The Solar System

Earth & Sky

Astronomy, Cosmology and Space: K-12 TLC Guide. Science: K-12 TLC Guide. Space Exploration: K-12 TLC Guide.

The Moon: K-12 TLC Guide.

NASA

Mercury
Venus
Mars
Earth
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
Pluto

The Sun
The Moon
Asteroids
Comets
Meteors

Interstellar Boundary
Planetary Orbits

The
Solar System

The Challenger Center, Brownsburg Schools, IN.

Bad Astronomy.
BBC: The Planets.

3-D Tour of the Solar System.
Solar System Jigsaw.

The Big Bang And The Early Solar System, University of California, San Diego.
Browse the Solar System, U.S. Geological Survey.
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation:
- Planet Birth Witnessed For 1st Time.
Cassini Teacher Guide, NASA.
Center for Earth and Planetary Studies, Smithsonian Institution: National Air and Space Museum.
Compute Local Apparent Sidereal Time, U.S. Navy.
Earth and Sky:
- Skywatching Center.
- 01/01/2003: Earth's Perihelion.
- Does Our Solar System Orbit Around Anything?
- Lightning Sprites on Jupiter, Saturn and Venus.
- Ten Things You May Not Know About The Solar System.
- Ten More Things You May Not Know About the Solar System.
- Why Planets Don't Twinkle.
The Electronic Universe Project, University of Oregon.
Flagstaff Field Center , U.S. Geological Survey.
Fourmilab:
- Earth and Moon Viewer.
- Solar System Live.
Kepler, Johannes: K-12 TLC Guide.

Kuiper, Gerard: K-12 TLC Guide.

Lunar and Planetary Institute.
The Moon: K-12 TLC Guide.
NASA:
- Planetary Photojournal.
- PlanetQuest.
- Solar System Exploration.
- Voyager Project Homepage.
National Geographic:

How to See a Planet Transit.
Oldest Material in Solar System.
Three Theories of Planet Formation Busted.

National Public Radio:

How and When the Earth Will End (audio: 4:00).
NASA Discovers a Ring Around the Solar System.
Planet Observations Confirmed (audio: 4:30).
Planets in Celestial Alignment:

5/5/00 (audio: 3:05).
5/6/00 (audio: 2:03).

Planets Outside Our Solar System (audio: 47:00).
The Spiral Arms of Planet Birthing.
Suppose the Earth Got Saturn's Rings.

The Nine Planets, University of Arizona.
Planet Days and Years:

Planetary Rescue Squad, PBS.
PhysLink.
Planetary Science Research Discoveries, University of Hawaii.
The Planetary Society.
Planets for Kids, Pocantico Hills School, NY:
- Riddles.
- Wordsearch.
Science for Everyone, American Geophysical Union.
Skyview Cafe.
Smithsonian Magazine:

The Tallest Mountains in the Solar System.

Solar Eclipse, The Exploratorium.
The Solar System Mobile.
Space Science Institute.
Space Stuff, A to Z Teacher Stuff.
Space Weather: K-12 TLC Guide.
Space.com.
Views of the Solar System:
- Glossary.
- Planetary Data Browser.
- Sun, Planet and Satellite Data.
The Weather Notebook, Mount Washington Observatory:

Earth's Elliptical Orbit.

The
Solar System

Mercury

1975 Mariner Probe: K-12 TLC Guide.

2011 Messenger Probe:

Planetary Photojournal, NASA.
Views of the Solar System:
- Mercury Exploration Chronology.

The
Solar System

Venus

Unmanned Exploration: K-12 TLC Guide.

1962-1975: Mariner Probes: K-12 TLC Guide.

10/18/1967: Unnamed Soviet Craft Reaches Surface of Venus:

BBC.
TheHistoryNet.

05/20/1978: NASA's Pioneer Venus Orbiter Is Launched:

NASA.

Australia Broadcasting Corpration:

Sudden Change in Venus' Rotation Puzzles Scientists.

BBC:

Venus Springs Ozone Layer Surprise.

Earth and Sky:

What Makes Venus the Brightest Planet?

History Channel:
- 12/14/1962: Mariner 2 Transmits First Data From Venus.
Hubble Space Telescope Public Pictures, Space Telescope Science Institute.
NASA:

Views of the Solar System:
- Chronology of Venus Exploration.
- Magellan Mission to Venus.
- Planetary Globe Icosahedron Home Page.
- Venusian Impact Craters.
- Venusian Volcanic Features.

The
Solar System

Uranus

Herschel, William: K-12 TLC Guide.

Kuiper, Gerard: K-12 TLC Guide.

03/13/1781: Discovery of Uranus, Chamber's Book of Days.
03/10/1977: Discovery of Uranus' Rings, Smithsonian Institution.

Unmanned Exploration: K-12 TLC Guide.

Voyager Missions: K-12 TLC Guide.

Hubble Space Telescope Public Pictures, Space Telescope Science Institute.
NASA:
- Planetary Photojournal.
National Geographic:

Uranus Got Knocked Over by One-Two Punch.

Views of the Solar System:
- Chronology of Uranus Exploration.
- Uranus Science Summary.

The
Solar System

Neptune

Kuiper, Gerard: K-12 TLC Guide.

Unmanned Exploration: K-12 TLC Guide.

Voyager Missions: K-12 TLC Guide.

Hubble Space Telescope Public Pictures, Space Telescope Science Institute.
NASA:
- Planetary Photojournal.
- Voyager Project Homepage.
Views of the Solar System:
- Chronology of Neptune Exploration.

The
Solar System

Pluto

Percival Lowell: K-12 TLC Guide.

Clyde Tombaugh.
History Channel.
Hubble Space Telescope Public Pictures, Space Telescope Science Institute.
NASA:
- NASA Today:
- Planetary Photojournal.
National Geographic:

Pluto Has Toxic Carbon Monoxide in Its Atmosphere.
Pluto May Have Oceans Under Its Ice.
Pluto's Twin.
Should Pluto Be a Planet?

National Public Radio:

Pluto's Home Page, University of Colorado.
Views of the Solar System:
- Chronology of Pluto Exploration.
- Pluto's Moon Charon .

The
Solar System

NASA

K-12 TLC NASA Guide.

Eyes on the Solar System.
JPL Solar System Dynamics Glossary.
JSC Digital Image Collection.
Lunar and Planetary Institute:
- 3-D Tour of Solar System.
NSSDC Gallery.
Planetary Materials Curation.
Planetary Photojournal.
Planetary Sciences.
Space Link.
StarChild: A Learning Center for Young Astronomers, NASA:
- Level I.
- Level II.
Views of the Solar System:
Welcome to the Planets.

The
Solar System

Planetary Orbits

Kepler, Johannes: K-12 TLC Guide.

Fourmilab Solar System Live.
Glooscap Community Network.
Iowa State University.
Kepler's Laws of Planetary Motion, University of Oregon.
University of Vermont.
The Weather Notebook, Mount Washington Observatory:

Earth's Elliptical Orbit.

Build a Solar System, Exploratorium.
Sandberg Planetarium.
Scale Model Demonstrations of the Solar System, Lunar and Planetary Institute.

The
Solar System

Interstellar Boundary

NASA:

IBEX: Interstellar Boundary Explorer.

National Geographic:

Solar System's Inerstellar Boundary "Force Field" Shrinks Fast .

The
Solar System

Primary:

The Magic School Bus Lost in the Solar System,
Joanna Cole.

The
Solar System

K-12 TLC Teachable Moments

01/07/1610: Galileo's First Observation of Three of the Moons of Jupiter.

05/24/1543: Publication of Copernicus' Revolutions of Heavenly Bodies.

08/27/2003: Mars Closer to Earth Than at Any Time in 60,000 Years.

09/23/1846: The Planet Neptune Is Discovered.


Copernicus, Nicolaus Galilei, Galileo

Mars.
Saturn.

Grades K-1:
- Measuring The Size Of A Variety Of Objects,
  Center for Educational Resources (CERES) Project,
  Montana State University.
Grades K-2:
- Center for Educational Resources Project,
  Montana State University:
  - The Movement of Celestial Objects.
Grades K-3:
- Comparing Sizes of the Objects Measured,
  Center for Educational Resources (CERES) Project,
  Montana State University.
Grades K-4:
- Every Picture Tells a Story,
  Center for Educational Resources (CERES) Project,
  Montana State University.
Grades 1-2:
- The Solar System, Ms Amy Fernane,
  Purdue University.
Grades 3-4:
- Center for Educational Resources Project,
  Montana State University:
  - One to One Correspondence of Objects.
  - The Movement of Celestial Objects.
- Identifying and Organizing Details in Writing,
  Mrs. Teresa Dodds, Skillen Elementary School, IN.
Grades 3-5:
- Exploration of Scale Models,
  Center for Educational Resources (CERES) Project,
  Montana State University.
Grades 3-6:
- Scale Models to Planet Size,
  Center for Educational Resources (CERES) Project,
  Montana State University.
Grades 5-8:
- Center for Educational Resources Project,
  Montana State University:
  - Digital Images: Satellites to the Internet.
  - Every Picture Tells a Story.
  - Planet Paths: Study Planetary Orbital Paths.
  - Polar Caps Image Processing Tutorial.
  - Study of Solar and Planetary Rotation Rates.
  - Your Weight on Distant Planets?.
Grades 7-8:
- Travel to My Planet, Deb Smith,
  Elwood Community Middle School, IN.
Grades 9-12:
- MountainQuest,
  Center for Educational Resources Project,
  Montana State University.
Other:
- Classroom Tour of the Solar System,
  Athena Earth & Space Science for K-12.
- NASA:
  - Cratering in your Classroom.
  - Eclipses.
  - The Inverse Square Law.
  - Life Beyond Earth.
  - Luna and Io - A Comparison Study.
  - Make a Comet Nucleus.
  - Micrometeorites.
  - Moon Phases.
  - Robotic Spacecraft.
  - Spotting the Shuttle.
- The University of Illinois:
  - The Seasons.

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This guide last edited 02/15/2012
This guide last revised 02/02/2009