4th Grade Earth and Space Science Websites
SOL 4.7
Classifying the Planets Orbits, surface characteristics, size, and views from Earth
http://www.macomb.k12.mi.us/wq/pbs2ucs.htm
Planetary Explorer: Can You Save the Earth? Comparison of attributes of planets
http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/edis771/fall99webquests/student/shannahmeshorer/home.html
The Solar System Extensive information and activities
http://hea-www.harvard.edu/ECT/the_book/Chap5/Chapter5.html
The Space Place Make and do "spacey" things
http://spaceplace.jpl.nasa.gov/spacepl.htm
Your Weight in Other Worlds Calculate your weight on other planets
http://www.exploratorium.edu/ronh/weight/index.html
Apollo Space Program Excellent written explanations of all Apollo missions including actual images
http://www.nasm.si.edu/collections/imagery/apollo/apollo.htm
Astronomy Picture of the Day Pictures of the universe, brief written explanations by experts, and related site sources
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html
The Constellations and Their Stars Includes an alphabetical list of constellations and star maps
http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~dolan/constellations/constellations.html
Exploring Planets in the Classroom Hands-on science activities provided in classroom-ready pages
http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/SPACEGRANT/class_acts/
Hubble Space Telescope Pictures Collection of celestial objects from 1990-1996 with a brief description of each image
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/
Live From Mars---Internet Project Information and images from Sojourner A page of student artwork and stump questions
http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/mars/index.html
NASA Space Link An aeronautics and space resource for educators since 1988
http://spacelink.msfc.nasa.gov/
The Planets Sun and planets
http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Lab/2683/planethm.htm
SETI@: Astronomy for Kids
http://www.dustbunny.com/afk/index.html
Solar System Exploration NASA programs and people
http://sse.jpl.nasa.gov/index.cfm
Solar System: Planets An overview of the history, mythology, and current scientific knowledge of each of the planets and moons in our solar system Text, images, sounds, and movies References to additional related information
http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplanets/nineplanets/nineplanets.html
Solar System Simulator
http://space.jpl.nasa.gov/
Tour of the Solar System
http://www.germantown.k12.il.us/html/solsys.htm
Welcome to the Planets Images and research information
http://pds.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/
What Is a Comet? Comets defined
http://www.worldbook.com/fun/bth/meteorites/html/comet_.html
What's a Planetarium? Children's story that explains the planetarium
http://www.calacademy.org/planetarium/what/index.html
4.7 The student will investigate and understand the relationships among the Earth, moon, and sun. Key concepts include