Space Links

Astronomy Picture of the Day: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html

A great daily astronomy lesson from NASA.

Celestia Exploration Activity: http://learn.arc.nasa.gov/planets/

NASA Learning Technologies provides a highly interactive, richly engaging, and scientifically accurate website based on the Middle School National Science Education Standards for Solar System science. Soar freely through the Solar System to any planet as though you were really there (at satellite altitude).

Escambia Amateur Astronomer's Association: http://www.eaaa.net/

Escambia County, Florida's local astronomy club website.

HubbleSite: http://hubblesite.org/explore_astronomy/tonights_sky

Guide your students through the mysteries of the universe. HubbleSite's education sites provide the materials educators need to make space science understandable and entertaining.

NASA Kids' Club:  http://www.nasa.gov/kidsclub  NEW! (Added 6/1/08)

An entertaining and educational site for kids.  Kids can join Buzz Lightyear and the crew of STS-124 space shuttle mission.  Buzz is schedule to travel with the shuttle team to the International Space Station on STS-124 and remain on the station with the Expedition 17 crew for approximately five months.  He is scheduled to fly home with the crew of the STS-126 shuttle mission, targeted for November 2008.

NASA Quest:  http://quest.arc.nasa.gov

This site connects K-12 classrooms with people, research, and science through mission-based interactions and activities.  It allows one to share the excitement of NASA's challenges of today and the future.

Satellites You Can See:  http://www.heavens-above.com

This site contains up-to-date information on satellites such as the International Space Station, Hubble Telescope, and others.  It provides specific locations so these objects can be easily found.

Skymaps.com: http://www.skymaps.com/

To help find your way around the night sky, Skymaps.com provides a printable current Evening Sky Map for  personal and non-commercial use.  The Evening Sky Map is a 2-page monthly guide to the night skies of the northern and southern hemispheres. Each issue contains a detailed sky map, a monthly sky calendar, and a descriptive list of the best objects to see with binoculars, a telescope, or using just your eyes.

Space Weather:  http://www.spaceweather.com

This site features news and information about the Sun-Earth environment.  It provides current photos, details, and explanations of current celestial events.

Space Weather Center: http://www.spaceweathercenter.org

This site contains many online, interactive activities to help students learn more about weather conditions in space.

Voyager the Interstellar Mission: http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/

The Voyager web site maintained by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Includes information about both Voyager missions, the spacecraft, science investigations, as well as Voyager press releases, an image gallery, multimedia videos, and links for kids.