Lesson Plans:

• Astronomy Lesson Plans from AskERIC
  http://ericir.syr.edu/cgi-bin/lessons.cgi/Science/Astronomy
  
  
• Measuring the Orbits of Planets (Grades 3-4) a LITU sample lesson from the SETI Institute
  http://www.seti-inst.edu/sci-det.html
  
  
• Types of Stars - Is Our Sun Unique? (Grades 5-6 a LITU sample lesson from the SETI Institute
  http://www.seti-inst.edu/planetsy.html
  
  

Resources:

• Absolute Beginners Astronomy Page
  http://www.absolutebeginnersastronomy.com/
  
  
• Amazing Space set of web-based activities primarily designed for classroom use
  http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/
  
  
• Astronomy Picture of the Day from NASA
  http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html
  
  
• Astronomy Resources from Galaxy
  http://www.einet.net/galaxy/Science/Astronomy.html
  
  
• Astronomy, Science and Math Links from the SETI Institute Web Site
  http://www.seti-inst.edu/other-sites.html
  
  
• AstroWeb: Astronomical Internet Resources
  http://www.stsci.edu/net-resources.html
  
  
• The Aurora Page Information, links and images about the "Northern Lights"
  http://www.geo.mtu.edu/weather/aurora/
  
  
• Building Planets at PSI The Origin of the Solar System
  http://www.psi.edu/projects/planets/planets.html
  
  
• CMEX: The Center for Mars Exploration
  http://cmex-www.arc.nasa.gov/
  
  
• Comet Hall-Bopp Web Site
  http://www.sipe.com/halebopp/
  
  
• Comet Hyakutake Web Site
  http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/comet/hyakutake/
  
  
• Comet Observation Home Page
  http://encke.jpl.nasa.gov/
  
  
• Discovery Online: Hitchhiker's Guide to the Hubble
  http://www.discovery.com/area/specials/hubble/hubble1.html
  
  
• The Earth and Moon Viewer
  http://www.fourmilab.ch/earthview/vplanet.html
  
  
• Education Resources about the Sun
  http://vestige.lmsal.com/TRACE/Public/eduprodu.htm
  
  
• Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove of Astronomy
  http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/astronomy/
  
  
• Exploring Mars 1996 from the Lunar and Planetary Institute
  http://cass.jsc.nasa.gov/expmars/edbrief/edbrief.html
  
  
• Exploring the Moon from the Lunar and Planetary Institute
  http://cass.jsc.nasa.gov/moon.html
  
  
• Exploring the Planets Cyber-Center
  http://www.nasm.edu/ceps/SIIMAGES/
  
  
• Florida Today Space Online explores humankinds efforts to explore the final frontier.
  http://www.flatoday.com/space/
  
  
• From Stargazers to Starships from NASA
  http://www-spof.gsfc.nasa.gov/stargaze/Sintro.htm
  
  
• Galileo Galilei
  http://www.galileo-galilei.org/
  
  
• Galileo Project Information from the National Space Science Data Center
  http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/galileo.html
  
  
• Galileo K-12 Educator's Resources provides resources to add to your science lessons on Galileo's mission.
  http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/galileo/educator.html
  
  
• Greek Astronomy: The Revival of an Ancient Science from the Library of Congress Vatican Exhibit
  http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/SDG/Experimental/vatican.exhibit/ exhibit/d-mathematics/Greek_astro.html
  
  
• Hands-On Universe by The National Science Foundation
  http://hou.lbl.gov/
  
  
• Hubble Space Telescope Greatest Hits Photo Gallery
  http://oposite.stsci.edu/pubinfo/BestOfHST95.html
  
  
• An Inquirer's Guide to the Universe from the Franklin Institute Science Museum
  http://sln.fi.edu/planets/
  
  
• Inventing the Solar System: Early Greek Scientists Struggle to Explain How the Heavens Move by Ellen N. Brundige
  http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/GreekScience/Students/Ellen/ EarlyGkAstronomy.html
  
  
• Jim Lovell: An Astronaut's Story
  http://www.mcn.org/Apollo13/Home.html
  
  
• The JPL Home Page
  http://www.jpl.nasa.gov
  
  
• KidsAstronomy.com
  http://www.kidsastronomy.com/
  
  Live From Mars A Passport to Knowledge Project from Quest
  http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/mars/
  
  
• Mars Online Conference from July 20, 1996
  http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/marsconf/index.html
  
  
• Mars Today Weather Report from the Center for Mars Exploration
  http://cmex-www.arc.nasa.gov/CMEXCD/NSTA95/MarsTdy/ AMarsTdy.htm
  
  
• Mission Mars Special Section from CNN Interactive
  http://cnn.com/TECH/9608/mars.life.special/index.html
  
  
• The NASA Home Page
  http://www.nasa.gov/
  
  
• The NASA Shuttle Web
  http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/
  
  
• NASA Star Trails Society
  http://www.startrails.com/
  
  
• The National Solar Observatory Home Page
  http://www.nso.noao.edu/index.html
  
  
• The National Space Science Data Center Photo Gallery: Mars
  http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/photo_gallery/ PhotoGallery-Mars.html
  
  
• The Nine Planets a multimedia tour of the solar system
  http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplanets/nineplanets/
  
  
• The Planet Jupiter
  http://www.the-planet-jupiter.com/
  
  
• Other Worlds, Distant Suns is a more sophisticated site for older solar explorers.
  http://garber.simplenet.com/
  
  
• Planetary Science Research Discoveries (PRSD) from NASA
  http://www.psrd.hawaii.edu/index.html
  
  
• A Practical Guide to Astronomy
  http://www.hotliquidmagma.com/
  
  
• Project Galileo: Bringing Jupiter to Earth
  http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/galileo/
  
  
• The Public Connection
  http://space.rice.edu/hmns/connect.html
  
  
• Quest: NASA's K-12 Internet Initiative
  http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/index.html
  
  
• The Red Planet: A Survey of Mars a Lunar and Planetary Institute Slide set
  http://cass.jsc.nasa.gov/publications/slidesets/ msurvey.html
  
  
• Scale Model Demonstrations of the Solar System an activity from the Lunar and Planetary Institute
  http://cass.jsc.nasa.gov/pub/education/K12/planetsize/ planetsize.html
  
  
• Small Telescope Astronomy for Beginners
  http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Lab/3230/
  
  
• SOHO: The Solar & Heliospheric Observatory provides real time images of the sun and also offers lesson plans.
  http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/
  
  
• Solar System Astronomy
  http://freeware.intrastar.net/solarsystem/solarsy1.htm
  
  
• The Solar System in Pictures
  http://www.the-solar-system.net/
  
  
• Solar System Simulator
  http://space.jpl.nasa.gov/
  
  
• The Solar Data Analysis Center at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
  http://umbra.nascom.nasa.gov/sdac.html
  
  
• Solar Eclipse Paths 1997-2005 from the Solar Data Analysis Center
  http://umbra.nascom.nasa.gov/eclipse/predictions/ eclipse-paths.html
  
  
• Space Science Education from the Space Science Data Operations Office, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
  http://ssdoo.gsfc.nasa.gov/education/education_home.html
  
  
• Space Science Institute dedicated to excellence in space science research and education
  http://www-ssi.colorado.edu/
  
  
• Space Telescope Science Institute site for the Hubble Telescope
  http://www.stsci.edu/top.html
  
  
• StarChild: a learning center for young astronomers
  http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/StarChild.html
  
  
• StarDust US Mission dedicated solely to a comet
  http://stardust.jpl.nasa.gov/
  
  
• Stephen Hawking's Universe addresses such questions as "Where do we come from? How did the universe begin?"
  http://www.pbs.org/wnet/hawking/html/home.html
  
  
• Today@nasa.gov
  http://www.nasa.gov/today/index.html
  
  
• The Voyager Project Home Page from the NASA Jet Propulsion Lab at the California Institute of Technology
  http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/
  
  
• Why is the sky dark at night?
  http://www.arachnoid.com/sky/
  
  
• Women in NASA: Profiles provides information and photos of all the women astronauts in the NASA program.
  http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/women/WON.html
  
  
• Yohkoh Public Outreach Project Images and information about the Sun
  http://www.lmsal.com/YPOP/homepage.html
  
  

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