Solar System

NASA - Complete Space Exploration site. This site could fit into multiple categories for astronomy, discovery, weather, etc. There are grade-leveled teaching resources and information on NASA explorations. Videos requiring RealPlayer or Quicktime are offered. These are either exploration videos or similations (as in the Mars Rover landing on Mars). We've used this site for studies and have found almost everything we wanted to know available here.

Amazing Space by Space Telescope Science Institute's Office of Public Outreach- Interactive lessons about our solar system and the exploration of space. This site explores the physics of space, comets, black holes, etc.

National Maritime Museum Greenwich Observatory - My favorite on this site is the scale image of the planets in our solar system. The NMM Observatory site has information on each planet, interactive games, historical information, etc. While not the most colorful or interactive site, it does contain solid content for learning.

National Geographic's Virtual Solar System - Go on an interactive tour of the planets in our solar system. IF you have 3-D glasses handy, there is a 3-D version which can be great fun for kids. It is worth going to buy a pair of glasses, if you can find them!

Day and Night: Views from the Southern Hemisphere - Animated movies showing the rising and setting of the sun, revolution of the Earth, Earth's orbit, and phases of the moon. Each of the movies has high level explanations. These video animations are fun to watch, even for big kids!