At Home Astronomy
At Home Astronomy Simple, inexpensive activities for your classroom or for you to send home with your kids.
Read MoreThe Virtual Tour of the Sun
The Virtual Tour of the Sun Well, you can’t take a field trip to the sun, so this will have to do. Uses some actual video clips and does an excellent job of explaining concepts. Quite a bit of reading, though.
Read MoreHubbleSite – Tonight’s Sky
HubbleSite – Tonight’s Sky Help your kids get acquainted with the night’s sky any time of the year. Good explanations and descriptions of the constellations. Also deep space objects, planet locations for the month, and events, like the solstice and equinox. You can see tonight’s sky, or past skies through the Archives. Check below to [...]
Read MoreThe Universe – Interactive
The Universe – Interactive Okay, I’m adding this one because it’s pretty. Would look great on a big screen. Nice way to look through the solar system and the universe at a select number of things. BUT…Not alot of new information. No animation as far as spin and rotation. Just pretty.
Read MoreThe Universe
The Universe Another new experience for the site, we’re listing a Hulu resource. From here, you can access 13 episodes of The Universe. I’ll let you look through and see what you think. I’ll admit I haven’t watched them all. Please remember that sometimes, there can be some rather controversial topics brought up on shows [...]
Read MoreSolar Transit of International Space Station and Atlantis on May 22, 2010
Solar Transit of International Space Station and Atlantis on May 22, 2010 Nice image of the space station and Atlantis with the sun in the background. I’ve seen another one somewhere. I’ll post it as well.
Read MoreStar Size Comparison HD
A great way to get an idea for just how small our planet is. And how large the universe is!
Read MoreEngineering Interact – Astro Adventure
Engineering Interact – Astro Adventure Other than the fact that I read two of the questions wrong and lost some points, this was pretty neat. It’s a great review or webquest activity.
Read MoreWe Choose the Moon
We Choose the Moon “WeChooseTheMoon.org is a new web site from the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum that aims to inspire members of the Internet Generation 40 years after the first lunar landing. The web site launched on July 16, recreating the Apollo 11 mission online in real time on the 40th anniversary [...]
Read MoreThe Earth/Moon System
The Earth/Moon System A controllable moon phase demonstrator with multiple views, this is nice for simple online demonstrations. My problem, which I have often with moon phase demonstrators, is that the phases are not typically the way kids will see them in real life. But… it’s still a nice visual.
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