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***SPACE AND ASTRONOMY***
GRADE LEVEL: Middle School-High School; Secular Comments: This site is provided by the Royal Greenwich Observatory in the United Kingdom. At this page you will find links to many different LEAFLETS the Observatory has created on many subjects such as: What are stars? Why do we use the phrase, "once in a blue moon"? What are the brightest and nearest stars? Where do stars get their names? What are planets?, etc. A wealth of information is available right here.
GRADE LEVEL: Middle School-High School; Secular Comments: This site is provided by the MAD Scientist Library. You will find links to "Ask an Astronomer", "Ask an Astronaut", or "Ask the Shuttle crew" which in itself is a valuable resource! There are also links here for your child to discover how astronaunts live while on the Shuttle and what they wear during a space walk. Need information on the nine planets or the sun? That is here too and more. (CAUTION: This site contains links to a discussion on the evolutionary idea on the BIG BANG THEORY.)
GRADE LEVEL: Middle School-High School; Secular Comments: This site is provided by Exploratorium. It is really fun to calculate your weight on other worlds! Follow that link on this page and be astounded! Also there are directions on how to build an accurate model of a solar system using a piece of paper rolled around a toilet paper roll center. There are also links to SOLAR ECLIPSES, SUNSPOTS and AURORAS.
GRADE LEVEL: Elementary-Middle School; Secular Comments: These are the words to a cute song called, "The Family of the Sun" sung to the tune of "The Farmer in the Dell." The words contain the latest information about the planets and so is a very educational song too!
GRADE LEVEL: Elementary-Middle School; Secular Comments: This is an incredibly fun activity whose purpose is: "to observe and describe physical characteristics of edible samples chosen as models of real rocks or meteorites." Teacher pages and student pages (you will have to follow the link for that page) including vocabulary are given at this site. Children practice the scientific method in this activity--they approach observation, recording results and describing the samples much as scientists do with real meteorite samples. Would be a good activity for a support group to do or an individual family.
GRADE LEVEL: Middle School; Secular Comments: Using the provided chart showing how long a year is on each planet, one can calculate their age if they lived on that planet with simple math. This is a good math/science activity.
GRADE LEVEL: Elementary-Middle School; Secular Comments: There are both teacher and student pages available on this web page. The activity is easy to do using readily-available materials.
GRADE LEVEL: Elementary-Middle School; Secular Comments: On this page choose whether you want to learn about gravity forces or rockets. Both of these concepts show a teacher and a student page. Make an accelerometer out of simple materials to measure G-forces. Or, design a paper rocket propelled by alka seltzer and water to demonstrate how a rocket works.
GRADE LEVEL: Middle School; Secular Comments: An activity sheet that shows how to calculate your weight on various planets.
GRADE LEVEL: Elementary-Middle School; Secular Comments: Would you just like some pictures and basic facts about the planets for a report? This would be the place. Each planet page lists basic facts, allows you to enlarge images of the planet and gives you a list of all the spacecraft encounters we have had with that planet and the dates of those encounters.
GRADE LEVEL: Elementary-High School; Secular Comments: Studying astronomy in school and need a definition or want to know who a particular person is? Try here. In addition to a definition, many times you can click on a word to see a picture or go to more information about that subject.
GRADE LEVEL: Elementary-Middle School; Secular Comments: (There is evolutionary content here so be aware!) This site contains basic information about Black Holes, Stars, the Solar System, etc., etc. You can ask to see any particular page as LEVEL ONE (about a Grade 3 level) or as a LEVEL TWO (about Grade 5-6). You can also view any page in PRINTABLE VERSION FORMAT. Throughout the site you will see words in blue...clicking on these words will bring up a definition of the word from their site glossary.
GRADE LEVEL: All Ages; Secular Comments: This site promises the following: "Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer."
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GRADE LEVEL: Middle School-High School; Secular Comments: Sections on Matter, Atoms, Elements and Reactions.
*Example: The section on matter covered the states of matter: solids, liquids, gases and plasma. There is plenty of instruction and quizzes at the end to test reading comprehension.
GRADE LEVEL: Middle School-High School; Secular Comments: "CyberChemistry At Your Fingertips is an interactive guide to basic chemistry, and the principles contained therein." It "contains four experiments, the materials needed, the procedure, and an explanation with vocabulary definitions. All of these can be done in your home."
These four experiments cover the following topics: 1) Hydrogen Peroxide and Bleach, 2) Vinegar and Baking Soda, 3) Diffusion, 4) Electrolysis. There is also a discussion on two of the four types of reactions that exist in chemistry. They are: Combination reactions, Decomposition reactions, Single replacement reactions, and Double replacement reactions. If you are studying any of these areas, look in on this site.
GRADE LEVEL: Middle School-High School; Secular Comments: At this site you can hit any element on the periodic table and get all kinds of information about it. My favorite is under APPEARANCE AND CHARACTERISTICS where they will tell you current uses of the element selected. Also under ABUNDANCE, they will tell you where you can get the element and how much it costs to get some of it! A practical, well-written and easy-to-use site.
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GRADE LEVEL: All grades; Secular Comments: The Irving family has been collecting rocks for years. This web site is a result of that collecting. It contains pictures and often identification labels of the rocks they have found in their travels. Also, they have a list of internet links you can follow for more "rock" links. A nice site!
GRADE LEVEL: All Ages; Secular Comments: Want to see the Smithsonian Institutions's Hope Diamond but can't go there? Well, here it is! Ignoring the evolutionary sentence referring to the "billions of years" this diamond has been around, this is a nice site containing a very brief history of the famous Hope Diamond. At the bottom of this page, click on "TABLE OF CONTENTS" and see a complete list of other Virtual Tours available in the Smithsonian.
GRADE LEVEL: All Ages; Secular Comments: See many of the gems and minerals in the Smithsonian's collection. Click on the thumbnail image and see a giant version! If you like it, make a wallpaper image for your desktop by right clicking and selecting "Set as Wallpaper"! Quite impressive though this site takes awhile to load. Be patient...it is worth the wait.
General Astronomy Information
The MAD Science Library: Astronomy
The Observatory: A Guide to Astronomy Resources on the Exploratorium Website
The Family of the Sun
Edible Rocks
How Old Are You
Orbital Forces
Gravity Forces and Rockets Activity Index
How Much Do You Weigh?
CEPS Planetary Image Facility
The Nine Planets Glossary
StarChild: A Learning Center for Young Astronomers
Under "Space Stuff"you will find short biographies about Who's Who in Space, information on the Hubble Telescope, Astronauts and what they wear, Space Probes, etc.
If you follow the link to IMAGINE A UNIVERSE, you will come to a site that is designed for Age 14 and up.V Here you can ask an astronomer a question and read more technical discussions. Again, this site too is evolutionary...you will see the BIG BANG THEORY here. Still, you can learn alot of basic information about space here at both of these sites.
Astronomy Picture of the Day
***CHEMISTRY***
CyberChemistry At Your Fingertips
***ROCKS AND MINERALS***
Irving Family Web Pages--Rock Collecting
A Virtual Tour of the Hope Diamond
The Smithsonian's Gem and Mineral Collection
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