Picture Compliments of Arizona Education	moon guy	NASA

Goals and Objectives:

Each student will be able to investigate:

• the meaning of scale and its relationship distance and size
• how planetary orbits are created
• the phases of the moon
• how the seasons are created
• how to tell time using the position of the sun
• major constellations in the sky 
• tools of the astronomer
• space missions

Can you find the answers to the following questions?

What is the Meaning of Scale and Its Relationship to Distance and Size?

 http://www.mos.org/sln/wtu/scale.html  Size and Scale Resource

http://www.noao.edu/education/peppercorn/pcmain.html  The Thousand-Yard Model or The Earth As a Peppercorn

http://www.mos.org/sln/wtu/passport.pdf  Museum Project:  Welcome to Our Solar System

http://www.vendian.org/mncharity/dir3/solarsystem/  A Solar System Scale Model Meta Page

http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs/scale/ Astronomical Scales and Distances

How and Why do planets orbit?

http://www.pa.msu.edu/sci_theatre/ask_st/121494.html  Why Do Planets Stay in Place?

http://curious.astro.cornell.edu/question.php?number=481 Questions and Answers about the Orbit of the Planets

http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/en/kids/phonedrmarc/2002_july.shtml Explore Why and How Planets Orbit

What Are the Different Phases of the Moon?

http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~dolan/java/MoonPhase.html The Moon Change the point of view to 'BOTH'

http://www.learnnc.org/bestweb/earthsky Skywatching Center                                                                                                   

http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/vphase.html  Virtual Reality Moon Phases

http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2004/07jul_bluemoon.htm What is a Blue Moon?

http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2004/13oct_lunareclipse.htm The Hunter's Moon

http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/News/1999/News-HarvestMoon.asp Autumn's Moon

http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/Hbase/solar/mooncrater.html Craters

http://astronomy.neatherd.org/Making%20Craters.htm How to Make Craters

http://timbeauchamp.tripod.com/moon/mooninfo.htm  Moon Information, Questions and Answers

How Can You Tell Time By Using the Position of the Sun?

http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/Academy/Earth/Sundial/Sundial-instruct.html Constructing a Sundial

Constellations:  Stories in the Sky

http://www.floridastars.org/astlinks.html Web Sites for Grade School Children

http://www.dibonsmith.com/constel.htm  Stories

http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~dolan/constellations/  The Constellations and the Stars

http://www.earthsky.com/skywatching/pronunciation.php Star Pronunciation  Guide

How Are Seasons Created?

http://www.equinox-and-solstice.com/html/autumnal_equinox.html A Change of Seasons

http://starryskies.com/solar_system/Earth/reasons_for_seasons.html A Reason for Seasons

http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/the_universe/uts/seasons1.html What Causes the Seasons 

http://www.nasaexplores.com/extras/constellations/summer_solstice_06-19-03.html The First Day of Summer

http://www.stargazing.net/David/ Observational  Astronomy

What are the tools of the Astronomer?

http://www.astronomynotes.com/telescop/s2.htm Telescope

http://hubble.gsfc.nasa.gov/ The Hubble Telescope

Can you identify the purpose of some of the important Space Missions?

http://spacescience.nasa.gov/missions/ Space Science Missions

http://www.thespaceplace.com/history/apollo2.html  History of the Apollo Space Mission

http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/history/index.htm Historical Space Archives

http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/missions.html NASA Space Shuttle Launches

http://www.cnn.com/TECH/space/shuttle.html  Space Exploration Gallery: Explore Previous Missions

http://www.sciencedaily.com/news/space_time/space_missions/ Space Mission News

http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/station/ International Space Mission 

http://www.cosmonautadventures.com/ Cosmonauts Adventures

http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/sputnik/ Sputnik

Activity: Planet Building Cubes

http://stargazers.gsfc.nasa.gov/pdf/products/educator_guides/solar_system_puzzle_kit.pdf Solar System Puzzle