StarChild
Content Resource.
A learning center for young astronomers. Provides fun facts for level
1 users and more advanced facts for level 2 users. Design for use
by students with some teacher assistance.
URL: http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/StarChild.html
Fact
Monster
Homework help page.
Fact Monster is a free reference site just for kids. Get homework
help & find facts on thousands of subjects, including science and astronomy.
Click the Science link and then click the Stars and Planets link under
the Almanac section. Designed for use by students and teachers.
URL: http://www.factmonster.com/
StudyWeb
Junior Homework Help K-8
Homework help page.
Students can click on the Science link to find links to homework help,
or they can find helpful homework tips. Contains sites for parents
with help with involvement in the school, school forms, and much more.
Teachers can utilize this site to gain helpful facts and many links to
space exploration resources. This is a great site for everyone involved!
URL: http://studyweb.com/Homework
Help/studywebjr.htm
Yahoo
Science:Space search engine
Reference tools.
Specialized search tool for searching the Web for information on space.
Results pages only return those sites within this subject area. Great
search tool for students and teachers.
URL: http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Space/
Magic
School Bus Lands on Mars
Educational software
review for teachers of the Magic School Bus Lands on Mars, an exploration
and discovery program. Provides abstracts of educational value,
kids appeal, system requirements, and ease of use. Review states
that this software program is a great introduction to the planet Mars for
all children.
URL: http://www.superkids.com/aweb/pages/reviews/science/8/msbmars/merge.shtml
Astronomy
Resources Webliography
Webliography.
MGCCC Learning Resources Library. Contains strictly resource links
to astronomy search engines, space learning sites, and many other astronomy
resource sites. Great for those teachers who are looking for on-line
observatory tours.
URL: http://www2.mgccc.cc.ms.us/~lrc/AstronomyResourcesWebliography.htm
Astronomy
With a Stick
Lesson plans and units.
Daytime astronomy for elementary and middle school students. Teachers
can help thier upper elementary students experience these relationships
through indirect observations of the Sun on the school playground and with
models built in the classroom.
URL: http://www.nsta.org/programs/sst/aws/aws.htm
Preparing
for Outer Space
Lesson plans and units.
One week unit plan for grade level 4. These lessons are designed
to show students how astronauts prepare to study Outer Space.
URL: http://www.uakron.edu/education/outreach/barberton/PDSUNITS/Space/SPACEOverview.html
Searchopolis
Specialized search
tool that be utilized to search one of three databases for astronomy sites:
Education Web, Encarta, and the Internet. These Education Web database
can be searched by elementary, middle, or high school. Provides helpful
resource links for students and teachers both.
URL: http://www.searchopolis.com/
1. Knows that night and day are caused
by the Earth's rotation on its axis
2. Knows that the Earth is one of
several planets that orbit the Sun and that the Moon orbits the Earth
3. Knows that the patterns of stars
in the sky stay the same, although they appear to slowly move from east
to west across the sky nightly and different stars can be seen in different
seasons
4. Knows that planets look like stars,
but over time they appear to wander among the constellations
5. Knows that astronomical objects
in space are massive in size and are separated from one another by
vast distances (e.g., many stars are more massive than our Sun but so distant
they look like points of light)
6. Knows that telescopes magnify distant
objects in the sky (e.g., the Moon, planets) and dramatically increase
the number of stars we can see