Nanooks Astronomy Page
8-06 Examine the components of our Solar System
Astronomy Vocabulary
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revolution - day - year - meteor - orbit - rotation - eclipse
light year - star - constellation - phase - galaxy - tides - comet
solar system - astronomical unit - gas giant - satellite - terrestrial
asteriod belt - month - telescope - retrograde - solstice - equinox
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Planets in our Solar System
Beginning Level Help:
http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/solar_system_level1/solar_system.html
Advanced Level Help:
http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/solar_system_level2/solar_system.html
Terrestrial Planets (made mostly of rock)
Mercury - Venus - Earth - Mars
The Gas Giants (thick gas atmospheres)
Jupiter - Saturn - Uranus - Neptune
WEB LINKS HELP
http://sciencespot.net To use this site - 1) Click on KIDS ZONE
2) Pick your topic and it will bring
you to web links
www.nineplanets.org/nineplanets.html
http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/virtualspacetour/
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html
http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/
http://edhelper.com/Space_Stars.htm
http://outreach.physics.utah.edu/labs/star_life/starlife_main.html
http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/StarChild.html
Games and Trivia
http://www.sciencespot.net/Pages/kdzscigames.html
Nanooks Astronomy Page
8-06 Examine the components of our Solar System
Astronomy Vocabulary
|
revolution - day - year - meteor - orbit - rotation - eclipse
light year - star - constellation - phase - galaxy - tides - comet
solar system - astronomical unit - gas giant - satellite - terrestrial
asteriod belt - month - telescope - retrograde - solstice - equinox
|
Planets in our Solar System
Beginning Level Help:
http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/solar_system_level1/solar_system.html
Advanced Level Help:
http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/solar_system_level2/solar_system.html
Terrestrial Planets (made mostly of rock)
Mercury - Venus - Earth - Mars
The Gas Giants (thick gas atmospheres)
Jupiter - Saturn - Uranus - Neptune
WEB LINKS HELP
http://sciencespot.net To use this site - 1) Click on KIDS ZONE
2) Pick your topic and it will bring
you to web links
www.nineplanets.org/nineplanets.html
http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/virtualspacetour/
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html
http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/
http://edhelper.com/Space_Stars.htm
http://outreach.physics.utah.edu/labs/star_life/starlife_main.html
http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/StarChild.html
Games and Trivia
http://www.sciencespot.net/Pages/kdzscigames.html