Discovering Our Solar System
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Web Resources
Inner Planets
Links for Lesson 1
Outer Planets
Links for Lesson 2
Lesson 3
Use these web sites to find the answers to your scavenger hunt in Lesson 1.
These great web sites have information about the Outer Planets. Use these resources to help you with your practice activity in Lesson 2.
These web sites give you extra information that may help you with your team project. They are also great sites to visit just for fun.
Universe Today
A brief summary of the inner planets.
Scholastic
Short summaries about the outer planets.

Virtual Postcard
Send a virtual postcard from one of the planets.
Scholastic
Short summaries about the inner planets.
Bob the Alien
Short summaries of each planet with links to great charts about size and temperature.
Crew Patches
See the actual crew patches from different NASA missions.
StarChild
Facts about all the planets and dwarf planets.
Wikipedia
Article about the Gas Giants.
Windows to the Universe
Comprehensive site about the planets and other celestial bodies.
Visual Dictionary
Great graphics about all the planets.
University of Colorado
Great information about the outer planets and a cool orbit simulator.
We Choose the Moon
This is a great simulation of the mission to the Moon.
StarDate
Information on the inner and outer planets as well as minor bodies.
NASA Science for Kids
Great site for anything you need to know about the outer planets.
NASA Science for Kids
Everything you ever wanted to know about the planets from NASA. Has a great tool to compare sizes of planets.
Visual Dictionary
Great graphics explaining each outer planet.

Print Resources for Lesson 3

These are all the documents you will need to print in order to complete your team project.
Crew Checklist Crew Patch Organizer Data Collection Sheet 1 Data Collection Sheet 2
Data Collection Sheet 3 Postcard Draft Sheet Evaluation Rubric Teamwork Rubric