The Universe & Space Attleboro, MA is 41.944 degrees North Latitude, and 71.286 degrees West Longitude. (could also be written −71.286 degrees) |
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| Journey into Space: Gravity, Orbits and Collisions (from Scholastic) - includes a Space Library, Moon Olympics | |||||||||||||
Scavenger Hunts on the Planets - Click on your planet and complete the Hunt Earth Jupiter Mars Mercury Neptune Pluto Saturn Uranus Venus |
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Exploration Program Overview Images & Animations From Space.com |
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Web-based activities designed for classroom use |
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Explore the wonders of the universe ... Adventure lets you travel to the 9 planets; Activities has a Time Machine, Fun Stuff includes games, Dictionary gives you definitions .... |
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Answers to "Space" questions are posted on this site from the Goddard Space Center (NASA). |
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| Astrogeology from the USGS --- the Solar System | |||||||||||||
| Astronomical Data from NOAA (shows the spring and neap tides in relation to quarters of the moon) | |||||||||||||
| Astronomy Links for a number of Astronomy sites from 42eXplore. Also includes projects for students and sites created by students for students. | |||||||||||||
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(Comprehensive list of sites selected by the Carnegie Public Library in Pittsburgh) |
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sky maps, puzzles, links |
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This site from "Kids Out of Control" is a notebook of facts about our solar system. |
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| Cosmic Quest From the Children's Museum of Indianapolis ~ Includes a section on Astronomers, Living in Space and a Field Guide to the Planets | |||||||||||||
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Currents, Waves and Tides (The Evergreen Project) |
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Earth Viewer (This viewer shows daytime and nighttime for any day of the year) |
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| Lunar Eclipse for Beginners | |||||||||||||
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Explore the World of Earth Science - from TERC, the NSF, and McDougall-Littell includes 100 visualizations and animations |
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From the National Air and Space Museum |
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Exploring the Planets in the Classroom From the Hawaii Space Grant Consortium, hands on activities for exploring planets |
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This site provide you with all the information you need to observe the International Space Station and the Space Shuttle, as well as spectacular events such as the dazzlingly bright flares from Iridium satellites as well as a wealth of other space flight and astronomical information. |
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Learn about space, play games, tell jokes and much more |
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| Mars Quest Mission to Mars 2001 | |||||||||||||
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The McAuliffe /Challenger Center at Framingham State College |
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| Moon and Earth Viewer | |||||||||||||
| How do Moon Phases Get their Names | |||||||||||||
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Moon Phase on the Day You were Born: |
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Moon Phases (from Imagiware.com) Moon Phases (from US Naval Observatory) |
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Moon Calendar and Earth Viewer (One of the best viewers) |
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Moon Phases, Animated (from the Department of Astronomy at the University of Wisconsin) |
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| Moon Phases and Percent Illuminated (from the U.S. Naval Observatory) | |||||||||||||
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Multi-Media Tour of the Solar System The Nine Planets is an overview of the history, mythology, and current scientific knowledge of each of the planets and moons in our solar system. Each page has text and images, some have sounds and movies, most provide references to additional related information. |
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NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory at Cal Tech Includes pictures and information from the Mar Odyssey's Mission, information on the solar system, stars and constellations plus links to JPL "Just for Kids and The Space Place. |
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NASA Kids NASA Pages designed especially for kids plus links to other NASA cool sites |
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Brings NASA people, space and science into the classroom through the Internet |
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| The Northern Lights Discover the northern lights phenomena through text, pictures, media, etc. | |||||||||||||
| Ology (Museum of Natural History) Astronomy Stuff to Do | |||||||||||||
| Property Charts for Planets | |||||||||||||
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SpaceKids Take the virtual tour of the Solar System without leaving your workstation. A site with several interesting links on the skies, space and the planets. |
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A learning site for young astronomers - NASA site |
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Science Physics and Aeronomy Research Collaboratory National Science Foundation Site with classroom links |
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| The Sky (From the Sea and Sky site - useful links on space and space exploration) | |||||||||||||
| Sky and Telescope Magazine Special Sky Events Page | |||||||||||||
| Surfing the Solar System | |||||||||||||
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Aeronautics and space resource for education from NASA. |
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Tides Zoom Astronomy site on tides with links to other "moon" sites. |
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| Views of the Solar System Multimedia adventure of the sun, planets, moons, comets, asteroids and more ... | |||||||||||||
| Virtual Planetarium (animated) Simulations include: "Visible" Solar System, World's Horizon, Earth/Moon System, and Comet | |||||||||||||
| Virtual Sun 20 minute tour ... needs realplayer or windows media | |||||||||||||
| Voyage: A Journey through the Universe (Information on the scale model of the Solar System at the Smithsonian Mall) | |||||||||||||
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| When Worlds Align Planetary Alignment 2002 site designed by Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. Includes timely sky charts to show the alignment of the planet. Also a coloring book for the Roman Gods representing the planets and a Shopping Bag Solar System. | |||||||||||||
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| Zoom Astronomy Home Page Comprehensive online site about space and astronomy. | |||||||||||||
| From Stargazers to Starships Astronomy of the Earth's motion in space.; a book-on-the-web written by David Stern. | |||||||||||||
Mapping
the Moon
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Transit of Venus |
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