Planet Earth and Beyond

Links: Come board my spacecraft and fly with me!

Volcano World. Here you will find out which volcanoes are currently errupting and much much more!

The Nine Planets. Great site.

Star Child - This is a super site for kids. Don't miss looking at this one!

Paso Partners - check out the "Dinosaur" unit and "Sun and Stars".

Kids Space.

Space the Final Frontier. A series of experiments about space designed for Grade Two. Fun things to do!

Solar Systen Theme from abcteach. NZ Level One and Two. Printouts.

Solar System Studies 101 - awesome site for young children, reading and worksheets.

Weather/Meteorology Lesson Plans.

Whats the Weather. A series of experiments about weather and air. fun things to do! Designed for Grade 3.

Mars Pathfinder - Welcome to Mars. Great photos and kids will love the story "A Little Rock on Mars"

The Space Place. A fun site with heaps of interesting activities for kids. A site not to be missed if you're planning a Space Thematic Unit.

Weather Unit For 1st and 2nd Grade.

Dinosaurs: A Thematic Unit.

Dinosaur! A series of experiments that was designed for Grade Two.

Zoom Dinosaurs - An awesome site. Great for Junior classes. Printouts, fact sheets. Kids love this site.

Nasa Antarctica.

Water Water Everywhere. This is a series of experiments about the properties of water and the effects of water pollution. This unit was designed for use in the fourth grade.

Minerals, Crystals and Gems: Stepping Stones To Inquiry.

Thematic Unit:Rocks and Minerals. Level One.

Deserts (Mojave National Preserve) A great kids site. Links to deserts around the world. Wonderful illustrated story under "Kids Web Page"

Is Air Something? - A very well organised unit of work with back up worksheets, plans for constructing helicopters, aeroplanes etc. Has some assessment.

SpaceKids.com. Click "Teachers" and you'll find some great online lessons, "What Makes a Volcano Erupt" and "Can You Ever See Venus At Midnight?" Has, "Ask an Expert," movies, space links etc.

Download a Dino. Print outs.

Vocanology.Some fun experiments to try with kids.

Natural Disasters. A unit for Year 5 and 6.

In Old Pompeii.

Trash Bashers Handbook. This is a series of experiments on recycling. It provides an introduction to the concepts of "Reduce, Reuse and Recycle" as well as the very important concept of "Precycle". This unit was designed for use in the first grade.

The Solar System and Astronomy. A Thematic Unit.

Surfing For Sunbeams. A Hypermedia tour of Our Sun.

Nasa Kids. Teacher's Corner has a great Word Find builder. Checkout "Thursday's Classroom - A web site for teachers that includes activities
about current science news.Has lesson plans.

Updated February 2001

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