THE SOLAR SYSTEM -- TABLE OF CONTENTS
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The following activities target a middle school population although activities are approachable by more advanced elementary school students. The activities are also ideal for high school students to review basic concepts.
All exercises make use of javascript's which provides for a more interactive environment.
The following modules includes:
- Introduction
- About the Solar System
- The Sun
- Mercury
- Venus
- Earth
- Mars
- Phobos
- Deimos
- Asteroid belt
- Jupiter
- Amalthea
- Io
- Europa
- Ganymede
- Callisto
- Saturn
- Mimas
- Enceladus
- Tethys
- Dione
- Rhea
- Titan
- Hyperion
- Iapetus
- Phoebe
- Uranus
- Miranda
- Ariel
- Umbriel
- Titania
- Oberon
- Neptune
- Proteus
- Triton
- Nereid
- Pluto
- Charon
- Comets
- Kuiper Belt
- Oort Cloud
- Space exploration
- Glossary
Beyond The Solar System
How Big is The Milky Way Galaxy?
What is Dark Energy and Dark Matter?
What are black holes, wormholes and white holes?
Videos of black holes and worm holes
Extended Activities:
Solar System
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- About the Solar System
- The Sun
- Mercury
- Venus
- Earth
- Moon
- Mars
- Asteroid belt
- Jupiter
- Saturn
- Uranus
- Neptune
- Pluto
- Comets
- Kuiper Belt
- Oort Cloud
- How the Solar System was born
- What will happen to the Solar System in the future
- Solar System/Space exploration
- Glossary
Beyond The Solar System
Earth Systems
- Layers of the Earth -- What are the different types of Seismic Waves
- What causes precipitation? What causes it to rain or snow? What causes dew on the ground?
- What is the Coriolis Effect?
- About gravity, mass, and weight
- What are seismic waves? What are the different types of seismic waves?
- What is Humidity? How is Humidity Measured?
- What causes precipitation --( rain or snow)?