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Canberra Deep Space
Communication Complex |
Jet Proplulsion Laboratory This website has amazing images from space collected from the deep space antennas in California, Canberra and Madrid. As well there are links for primary and secondary students to a wide range of space info. |
Space Shuttle Up to date information about the space shuttle missions as well as a history of the space shuttle. Has some good multimedia presentations and fact sheets about future missions. |
| Apollo Missions From NASA, this site has info about the history of the Apollo space missions. It includes the manned and un-manned missions. |
Celestia Download this free game for Mac or Windows. It lets you explore the galaxy in 3D |
Photojournal All the pictures of the planets, universe and small bodies from JPL all in one place. An amazing resource |
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Amazing
Space |
Center
for Earth and Planetary Studies " CEPS performs original research and outreach activities on topics covering planetary science, terrestrial geophysics, and the remote sensing of environmental change. " |
Challenger
Center Online Challenger Centre for Space Science Research. Includes a range of educational activities |
Asteroids
and Comets: |
Earth
and Moon Viewer View the earth from the moon or the moon from the earth. PC users can also download HomeSky an earth/sky/space simulator. |
Earth
and Sky Homepage Teachers Lounge, Kids pages, games, information and much more |
| The
Nine Planets - An Express tour of the solar system. Choose a planet and find out lots of information and graphics |
Kids
Laugh and Learn "Explore these JPL and NASA kids sites for out of this world fun and learning." |
Kids
Astronomy At this site you can build a solar system, play puzzles and games, do space quizzes, make planets or use the star explorer |
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NASA
Internet Resources for Students |
NASA
Homepage The official site |
NASA
Kids A history of space travel designed for kids. Games and activities, learn about the planets, etc |
| Google
Moon Allows you to surf the moon and see images of all the Apollo landing sites |
Solar
Eclipse Choose one of these links to find out more about an eclipse of the sun |
Solar
System Jigsaw From the BBC. At this site you can build the solar system from planets to space probes |
| Space
Weather Find out about the weather on each of the planets, solar flares, sun spots, aurora, etc. For older students |
Star
Child All about the solar system written for primary school students |
Starshine
Project Shine mirrors for a satellite then track it in space. (No longer active, but site has links to info about space flight etc) |
| Astronomy for Kids Find out more about the stars and planets |
Virtual
solar system "Discover the wonders of our solar system in a spectacular 3-D environment. Take a flyby tour of the sun and each planet in its orbit, observe planets and extraterrestrial weather patterns up close, and more." |
Your
Age on Other Planets Type in your age and see how old you would be open other planets. |
| Adventures of the Agronauts Take part in this mission to find out if and how we can grow plants on the moon. Designed for lower to middle primary |
The Space Place Explore animations, fun games, facts and exciting things to do - all with a space theme. From NASA |
Moon Landing Panorama See 360 degree panoramas of the Apollo moon landings from Apollo 11 to 17. |
| Windows to the Universe A great site with lots of resources about the earth and space - weather, myths, art, climate, space missions, images and multimedia |
What's the Difference? Download this amazing free software for PC and Mac from NASA and use it to compare any two planets. |
Sea and Sky This site has some amazing information about outer space - but also has several links to items for sale |
| Earth
and Space Science Learn about the earth and the solar system with these links |
Planets Play this game and have fun while you learn about the planets. |
Primary Connections For teachers. Download units of work, resources and assessment materials and link to useful websites. |
| Space Today a wrap up of daily space news |
Updated
11th October 2009
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