Handout
Other

Small Planet: Create Your Own Web Page

For Students 9th - 10th
Do you have an idea that you want to share? This step-by-step guide will show you how to create your own web page.
Website
Other

Greenpeace: Homepage

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive site about the Green Peace organization.
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Solar System

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This activity is designed to assess the comprehension of concepts related to the planets and other astronomical bodies in the Solar System.
Interactive
American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: Stuff to Do: Stargazing

For Students 3rd - 8th
Get started on the road to becoming an expert stargazer by following these recommendations for identifying stars, planets, and constellations. Includes an example of a journal that can be used as a record of your investigations.
Unknown Type
Other

Energy Star: You Can Be an Energy Star [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 6th
The "Who's Guide to Saving Our Planet" helps students protect the environment through superior energy efficiency.
Activity
Other

Energy Star: Un Mundo Bellow Comienza Contigo [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 8th
The Government sponsored resource helps individuals protect the environment through superior energy efficiency. The activities teach students about the environment and what they can do to save the planet.
Activity
Other

Energy Star: A Beautiful World Starts With You [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 8th
The Government sponsored resource helps individuals protect the environment through superior energy efficiency. The activities teach students about the environment and what they can do to save the planet.
Unit Plan
Arizona State University

Arizona State University School of Life Sciences: Viral Attack

For Students 9th - 10th
There are battles that are fought each day on the planet. The invading forces are those of viruses and bacteria. Left alone they would take over and destroy every cell! It is up to some key defense systems to battle and destroy these...
Interactive
American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: A Closer Look at Mars

For Students 3rd - 8th
If you look up at the sky on a clear night, you may see a red dot among the stars. This dot is Mars, named in ancient times after the Roman god of war. Although no one has ever visited this red planet, we know a lot about it. This site...
Handout
Children's Museum

Field Guide to the Universe: Space Craft

For Students 9th - 10th
Pictures and descriptions of the robot spacecraft that have explored the planets and outer space since the 1960s.
Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Acceleration

For Students 9th - 10th
Acceleration, an increase in the rate of change, is occurring both in the Universe and in human culture on planet Earth. This article explains these fascinating changes.
Handout
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: How Our Solar System Formed

For Students 9th - 10th
An article describing how the sun, planets, moons, and beyond Pluto was formed. Learn more about the beginning of our solar system.
Unit Plan
NASA

Nasa: 21th Century Explorer: Why Do We Want to Study and Travel to Mars?

For Students 9th - 10th
This article answers some of the most common questions about Mars: Why is it red? Is there water on Mars? What else have scientists discovered from spacecraft that have landed there? Also, visitors can follow links to learn more about...
Activity
NASA

Nasa: Night Sky Network: Pocket Solar System

For Students 3rd - 8th
Individual or classroom activity helps students understand the solar system because they can visualize it. Extension resources are included.
Graphic
NASA

Nasa: Welcome to From Earth to the Solar System (Fettss)

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of high-resolution images of space. Images "showcase the discoveries and excitement of planetary exploration, with a focus on the origin and evolution of the Solar System and the search for life".
Activity
NASA

Nasa: Students K 4

For Students Pre-K - 1st
NASA-sponsored coverage and research on a range of topics related to space exploration -- flying weather stations, comets, first steps on the Moon, and other space-related topics -- are presented in age-appropriate activities, lesson...
Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Solar System Formation

For Students 6th - 8th
An illustrated slide show highlighting the origin and make-up of our solar system.
Handout
Cool Math

Coolmath: Science Monster: Pluto

For Students 3rd - 8th
A cool fact sheet about Pluto including a place for students to enter their weight on Earth to convert it to what it would be on Pluto.
Graphic
Curated OER

Prehistoric Planet: Before the Dinosaurs: The Coal Age Monsters

For Students Pre-K - 1st
TheDiploceraspis, a prehistoric animal that lived before tthe dinosaurs.
Graphic
Curated OER

Prehistoric Planet: Robert T. Bakker: Legend of Paleontology

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Robert T. Bakker, paleontologist.
Graphic
Curated OER

Prehistoric Planet: Interview With Dr. Mary R. Dawson

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Dr. Mary R. Dawson, paleontologist.
Graphic
Curated OER

Prehistoric Planet: Rock Layers: Timeline of Life on Earth

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Geological eras showing the fossils found in each rock layer.
Graphic
Curated OER

Prehistoric Planet: Dinosaur Hunter Dr. Steve Nicklas

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Dinosaur paleontologist Dr. Steven Nicklas.
Article
BBC

Bbc Newsround: Curiosity Mars Rover to Try and 'Jump' Sand Dune

For Students 1st - 5th
Article describes how the Curiosity rover on Mars will soon attempt to drive over a sand dune, which may be risky for the vehicle.