Powers of 10

View the Milky Way at 10 million light years from the Earth. Then move through space towards the Earth in successive orders of magnitude until you reach a tall oak tree just outside the buildings of the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory in Tallahassee, Florida. After that, begin to move from the actual size of a leaf into a microscopic world that reveals leaf cell walls, the cell nucleus, chromatin, DNA and finally, into the subatomic universe of electrons and protons. Tres cool.

http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/scienceopticsu/powersof10/index.html

A complete reference of US space history and every manned mission since Project Mercury

http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/history/

Be patient as a fantastic NASA image downloads showing the entire world at night. It can help to identify industrial and urban areas on all the continents. Great starting point for discussions about urbanization and use of energy as well as the cause and effect relationship of physical features of the planet. The photograph is a composite of hundreds of pictures taken from Defense Meteorological Satellites.

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0011/earthlights_dmsp_big.jpg

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Space Scientists Online

This is a collaborative project with the NASA Office of Space Science to provide exciting content from past and current projects to the education community. Sections include "ask an expert" emails of space scientists and researchers, space journals, chats, FAQ's, and featured events.

http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/sso/index.html

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Sea and Sky

"... exploring the last two great frontiers" Great site, informational and graphic rich as kids choose to "travel" in "Seasub Cousteau" or "Starship Sagan"

http://www.seasky.org/

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Starchild

Starchild is a rich learning center for young astronomers. We really like the way it's set up on two levels, primary and intermediate, as an educational (and fun) resource for the solar system, the universe and space stuff in general.

http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/StarChild.html

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Astronomy for Kids

Easy reading and great place to search for report information.

http://www.dustbunny.com/afk/index.html

Craft activities for a space unit.

http://spaceplace.jpl.nasa.gov/

Calculate how much you would weigh in different places in space

http://www.exploratorium.edu/ronh/weight/

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