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Resources-Graphics-Websites-Books

Graphics:
Amazing World of Animation
-http://www.flash.net/~ipt/webart.htm

ClipArt Gallery.Com-http://www.clipartgallery.com/science&nature/starsplanets/starsplanets.html

Animated Gif Archive-http://www.talstar.com/cat/graphics/indexs.htm#Space

Kitty Roach Animated Graphics-http://www.snowcrest.net/kitty/hpages/index.html

Websites:

Aliens: Worlds of Possibilities - http://exhibits.pacsci.org/aliens/welcome2.html
Interactive site that will take you on a voyage into space to see the solar system . You'll see the Mars Pathfinder on the Mars and you can find out how much you weigh on other planets.

Amazing Space - http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/
Find out about the night sky. Includes great pictures and information on the solar system. Read the about the history of astronomy from Galileo to the Hubble Space Telescope.

Astronomy for Kids - http://tqjunior.advanced.org/3645/page2.html
Learn about black holes, comets, the planets, constellations and lots more. This is a ThinkQuest Junior Project.

Backyard Astronomy: Tips on Observing the Universe - http://www.skypub.com/tips/tips.html
Learn some tips on using your binocularsto view the night sky. Learn how to use a telescope, and how to identify stars with the naked eye.

Cassini Mission: Kid's Corner - http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/cassini/Kids/kidscorner.html Learn more abut Saturn and its mysterious rings.

CleverMedia: The Constellations - http://clevermedia.com/arcade/const.html
This site requires Shockwave. It will lets you select a constellation, Shockwave will draw it for you and give some relevant facts about the constellation.

Eye on the Universe: The Hubble Space Telescope - http://www.thetech.org/hyper/hubble/index.html This site will give you a tour of the Hubble Space Telescope. Learn why this telescope is so important to scientific observation.

Exploring the Planets - http://ceps.nasm.edu:2020/ETP/ETP.html
Fun and easy site to get information about the solar system.

Nine Planets - For Kids - http://www.tcsn.net/afiner/
Information about the planets for young students.

Planet Surfin' - http://www.spaceday.com/summer/surf.htm Pilot your own spacecraft as you travel through the solar system. Travel to Mercury, Venus, and Mars. Travel safely back to Earth without getting lost and you are a winner.

Planetary Fact Sheets - http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/planetfact.html
A list of links to fact sheets on the planets of the solar system.

Sea and Sky: The Sky - http://www.seasky.org/sky.html
Take a tour of the sky gallery, the solar system, and sky lab. Lots to see and do at this site.

Space Day - http://www.spaceday.com/ This site will give you information on people who have made contributions to space-related work.

A Space Library - http://samadhi.jpl.nasa.gov/
A great place to get maps, models of spacecrafts, backgrounds, and planet surfaces.

Star Journey - http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/97/stars/This site from National Geographic will show you the Hubble Space Telescope and the constellations.

StarChild : A Learning Center for Young Astronomers - http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/ This site will give information on the solar system, and space exploration for primary age students.

Stephen Hawking's Universe - http://www.pbs.org/wnet/hawking/html/home.html
This site shows fascinating photographs from galaxies millions of light-years away. There are also discussions about  space related topics, including links.

Views of the Solar System - http://www.hawastsoc.org/solar/homepage.htm
Multimedia adventure of the Sun, planets, moons, comets, asteroids, and more. Read about latest scientific information, the history of space exploration, rocketry, early astronauts, and space missions. Great archive of photos, scientific facts, and links.

Windows to the Universe - http://www.windows.umich.edu/
Fun and interesting site about the planets, solar system , the universe, space missions, and news.

Books:

1000 Facts About Space by Pam Beasant
Text and illustrations present information about such space-related topics as gallaxies, stars, the planets, moon landings, and modern astronomy.

Astronomy Smart Junior:The Science of the Solar System and Beyond by Michael L. Bentley
This book teaches the concepts of astronomy (including helpful diagrams and charts) while sending the reader on a exciting tale of mystery and knowledge.

The Children's Space Atlas : A Voyage of Discovery for Young Astronauts by Robin Kerrod
Describes the planets of the solar system and more distant objects in space and discusses past and present ways we have gathered information about them.

Close Encounters:Exploring the Universe With the Hubble Space Telescope by Elaine Scott
Describes what scientists have been able to deduce about the nature of our solar system and the universe based on data collected by the Hubble telescope.

Discovering Jupiter : The Amazing Collision in Space by Melvin Berger
Fiction book for young readers. GIves surprising facts about the largest planet in the solar system

Discovering Mars : The Amazing Story of the Red Planet by Melvin Berger
Easy to read book of true facts about Mars. Includes photos, illustrations, drawings, graphs, and diagrams.

Discover Space by World Book Encyclopedia
This is a picture reference book for young students. Includes full color photos, illustrations, and drawings, easy to read and use.

Journey to the Planets by Patricia Lauber
Explores the planets of our solar system, highlighting the prominent features of each. Includes new photographs and information gathered by the Voyager and Magellan explorations

Looking at the Planets : A Book About the Solar System by Melvin Berger
Realistic illustrations give young students a complete look at our solar system with a few basic facts about each planet.

The Magic School Bus Lost in the Solar System by Joanna Cole
On a special field trip in the magic school bus, Ms. Frizzle's class goes into outer space and visits each planet in the solar system.

Our Solar System by Ian Graham
Journey through the solar system with easy to ready facts about each planet. Photos, illustrations, drawings, graphs, and diagrams are all used to give information.

Our Solar System by Seymour Simon
Describes the origins, characteristics, and future of the sun, planets, moons, asteroids, meteoroids, and

Postcards from Pluto : A Tour of the Solar System by Loreen Leedy
Dr. Quasar gives a group of children a tour of the solar system, describing each of the planets from Mercury to Pluto.

Seeing Earth from Space by Patricia Lauber
Text and photographs taken from space depict the nature, evolution, and future of Earth

The Solar System : Exploring the Earth and Its Neighbors by Miquel Perez
The sun, the moon and the planets are explored in this tale of a group of children who make an exciting visit to a planetarium. Afterwards, the boys and girls imagine a space adventure of their own.

Unidentified Flying Riddles
by Joanne E. Berstein
Collection of over 80 jokes and riddles about outer space.



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