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Teacher Resources

Note: Specific resources will be found on their respective pages under Lesson Plans.

Provides resources prepared by the Adler Planetarium in Chicago.

Amazing Space: Homepage for educators and curriculum developers

Provides links to astronomy teaching tools and astronomy basic facts.

Provides numerous resources, activities, and links to other astronomy material available on the web.

Excellent source of information for teachers to get background information on any astronomical topic. Complete online textbook for an 鈥淎stronomy 101" type of class.

This page on the California State Board of Education's website has links to individual pages for each grade in grades K to 8 and then links to science areas (e.g., Physics, Earth Sciences, etc.) for grades 9 to 12. Use this in conjunction with the National Science Education Standards site (link below).

The place to download HST images.

Lesson plans are categorized by subject and grade level with a general description of the standards that are covered in the lesson.

This site contains lesson plans and activities for students broken down into two age groupings.

This chapter from the NSES book outlines what students should know, understand, and be able to do in natural science. Select the "Next" link at the bottom of each webpage to go to the pages specifically for grades K-4, 5-8, and 9-12.

Contains puzzles, word searches, constellation stories, solar system facts and activities, and more. The solar system song is really cute.

Cassini is dedicated to bringing the excitement of space exploration to students of all ages. Offers standards-based classroom materials as well as opportunities for students to interact with scientists and engineers from the Mission. All materials are available free of charge.

A list of some astronomy related lessons organized by grade level.

Standards are not indicated on the lesson plans. There are two levels for the plans, lower elementary and upper elementary. There are many good lesson plans here.

Contains documents, images, movies, data sets, lessons and activities, games and more on all kinds of topics about any part of the universe. You can select to read text in English or Spanish and you can select wether you want info at the beginner, intermediate or advanced level.

This site has activities, crafts, and lots of information that students could use for research purposes.

Student Resources

Provides links to astronomy activities, astronomy basic facts, homework help and more.

Astronomy for children, students, and kids of all ages. KidsAstronomy.com, part of the KidsKnowIt Network, is the absolutely free astronomy resource designed to teach children about the exciting world of outer space

This site is intended for students age 14 and up, and for anyone interested in learning about our universe.

This website can be viewed in Italian, Portuguese, German and English. A Spanish language version is in the works.

This is a great place for kids to start exploring space with games, projects, information images and more. You can also view this site in Spanish.

Contains documents, images, movies, data sets, activities, games and more on all kinds of topics about any part of the universe. You can select to read text in English or Spanish and you can select wether you want info at the beginner, intermediate or advanced level.

This site has activities, crafts, and lots of information for research purposes.