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Great website for grades 3 and up.
====Very detailed website that includes information about planets & their satellites, comets, asteroids, spacecraft, & solar systems. Excellent for grades 3 and up.====

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**[|The 9 8 Planets Multimedia Tour]**
==**[|Our Universe]** Includes information on the History of the Universe, Galaxies, Our Solar System, Black Holes, Dark Matter, Superstrings, Wormholes, Quasars, and Nebulae== ==**[|Black Holes FAQ]** Created by Ted Bunn, associate professor in the [|physics department]of the [|University of Richmond]== ==<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**[|Black Holes]** Gravity's Relentless Pull--excellent introductory video that explains what a Black Hole is. == ==**<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|StarChild (from NASA)] ** <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Great site that offers different levels of explanation about common and not so common space bodies that are easy to understand for grades 1-6. == ==<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**[|Amazing Space Glossary]** <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Excellent and in-depth glossary of terms with succinct and understandable definitions. Just type in what you want to define. Highly recommended. == ==<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**[|Amazing Space Capture]** Find online adventures, pictures of celestial wonders, and answers to cosmic questions. You have to try this one to get it. ==

**<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|No Escape: The Truth about Black Holes] **
==<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**[|NASA's Imagine the Universe]** Click on topics and explore resources. This is an exhaustive list including everything from Binary Star Systems to White Dwarfs. == ==<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|PBS Mysteries of Deep Space] ** Companion site to the PBS program. Don't miss[| **Links to find loads of links**] to other astronomy resources. ==

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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Kid Friendly Definitions] Type in space terms and see what you get.
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> ====<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">From Yahoo! Kids--Galactic Glossary. Use this site to look up common/popular space travel, planet, and celestial body information. Easy to navigate! ====

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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> ====<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Learning about science should never be boring. We will take you to the moons of Jupiter, and explore the possibility of life on these distant worlds. Travel through the expanse of the universe and discover just how much SPACE there is in Space. And we will learn how modern day scientists are pushing the limits of space exploration every day. KidsAstronomy.com is owned and operated by the KidsKnowIt Network. Visit the KidsKnowIt Network Online to find resources on other topics including dinosaurs, biology, math, memory, and more. ====

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> ====<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">The source of this material is Windows to the Universe, at [] from the [|National Earth Science Teachers Association (NESTA)]. The Website was developed in part with the support of [|UCAR] and [|NCAR], where it resided from 2000 - 2010. © 2010 ====

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<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**What is an Astronomical Unit (AU)**
==<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">An astronomical unit (AU) equals the distance between the Earth and the Sun. ==



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