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Chapter 19: The Solar System

The Voyager Project Home Page
NASA has posted this online summary of the Voyager Project. Visit this page to learn more about Voyager. Periodically check the status of the probes and keep track of them in your science journal.

Exploring the Planets - Voyager
Visit this site for general information about the Voyager missions. Design a poster for you class that displays a timeline of the Voyager probes.


Comet Hale-Bopp
Comet Hale-Bopp was the brightest comet in the skies in recent years. Look through the images, movies, and information on these sites and develop a profile of the comet. Enter the profile in your science journal.


Meteor Impact Craters
This is NASA's Web page devoted to the study and explanation of meteor impact craters. Choose a specific impact site from the interactive map and write a science fiction story that takes place when that meteor struck the Earth.

Meteor Impact Craters on Earth
This text page lists the coordinates for some of the largest meteor impact craters on Earth. Plot several of the meteor craters on a map of the world and include the estimated year that they happened. What sort of patterns do you see?

Unit 6: Astronomy

Virtual Trips to Black Holes and Neutron Stars
Visit this site to learn more about black holes and neutron stars. View the MPEG video of a virtual trip into a black hole. Then write a short story about an expedition to find a black hole.

Pictures from the Edge
Here is a gallery of space images. Choose the "Constellations" link to find the different constellations in the night sky. Use this guide to find Polaris in Ursa Minor. Try to identify other constellations.

Hubble Space Telescope
This is the home page of the Space Telescope Science Institute, where the Hubble is maintained. Here you can find excellent pictures and links to news stories and explanations of images. Make your own computer presentation of these images, explaining what they are and where they occur.

Galileo and the Telescope
Learn about Galileo and his telescope. Use the directions on this site make a telescope like Galileo's and use it to look at some celestial bodies.

The Nine Planets
Take a tour of our solar system with countless links, pictures, and statistics. Use models to make your own solar system. Include vital statistics and interesting facts about each planet in your model.

NASA
This is NASA’s home page, with daily updates and links to the countless NASA sites. Make a class newsletter that runs updates on NASA news.

Electromagnetic Spectrum
This page offers a nice review of the electromagnetic spectrum. With a partner, make a poster that shows the different wavelengths of the spectrum.

Welcome to the Mars Mission!
A tour of the current Mars missions: Sojourner, Pathfinder, and Surveyor. As a small group, put together a news report that explains NASA's latest efforts to survey the red planet.

ASTRONOMY Magazine
This is the Web page for Astronomy, the world's largest English-language magazine for astronomy enthusiasts. Use this online magazine to research recent astronomy news and write your own news article.