Week 20: Astronomy Research Reports

Below are links to help you come up with an idea in Astronomy to research and write about. You will need to turn in a report proposal by Friday.


BBC – Science & Nature – Space
http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/

Planet Quest
http://planetquest.jpl.nasa.gov/page/20-years
For Students 5-8 | NASA
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/5-8/index.html
OLogy: Astronomy
http://www.amnh.org/explore/ology/astronomy
To Scale: The Solar System on Vimeo
https://vimeo.com/139407849
Ask NASA Experts About the Oct. 8 Total Lunar Eclipse | NASA
http://www.nasa.gov/watchtheskies/lunar-eclipse-oct-2014.html#.VEE9i2ddXTo
Moon Turns Red – Lunar Eclipse Time-Lapse Video
http://www.space.com/27468-comet-siding-spring-s-mars-buzz-animated.html
StarChild: The Solar System
http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/solar_system_level1/solar_system.html
EXPLORING THE PLANETS – Gallery Entrance
http://airandspace.si.edu/exhibitions/exploring-the-planets/
Solar System :: NASA’s The Space Place
http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/menu/solar-system
The Solar System – Astronomy For Kids – KidsAstronomy.com
http://www.kidsastronomy.com/solar_system.htm
Wikijunior:Solar System – Wikibooks, collection of open-content textbooks
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Wikijunior:Solar_System
The Nine Planets Astronomy for Kids
http://kids.nineplanets.org/
BBC Solar System – Discover the beauty and strangeness of space
http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/solarsystem
Hubble: Window on the Universe | Audio slideshow with author Giles Sparrow | Science | guardian.co.uk
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/interactive/2010/oct/15/hubble-space-telescope
The Best Sites For Learning About Meteor Showers | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…
http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2010/08/13/the-best-sites-for-learning-about-meteor-showers
Smithsonion Education — IdeaLabs: Sizing Up the Universe
http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/idealabs/universe/index.html
A Collection Of “The Best…” Lists On Space | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…
http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2010/09/26/a-collection-of-the-best-lists-on-space
Around the Solar System – The Big Picture – Boston.com
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/09/around_the_solar_system.html
Life’s lucky 7: The places most likely to harbor aliens | MNN – Mother Nature Network
http://www.mnn.com/lifestyle/eco-tourism/photos/lifes-lucky-7-the-places-most-likely-to-harbor-aliens/the-truth-is-out-
The Best Sites For Learning About The Northern Lights
http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2010/08/07/the-best-sites-for-learning-about-the-northern-lights
Top 10 Places To Find Alien Life : Discovery News
http://news.discovery.com/space/top-10-places-to-find-alien-life.html#mkcpgn=emdsc1
The Best Sites To Learn About The Hubble Telescope | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…
http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2009/05/11/the-best-sites-to-learn-about-the-hubble-telescope
The Hubble Telescope’s Greatest Hits – Photo Essays – TIME
http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1984100,00.html?xid=rss-photoessays&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+time%2Fphotoessays+%28TIME%3A+Top+Photoessays%29&utm_content=Google+Reader
NASA PlanetQuest Historic Timeline
http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/PQTimeline
Digital Universe Atlas | Hayden Planetarium
http://www.haydenplanetarium.org/universe
Map of the Day – National Geographic Magazine
http://books.nationalgeographic.com/map/map-day/index
Cassini’s continued mission – The Big Picture – Boston.com
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/04/cassinis_continued_mission.html
Planets
http://www.gunn.co.nz/astrotour/?data=tours/retrograde.xml
the Sun in Motion – gary palmer
http://www.thesuninmotion.com
NASA – The First Person on the Moon
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/k-4/stories/first-person-on-moon.html
NASA – What Is the Space Shuttle?
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/k-4/stories/what-is-the-space-shuttle-k4.html
Star Light Star Bright Menu of Activities
http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/resources/explorations/light
NASA – The History of Spacesuits
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/k-4/stories/history-of-spacesuits-k4.html
Astronomy Report Links — Fifth Grade Blog
http://oakridgefifthgrade.edublogs.org/2007/11/08/astronomy-report-links
NASA – Viking
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/viking
Mars Global Surveyor
http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/mgs
Solar System Exploration: Kids
http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/kids/index.cfm
StarChild: A Learning Center for Young Astronomers
http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild
Planet Impact: Home
http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/resources/explorations/impact/home.html
Space Weather: The Heart of Satellite Orbits
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/spaceweather/baseball_orbit.html
The Space Place :: Home
http://spaceplace.jpl.nasa.gov/en/kids
Mars
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/tour.cgi?link=/mars/mars.html&br=graphic&sn=5683&d=/mars&tour=&edu=elem

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