Planets

Welcome to the Space Place for Kids
Come on in and check out our games, animations, projects, and fun facts about Earth, space and technology.

http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/en/kids/

Get your fast planet facts at Solar System with NASA
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/solar_system/planets/planets_index.html

Pick your view of the Solar System with The Solar System Simulator .
http://space.jpl.nasa.gov/

StarChild, a Learning Center for Young Astronomers. Become an expert on the solar system, the universe and other space facts. http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/StarChild.html

Here is an interactive lesson about the orbits of the planets.
http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/solar_system_level1/activity/planet_go.html

"Have you thought about being an astronaut? Imagine exploring the planets. You will have to learn a lot to be a real astronaut - but for now you can learn about these planets using the Internet."

Exploring the Solar System from Utah State Off of ED is an Interactive site with quizzes where you can test your facts.
http://www.usoe.k12.ut.us/curr/science/core/6th/sciber6/6th/solarsys/html/intro.htm

NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration is in charge of all space programs for the United States. Here are a few websites for you to dive into:http://www.nasa.gov

At Edspace you'll find information about Astronaut School, Living in Space, Bringing Space Home, Explorer's Galaxy, and the Earth Crew of a mission. http://edspace.nasa.gov

Human Space Flight , for mission status reports, space station, photos, history, http://spaceflight.nasa.gov

Kennedy Space Science Center, keep track of launches, International Space Station, http://www.ksc.nasa.gov

What's a nanosat? It's a tiny satellite...read more, and play Nanosat flingman!! http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/en/kids/st5/flingman.shtml#

Here are links to PHOTOS from space...and they are AMAZING!!!

• Would you like to see the photos from missions to space? They are all here at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/index.html
• Public Pictures of Space from the Hubble Telescope http://hubblesite.org/gallery/ This is a collection of many of the best images from NASA's planetary exploration program http://pds.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/welcome/saturn.htm
  

ALL ABOUT MISSIONS to MARS

• Get the facts and follow the mission at MARS Exploration Rover Homepage. Stop by the MARS Kid FUN Zone.
• All the images and videos from Mars Exploration Rover. An interactive multimedia piece uses images and video clips to highlight one year of exploration by the Mars Exploration Rovers.
• Read about the Magic of Mars Odyssey. With goals to detect health hazards for future human space explorers, to discover what our neighboring planet is made of, and to find buried water ice in the shallow subsurface of Mars, the 2001 Mars Odyssey orbiter has achieved mission success.
• Here is a list of all the websites about Mars in the world!!!

ALL ABOUT MISSIONS to SATURN

• Enjoy the beauty of Saturn through images taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft, orbiting the ringed world since June 30, 2004. A virtual photo essay, image gallery and science section highlight the mission's early stages of exploration.
  http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/cassini-essay/

• Look here for the latest news from CASSINI-HUYGENS at Saturn with multimedia features, photos and the latest news updates on the spacecraft's close encounter with Saturn, its rings and moons.
  http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/cassini/main/index.html

Visit The Space Place Intergrated elementary group activities about space, with cool images of astronauts, earth, the moon and many more. http://spaceplace.jpl.nasa.gov/teachers_page.htm

Star Child, A Learning Center for Young Astronauts

Level one (Young Primary) Level Two (Older Primary)

http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/StarChild.html

Mars for Students
http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/classroom/students.html

Rovers on Mars lesson Plan

Amazing Space Home Page for Teachers and developers http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/eds/tools/

Q and A about the Solar System Teaching Tools

Myths vs Reality aids teachers in identifying and remedying student misconceptions about the solar system