of a planet to see how it appears from US Route 1 as you travel between Presque Isle and Houlton.
Scale 1:93,000,000
At forty miles (64.4 km) from Pluto to Sun, the largest complete three-dimensional scale model of the Solar System in the World.
Measuring the Solar System Spreadsheet
Use this spreadsheet to develop different scale models of the solar system
September 2007
The Space Place
(via)Come on in and check out our games, animations, projects, and fun facts about Earth, space and technology.
Planet Image Cards
Perfect images for the Size and Distance Activity located here: http://cse.ssl.berkeley.edu/AtHomeAstronomy/activity_10.html
Solar System Exploration
Interactive tool for learning about the planets
July 2005
Amazing Space!
by 1 otherExcellent collection of online explorations for space/astronomy topics. Plenty of teacher_resources.
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