Don't Know Much About the Solar System by Kenneth C. Davis, illustrated by Pedro Martin (Scholastic, 2001; ISBN 0439438527)*
Our Universe by Roy A. Gallant (National Geographic, 1980; ISBN 0870443569)*
The Sun, Our Nearest Star by Franklyn Branley
The Sun is My Favorite Star by Frank Asch
The Moon Book by Gail Gibbons
What Makes Day and Night by Frankly Branley
The Reasons for Seasons by Gail Gibbons
The Super Science Book of Time by Kay Davies and Wendy Oldfield
Postcards from Pluto: A Tour of the Solar System by Loreen Leedy
The Planets in our Solar System by Frankly Branley

Activity Books:

Blast Off! A Space Counting Book by Norma Cole

Fiction:

Audio/visual:

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Websites

++++Caution, nothing has been reviewed or used, just gathered and held here for future use++++

NASA Explores LOTS of stuff!
Astronomical Scale unit lesson (grade 9-12) from Discovery School
Chandra X-Ray Observer
3rd Grade unit on Solar System
The Moon a 5th grade unit
Space Unit and model from Enchanted Learning
StarChild NASA for Young Astronauts
Principles of Astronomy
A unit study (3rd grade)
Sun and Moon 2nd grade unit from OswegoCity
The Solar System from Northern Stars planetarium This site give a reference of distance from sun.
Solar System Scale Model by Robin S. This page is very hard to read the words, but you can use your mouse to highlight the words to make it so you can read.
Meteor shower 2004 from skytour.com
Astronomy, Calendars and More from John Pratt.com
SOHO exploring the sun from NASA
Windows to the Universe EXCELLENT with teacher source as well.
Jack's Horkheimer; Star Gazer page
Science at NASA
Human Space Flight from NASA
NASA educational page
Eye on the Sky
From Stargazers to Starships

Visit our Science Resource web page.

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Writing assignments

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Last updated:
November, 2006

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