Purpose: Views of the Solar System has been created as an educational tour
of the solar system. This site contains high quality photographs of the planets
and satellites with added statistical, geological, and descriptive information
to go along with each body in the solar system.
Description: Views of the Solar System contains over 220 pages of
information,
over 950 high-resolution images and animations, and over 880 megabytes of
data. While on a planet page, hyperlinks travel to pages about the moons
and other relevant available resources. Unusual terms are linked to and defined
in the Glossary page. Statistical information of the planets and satellites
can be browsed through sorted lists. The History of Space Exploration contains
information about rocket history, early astronauts, space missions, spacecraft
and detailed chronology tables of space exploration. The Table of Contents
page has links to all of the various pages within Views Of The Solar System.
There are also some great activities and lesson plans.
Classroom Uses: This site will compliment the intermediate science curriculum.
It contains information about the sun, planets, moons, asteroids, comets
and meteroids found within the solar system. Dealing with the History of
Space Exploration it contains information about rocket history, early astronuats,
space missions, spacecraft and detailed chronology tables of space exploration.
