Project 1 – Mercury and Venus
http://www.aerospaceguide.net/planet/planetmercury.html
·Information about Mercury
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/messenger/multimedia/index.html
·NASA pictures of Mercury’s surface
http://www.aerospaceguide.net/planet/planetvenus.html
·Information about Venus
http://www.space.com/44-venus-second-planet-from-the-sun-brightest-planet-in-solar-system.html
·Complete description of Venus – Be sure to follow links (contain additional information and pictures)
http://eo.ucar.edu/kids/green/warming4.htm
·The Greenhouse Effect – Simple Explanation
http://earthguide.ucsd.edu/earthguide/diagrams/greenhouse/
·Explanation of the Greenhouse Effect
Project 2 – Mars
http://www.space.com/47-mars-the-red-planet-fourth-planet-from-the-sun.html
·Information about Mars – follow links for additional information
http://www.virginia.edu/uvatoday/newsRelease.php?id=7829
·Early history of Mars
http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msp98/why.html
·Life of Mars?
·One theory for what happened to Mar’s thick atmosphere
http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2001/ast31jan_1/
·History of Mar’s magnetic field
http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/overview/
·Overview of the Mars Rovers
http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/
·From this homepage, navigate to find additional information on past and future missions, pictures, ect.
Project 3 - The Moon
http://nineplanets.org/luna.html
·General information about all aspects of the moon (formation, size, missions, ect.)
http://lunar.arc.nasa.gov/education/teacher/
·Geology of the moon (use the next icon at the bottom of the page for additional information)
http://www.usno.navy.mil/USNO/astronomical-applications/astronomical-information-center/phases-percent-moon
·Phases of the moon
http://www.usno.navy.mil/USNO/astronomical-applications/astronomical-information-center/phases-percent-moon
·Apollo missions
http://www.space.com/15035-moon-formation-theory-challenged.html
·Movie – impact craters and features on the surface
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0FCE4H0Dro
·BBC video – formation of the moon
http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/scitech/display.cfm?ST_ID=446
·Formation of the moon
http://curious.astro.cornell.edu/question.php?number=124
·The moon is moving away from the earth, and the earth is slowing down
http://www.asi.org/
·Information on how a private company is trying to establish a base on the moon
Project 4 - Saturn
http://nineplanets.org/saturn.html
·General information about all aspects of Saturn
·Use the links found under the heading, “Saturn’s Satellites” to find information about the moons of Saturn
http://www.solarviews.com/eng/titan.htm
·Information about Titan
http://www.badastronomy.com/bitesize/saturnrings.html
·Gap in Saturn’s rings
http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2010/12/violent-origin-for-saturns-rings.html
·Formation of rings
http://www.aerospaceguide.net/planetsaturn.html
·Saturn Space Probes
http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/files/RWR_grades3-4_lesson5_Booklet2_2007.pdf
·Information about Saturn's Layers
Project 5 – Jupiter
http://nineplanets.org/jupiter.html
·General information about all aspects of Jupiter
·Use the links found under the heading, “Jupiter’s Satellites” to find information about the moons of Jupiter
http://lasp.colorado.edu/education/outerplanets/moons_galilean.php#galilean
·Information about the Galilean Moons
http://discovermagazine.com/videos/27-life-on-europa/
·Life on Europa?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comet_Shoemaker%E2%80%93Levy_9
·Comet impact on Jupiter
http://www.cosmos4kids.com/files/explore_probes_space.html
·Jupiter space probes
http://www.astrobio.net/exclusive/4620/villain-in-disguise-jupiter%E2%80%99s-role-in-impacts-on-earth
·Jupiter’s effect on asteroid impacts with Earth
Project 6 – Uranus and Neptune
http://nineplanets.org/uranus.html
·General information about all aspects of Uranus
·Use the links found under the heading, “Uranus’s Satellites” to find information about the moons of Uranus
·Use the links throughout the page to find more information about the different space probes that relate to Uranus
http://nineplanets.org/neptune.html
·General information about all aspects of Neptune
·Use the links found under the heading, “Neptune Satellites” to find information about the moons of Neptune
·Use the links throughout the page to find more information about the different space probes that relate to Neptune
Project 7 – Formation of the Solar System
http://www.nhm.ac.uk/nature-online/space/planets-solar-system/formation/index.html
http://nineplanets.org/origin.html
·Formation of the solar system
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uhy1fucSRQI
·Video – formation of the solar system
http://hubblesite.org/gallery/album/nebula/
·Nebula gallery
http://www.kopernik.org/images/archive/crab.htm
·History of the Crab nebula
http://video.pbs.org/video/1790621534/
·Nova video – evidence for trigger to nebular theory
http://science.nasa.gov/astrophysics/focus-areas/what-are-galaxies/
·Introduction to galaxies
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/solarsystem/where.shtml
·Location of our solar system within the Milky Way
Project 8 – Evolution of a Star
http://www.odec.ca/projects/2002/wongj/public_html/Index.htm
·Formation and evolution of stars – use tabs on left to learn about the different paths a star can take
http://science.nasa.gov/astrophysics/focus-areas/how-do-stars-form-and-evolve/
·Formation and evolution of stars
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/space/star-in-you.html
·We are all made of Star Dust
http://video.pbs.org/video/1855438915
·Fusion inside a star (watch chapter 5)
http://video.pbs.org/video/2217713569
·Explanation of fusion (middle part of chapter 9)
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/k-4/stories/what-is-a-black-hole-k4.html
·Black holes
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/physics/fabric-of-cosmos.html#fabric-time
·Black holes and time travel? (watch chapter 5)
Project 9 – The History and Future of the Space Age
http://history.nasa.gov/factsheet.htm
·Overview of the history of NASA
http://history.nasa.gov/sputnik/
·Brief history of Sputnik
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/50-years-50-giant-leaps-how-nasa-rocked-our-world-879377.html
http://www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/technologies/spinoffs.html
http://spinoff.nasa.gov/Spinoff2008/tech_benefits.html
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9135690/NASA_s_Apollo_technology_has_changed_history
·NASA’s contributions to society
http://bigthink.com/ideas/13152
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pCswJTnySk
·Neil deGrasse Tyson’s thoughts on the importance of NASA