Space Web Sites

Rockets
Space Transportation
Satellites
Space Explorers

Life in Space
Conditions in Space
Space Stations
Our Universe

 

Rockets

 

 

http://www.exploratorium.edu/math_explorer/index.html

http://spaceplace.jpl.nasa.gov/rocket.htm

http://spaceplace.jpl.nasa.gov/ds1_mgr.htm

http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs/heconqueredspace/index.html

Space Transportation

 

Canadian Space Agency:
http://www.space.gc.ca/asc/eng/youth_educators/kidspace/kidspace.asp

http://spaceplace.jpl.nasa.gov

http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/shuttle/

http://spaceplace.jpl.nasa.gov/st5/st5_tortillas1.htm

http://spaceplace.jpl.nasa.gov/ds1dots.htm

http://spaceplace.jpl.nasa.gov/nmp_action.htm

http://spaceplace.jpl.nasa.gov/asteroid_naming.htm

http://spaceplace.jpl.nasa.gov/ds1fact2.htm

http://spaceplace.jpl.nasa.gov/ds1fact1.htm

Shuttle photos:

http://www.space.gc.ca/asc/app/gallery/search.asp

http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs/thespaceshuttle/index.html

Flight:
http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/flight.htm

Make a robotic arm:
http://www.yesmag.bc.ca/projects/robo_hand.html

Make a robot:
http://www.yesmag.bc.ca/projects/cal_bot.html

Mission to Mars:
http://www.edu.pe.ca/journeyon/resources_pages/lesson_plans/Lesson_plans_4-6/mission_to_mars/default.html

Satellites

http://www.exploratorium.edu/origins/hubble/index.html


http://spaceplace.jpl.nasa.gov/goes/goes_poes_orbits.htm


http://spaceplace.jpl.nasa.gov/wfpc_fact1.htm


http://collections.ic.gc.ca/satellites/english/index.html


Satellite images:
http://www.space.gc.ca/asc/app/gallery/search.asp

Space

Explorers

 

NASA astronauts:
http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/astrobio.html

European Space Agency:
http://www.esa.int/export/esaHS/ESAGO90VMOC_astronauts_0.html

Johnson Space Center Just for Kids:

http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/people/justforkids.html

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/

http://www.edu.pe.ca/journeyon/resources_pages/lesson_plans/Lesson_plans_4-6/PDF/space%20Cdn%20astronauts.pdf

Life in

Space

 

Living in space:
http://www.tv.cbc.ca/national/pgminfo/space/livingspace.html

http://science.nasa.gov/LivingInSpace.htm

http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/living/index.html

Spacesuits:
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/living/spacewear/index.html

Water in space:
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2000/ast02nov_1.htm

Sleeping in space:
http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/academy/astronauts/sleep.html

Exercising in space:
http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/academy/astronauts/exercise.html


Food in space:
http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs/peopleandspace/index.html

http://www.depts.ttu.edu/aged/agriculturist/fall2001/spacefood_story.html


http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/academy/astronauts/food.html

http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/spacenews/factsheets/pdfs/food.pdf

Breathing /small space challenges:
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2000/ast13nov_1.htm

Problems living in space:
http://msms.essortment.com/livingspacepro_rcrt.htm

Basic needs in space:
http://www.edu.pe.ca/journeyon/resources_pages/lesson_plans/Lesson_plans_4-6/PDF/space%20basic%20needs.pdf

Conditions

in Space

 

Radiation in space:

http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/news/factsheets/radiation.pdf

Space facts:

http://spaceplace.jpl.nasa.gov/facts.htm

Space experiments:

http://spaceplace.jpl.nasa.gov/action.htm

Space batteries:

http://spaceplace.jpl.nasa.gov/st5_bats.htm

Planetary weather:
http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs/planetaryweather/index.html

http://school.discovery.com/schooladventures/universe/

Future space living:
http://www.spacefuture.com/habitat/living.shtml

Growing crystals:
http://www.yesmag.bc.ca/projects/crystal_gardens.html

http://www.yesmag.bc.ca/projects/salt_vinegar.html

http://www.yesmag.bc.ca/projects/epsom.html

 

Space

Stations

International Space Station (ISS):

http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/station/

http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs/iss/index.html

http://school.discovery.com/schooladventures/spacestation/

Water on the ISS:
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2000/ast02nov_1.htm

Current location of ISS:
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/tracking/index.html

Design a space station:
http://www.childrensmuseum.org/cosmicquest/spacestation/index2.html

Living on the space station:
http://www.pbs.org/spacestation/station/living.htm

Skylab:


http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/heasarc/missions/skylab.html

MIR:


http://www.russianspaceweb.com/mir.html


http://ww.space.com/news/spacestation/mirinteractive_chron.html

 

Our

Universe

Constellations:
http://www.funbrain.com/constellation/index.html

http://web.dps.k12.va.us/parkave/starlab.htm

http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/StarChild.html

Solar system:
http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/solar_system.htm

http://www.edu.pe.ca/westroyalty/web2002/grassroots/6c/space2.htm

Mission to Mars webquest:
http://www.edu.pe.ca/journeyon/Lesson_plans_4-6/Mission_to_Mars/default.html

Mars Student Imaging Project:

http://msip.asu.edu/

Arctic Preparation for Mars Mission:
http://www.marssociety.org/arctic/

Mars photos and star chart:
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/maps/index.html

http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs/thepathtomars/index.html

http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs/destinationmars/index.html

 

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Last updated: August 24, 2006

Compiled by: Elizabeth Tumblin