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Want
to find out more about planets and stars?
Check out these web sites.
Student Sites
NASA Kids - A Fun Way to Learn about NASA's Projects
Zoom Astronomy - Wow! Go here first. This site is awesome!
Arty Astronaut - Interactive journey through the solar system for young astronomers
Welcome to the Planets - planet images from NASA
StarChild - NASA 's Learning Center for Young Astronomers
The Nine Planets - A Multimedia Tour of the Solar System
Hubble Space Telescope - A Photo Gallery of the Universe
Yahooligans Planets - Ask Earl's questions & answers about planets
Solar System Trading Card Activity - Click on any of the twelve solar system objects and try to name the object. If correct, you collect the card. Try to collect all twelve.
Exploring Space - for primary grades
Teacher Sites
Exploring Planets in the Classroom - Great lesson plan ideas!
Solar System - links to lessons & activities from abcteach.com
Solar System Unit: The Planets - creative unit / webquest
Unit Plan - Study of Our Planets - detailed lesson plan with good links and resources geared toward 4th grade
Center for Educational Resources Project - web based lessons
Postcards From My Planet - lesson for grades 2 - 4
Planet
Activity - a P.E. activity to correlate with a unit on planets