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Take students light years into the future with sites that explore the outer reaches of space.
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by Lynda Scarrow |
Star treks
Canadian Space Agency
 Our own Canadian Space Agency’s site has nice interactive features for
kids. Animations show how Dextre, the space station robot, works, and you can
print the corresponding colouring pages or colour them online. Send postcards
to astronaut Bob Thirsk. Multimedia resources can be ordered.
Nasa Kids’ Club
Choose For Students to get to the Nasa Kids’ Club where information
is organized by skill level. Content is beautifully and simply presented, with
lots of detail. Navigation is set up in spaceship-like control panels, and
students can help Buzz Lightyear ensure that the next load of mission supplies
meets weight specifications. The main site has lots of great teacher resources.
Amazing Space
Want to see what’s happening in the sky tonight? Amazing Space offers
solid information. Discover lots of resources under For Educators and Developers,
including classroom activities and educator guides. Online Explorations has
great Flash presentations.
Google Sky
Google turns its eye to the skies with images from Sloan Digital Sky
Survey, the Digitized Sky Survey and the Hubble Space Telescope. Type the name
of a planet in the search box to map its current location. Or click on the
Solar System icon, for thumbnails of current planet locations.
National Geographic
You have to sift through other science information, but it is well worth it to access the space materials on this site. Scroll through the Science and Space multimedia bar to access the Interactive Solar System, and scroll down the main page for the Floatable Planet, Space Photos This Week and the Moon Mysteries and Myths quiz. The left-hand navigation provides a complete list of resources. Then find exceptional videos at http://video.nationalgeographic.com.
Hubble Site
Some of the most up-to-date information geared to Grade 5 and higher
regarding what is happening in the night skies is found on the Hubble Telescope
site. A weekly podcast presents the latest discoveries; Google Earth helps
you to scan the sky nightly or be a detective and discover a black hole. This
site is well worth a visit!
Lynda Scarrow is the College's web
editor. She can be reached at lscarrow@oct.ca.
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