Planet+Pathfinder

__Planet Pathfinder__
=__ Below is a list of links you can use to research the planets. Don't forget about other sources listed in the school "Research Resources" list! (Encyclopedias, EBSCO, Facts on File....) __=

__Windows to the Universe__
UCAR.edu

__Welcome to the Planets__
[|__http://pds.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/welcome.htm__]  An outstanding collection of NASA space images, with images of all of the planets and many smaller bodies as well. Click on an image to read an explanation of it.

__The Nine Planets__
The Nine Planets Solar System =__Sites found on AOL__= Open Directory

__Factmonster__
Factmonster results

__Starchild - Guide to the Galaxy__


Planet
 __Enchanted Learning: The Planets__  [|__http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/planets/__]  This survey of the nine planets includes all the basics, size, mass, atmosphere, length of day, and the like. It features interactive activities and learning exercises and compares all of the planets in colorful tables.  __American Museum of Natural History: OLogy: Planetary Mysteries__  [|__http://www.amnh.org/ology/features/planetology/__] <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 115%; msospacerun: yes;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">Explore a series of mysteries about the solar system--such as how Saturn got its spectacular rings--and then take quizzes to test your understanding. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">__NASA: Planets__ <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 115%;">__http://nasascience.nasa.gov/kids/kids-solar-system__ <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">This impressive compilation of ideas is a great source for space science. Loaded with extra links for further information on the solar system. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">__KidsCom: Planetarium__ <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 115%;">[|__http://www.kidscom.com/adventure/iplanet/iplanetarium.html__] <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">Explore the nine planets in our solar system in this animated planetarium. Click on a planet and find out all kinds of cool facts. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">__Stories from Space: The First Annual Planet Awards!__ __Planet Awards__ <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">Great story to read when learning about the planets in our solar system. This story is an awards program that requires the planets to tell about themselves and what makes them unique. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">__Planetary Data Pages: Our Solar System__ <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> __Virtual Planetarium__ <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">Doing a report on one the nine planets in our solar system? Just click on the planet of your choice and get basic information, such as mass, temperature, and atmospheric components. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">

<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">__NASM: Exploring the Planets: Discovery__ <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 115%;">[|__http://www.nasm.si.edu/research/ceps/etp/discovery/etpdiscovery.html__] <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 115%; msospacerun: yes;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">Part of the National Air and Space Museum's online Exploring the Planets website, this gives the history of the discovery and study of space starting with the Greeks and Romans through to the early 1900's. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">__National Air and Space Museum: Exploring the Planets: Cyber-Center__ <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 115%;">[|__http://www.nasm.si.edu/research/ceps/siimages/sii.html__] <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">The National Air and Space Museum provides a center for activities for students and lesson plans for the teacher that has to do with exploring the planets. The "Best of the Solar System," introduces students to planetary research. Students analyze images from space, then compare them to the researchers finding, synthesize the two and draw conclusions from their results. <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">__Play! Scholastic: Planet Pop-Up__ <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 115%;">[|__http://www.scholastic.com/play/prePlanet.htm__] <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 115%; msospacerun: yes;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">Do you know where the planets are located? As the planet's name pops up, click on it quickly before time runs out. Features interesting facts on each planet. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">__Planet Science: Planet 10__ <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 115%;">[|__http://www.planet-science.com/randomise/index.html?page=/planet10/__] <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 115%; msospacerun: yes;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">Explore the Solar System--the planets, comets, and asteroids--a an interactive virtual simulation. Use controls to zoom in close on a particular planet, and record your discoveries on the pdf data sheets provided.

<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">__The Eight Planets: Just for Kids__ <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 115%;">[|__http://kids.nineplanets.org/__] <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">Here is a clear, simple picture of the solar system. Click on the names of the planets to learn more about each. Clicking on underlined terms takes you to more and more detailed scientific information.

<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">__NASA: Mars: The Red Planet (Level 1)__ <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> The Red Planet <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">Get to know your next door neighbor in space. An introduction to Mars, the Red Planet. Vocabulary words linked to glossary of terms. Printable version available. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">__NASA: Mercury: Planet Profile__ <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 115%;">[] <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">This page from NASA provides a chart of statistical information on planet Mercury. Its mass, diameter, average temperature, and distance from the Sun are among the characteristics listed.

<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">__National Geographic: Photo Gallery: Saturn__ <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 115%;">[] <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">This eleven image photo gallery from National Geographic takes us on a visual exploration of the planet Saturn.

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">__National Geographic: Photo Gallery: Neptune__ <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 115%;">[] ... ptune-gallery.html <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">This seven image photo gallery from National Geographic takes us on a visual exploration of the planet Neptune.

<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">__National Geographic: Photo Gallery: Jupiter__ <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 115%;">[] <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">This eleven image photo gallery from National Geographic takes us on a visual exploration of the planet Jupiter.

<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">__National Geographic: Photo Gallery: Venus__ <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 115%;">[] <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">This seven image photo gallery from National Geographic takes us on a visual exploration of the planet Venus. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">__Cool Cosmos: Ask an Astronomer for Kids! Solar System__ <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 115%;">[] <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">At this site you can examine the solar system through a list of most frequently asked questions. Click on each question and be transported to a wealth of knowledge about our solar system and the planets within it.

<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;">__The Astronomy Cafe__ <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 115%;">[] <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">NASA scientist Sten Odenwald calls this his "web site for the astronomically disadvantaged." Do you have lots of questions about space that you can't seem to get answers to? Would you like to learn about a career in astronomy, Big Bang cosmology, and many other in astronomy? If so, this is the place to get the answers. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">