Astronomy Websites

General Sites (cover many astronomy topics):

1. World Book Online -

http://www.worldbookonline.com/wb/Login?ed=wb

2. Encyclopedia Britannica Online

http://www.school.eb.com/

3. Sirs Discoverer

http://ars.sirs.com/discoverer.html

Other General Resources

4. http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/WAKI-Chapter.aspx?chapter_id=12#Space_A-Z
5. http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/
6. http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/index.cfm
7. http://stardate.org/resources/ssguide/
8. http://stardate.org/resources/faqs/
9. http://www.history.com/shows/the-universe/interactives/interactive-universe
10. http://www.history.com/shows/the-universe/interactives/facts-about-the-universe
11. http://www.astronomycafe.net/qadir/qanda.html
12. http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/resources/qa/solar_system.php.p=Capture+the+cosmos%40%2Ccapture%2C%3ESolar+system%40%2Ccapture%2Csolarsyst%2C (Q&A about our solar system)

Asteroids

1. http://www.windows2universe.org/our_solar_system/asteroids.html
2. http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/solar_system_level2/asteroids.html
3. http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/resources/organizers/cometsasteroids.php.p=Capture+the+cosmos%40%2Ccapture%2C%3EComets%40%2Ccapture%2Ccomets%2C
4. http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/solarsystem/asteroids-ez.html
5. http://www.nineplanets.org/asteroids.html
6. http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/ask_astro/solar_system.html
7. http://www.history.com/videos/the-universe-backyard-astronomer-seeing-asteroids--meteors#the-universe-backyard-astronomer-seeing-asteroids--meteors

Black Holes

1. http://www.kidsastronomy.com/black_hole.htm
2. http://hubblesite.org/explore_astronomy/black_holes/
3. http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/universe_level2/black_holes.html
4. http://www.windows2universe.org/the_universe/BH.html
5. http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/5-8/features/what-is-a-black-hole-58.html
6. http://blackholes.stardate.org/
7. http://www.space.com/blackholes/
8. http://www.space.com/common/media/video/player.php?videoRef=black_holes
9. http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/ask_astro/black_holes.html
10. http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/resources/explorations/blackholes/lesson/index.html
11. http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/resources/explorations/blackholes/teacher/sciencebackground.html

Comets

1. http://www.kidsastronomy.com/comets.htm
2. http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/solar_system_level2/comets.html
3. http://www.windows2universe.org/comets/comets.html
4. http://www.space.com/comets/
5. http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/solarsystem/comets-ez.html
6. http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/capture/comets/
7. http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/ask_astro/solar_system.html
8. http://cse.ssl.berkeley.edu/SegwayEd/lessons/cometstale/com.html
9. http://www.nineplanets.org/comets.html
10. http://www.history.com/shows/the-universe/videos/the-universe-comets#the-universe-comets

Spanish:

1. World Book Spanish http://www.worldbookonline.com/wb/Login?ed=wb
2. Spanish Encyclopedia Britannica Online - http://www.school.eb.com/
3. http://radiouniverso.org/resources/gdss/cometas.html
4. http://www.windows2universe.org/comets/comets.html&lang=sp
5. http://sp.spaceplace.nasa.gov.master.com/texis/master/search/?q=cometa&x=0&y=0&s=SS

Constellations

1. http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/questions/question9.html
2. http://www.windows2universe.org/the_universe/Constellations/constnavi.html
3. http://www.astro.uiuc.edu/~jkaler/sow/const.html
4. http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~dolan/constellations/extra/constellations.html

Galaxies

1. http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/universe_level2/galaxies.html
2. http://www.kidsastronomy.com/galaxys.htm
3. http://www.windows2universe.org/the_universe/Galaxy.html
4. http://www.space.com/galaxy/
5. http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/capture/galaxies/
6. http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/ask_astro/galaxies.html

Hubble Space Telescope

1. http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/5-8/features/what-is-the-hubble-space-telecope-58.html
2. http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/space_level2/hubble.html
3. http://www.windows2universe.org/space_missions/HST.html
4. http://science.howstuffworks.com/hubble.htm
5. http://hubblesite.org/the_telescope/hubble_essentials/
6. http://www.pbs.org/deepspace/hubble/index.html

Lunar Eclipses

1. http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/questions/question6.html
2. http://www.windows2universe.org/moon/eclipse.html
3. http://www.mreclipse.com/Special/LEprimer.html
4. http://www.space.com/eclipse/
5. http://www.space.com/spacewatch/top10_eclipse_041026-1.html

Meteors

1. http://www.windows2universe.org/our_solar_system/meteors/meteors.html
2. http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/solar_system_level2/meteoroids.html
3. http://www.space.com/meteors/
4. http://www.nineplanets.org/meteorites.html
5. http://www.history.com/shows/the-universe/videos/the-universe-backyard-astronomer-seeing-asteroids--meteors#the-universe-backyard-astronomer-seeing-asteroids--meteors

Milky Way

1. http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/universe_level2/milky_way.html
2. http://www.windows2universe.org/the_universe/Milkyway.html
3. http://www.windows2universe.org/kids_space/milky_way_ask.html
4. http://www.space.com/milkyway/
5. http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/060227_mm_milky_way_tour.html
6. http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/ask_astro/galaxies.html
7. http://www.history.com/shows/the-universe/videos/behold-the-milky-way#behold-the-milky-way

Moon

1. http://www.kidsastronomy.com/earth/moons.htm
2. http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/solar_system_level2/moon.html
3. http://www.windows2universe.org/earth/moons_and_rings.html
4. http://www.windows2universe.org/kids_space/answers_moon.html
5. http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/top_10_cool_moon_facts-10.html
6. http://www.space.com/moon/
7. http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/solarsystem/moon-ez.html
8. http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/ask_astro/earth.html

Moon Phases

1. http://www.kidsastronomy.com/astroskymap/lunar.htm
2. http://www.windows2universe.org/the_universe/uts/moon2.html
3. http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/questions/question3.html
4. http://www.space.com/spacewatch/mystery_monday_030908.html
5. http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/solarsystem/moon-ez.html - phases
6. http://www.history.com/shows/the-universe/videos/phases-of-the-moon#phases-of-the-moon

Nebulae

1. http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/universe_level2/stars.html
2. http://www.windows2universe.org/the_universe/Nebula.html
3. http://www.kidsastronomy.com/nebulae.htm
4. http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/stars/nebulae.shtml
5. http://www.space.com/nebulas/
6. http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/capture/stars/

Planets and Dwarf Planets

1. http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/solar_system_level2/planets.html
2. http://www.kidsastronomy.com/solar_system.htm
3. http://www.windows2universe.org/our_solar_system/planets.html
4. http://www.nineplanets.org/
5. http://www.space.com/planet/
6. http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/ask_astro/solar_system.html
7. http://www.history.com/shows/the-universe/videos/the-universe-backyard-astronomer---viewing-the-planets#the-universe-backyard-astronomer---viewing-the-planets

Extra links Mars

8. http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/5-8/features/what-is-mars-58.html
9. http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/allaboutmars/extreme/quickfacts/

Extra links Saturn

10. http://www.exploratorium.edu/saturn/index.html
11. http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/k-4/stories/ring-a-round-the-saturn.html

Quasars

1. http://www.windows2universe.org/the_universe/QSO.html
2. http://www.kidsastronomy.com/quasar.htm
3. http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/universe_level2/quasars.html
4. http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/ask_astro/quasar.html
5. http://www.space.com/common/media/video/player.php?videoRef=07_BH_Quasars

Solar Eclipse

1. http://www.windows2universe.org/sun/atmosphere/solar_eclipse.html
2. http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/questions/question6.html
3. http://www.history.com/shows/the-universe/videos/viewing-a-solar-eclipse#viewing-a-solar-eclipse
4. http://www.exploratorium.edu/eclipse/why.html
5. http://www.mreclipse.com/Special/SEprimer.html
6. http://www.space.com/eclipse/

Solar Flares

1. http://www.windows2universe.org/sun/atmosphere/solar_flares.html
2. http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr162/lect/sun/flares.html
3. http://cse.ssl.berkeley.edu/hessi_epo/html/sun.html
4. http://hesperia.gsfc.nasa.gov/sftheory/flare.htm
5. http://solarscience.msfc.nasa.gov/flares.shtml
6. http://www.space.com/solar-flares/

Space Shuttle

1. http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/space_level2/shuttle.html
2. http://www.space.com/space-shuttle/
3. http://www.kidsastronomy.com/space_shuttle.htm
4. http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/5-8/features/what-is-the-space-shuttle-58.html
5. http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/vehicle/index.html
6. http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/shuttleoperations/orbiters/orbiters_toc.html

Space Travel

1. http://www.windows2universe.org/space_missions/manned_history.html
2. http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/space_level2/travel.html
3. http://www.nasa.gov/worldbook/space_exploration_worldbook.html
4. http://www.windows2universe.org/space_missions/manned_table.html
5. http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/ask_astro/space_travel.html

Stars

1. http://www.kidsastronomy.com/stars.htm
2. http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/universe_level2/stars.html
3. http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/resources/myths/stars.php.p=Capture+the+cosmos%40%2Ccapture%2C%3EStellar+evolution%40%2Ccapture%2Cstars%2C
4. http://www.windows2universe.org/the_universe/Stars.html
5. http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/science/know_l1/stars.html
6. http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/ask_astro/night_sky.html
7. http://www.space.com/stars/

Sun

1. http://www.kidsastronomy.com/our_sun.htm
2. http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/solar_system_level2/sun.html
3. http://solar.physics.montana.edu/YPOP/Spotlight/Tour/index.html
4. http://www.windows2universe.org/sun/sun.html
5. http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/science/know_l1/sun.html
6. http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/ask_astro/solar_system.html
7. http://www.nasa.gov/worldbook/wbkids/k_sun.html
8. http://www.nasa.gov/vision/universe/solarsystem/sun_for_kids_main.html
9. http://solar-center.stanford.edu/about/
10. http://www.nineplanets.org/sol.html
11. http://www.space.com/sun/

Sunspots

1. http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/sun/sunspots.shtml
2. http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/solarsystem/sun-ez.html
3. http://solarscience.msfc.nasa.gov/feature1.shtml - Sunspots
4. http://www.windows2universe.org/sun/atmosphere/sunspots.html
5. http://cse.ssl.berkeley.edu/hessi_epo/html/sun.html
6. http://www.exploratorium.edu/sunspots/
7. http://solar-center.stanford.edu/about/sunspots.html

Supernova

1. http://www.windows2universe.org/the_universe/supernova.html
2. http://spider.ipac.caltech.edu/staff/vandyk/supernova.html
3. http://www.space.com/supernovas/
4. http://www.history.com/shows/the-universe/videos/the-universe-nasa-footage---supernova-1987a#the-universe-nasa-footage---supernova-1987a
5. http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/science/know_l1/supernovae.html
6. http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/science/know_l2/supernovae.html
7. http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/ask_astro/snr.html
8. http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/resources/myths/stars.php.p=Capture+the+cosmos%40%2Ccapture%2C%3EStellar+evolution%40%2Ccapture%2Cstars%2C

Permission to Use Pictures (these sites only):

1. Enchanted Learning - http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/
2. Windows to the Universe - http://www.windows2universe.org/
3. Students for the Exploration and Development of Space-

http://www.seds.org/hst/hst.html

4. Mr. Eclipse - http://www.mreclipse.com/Special/photo.html
5. Stardate - http://stardate.org/resources/gallery/gallery.php
6. Stanford Solar Center http://solar-center.stanford.edu/about/potd.html
7. World Book Online -

http://www.worldbookonline.com/wb/Login?ed=wb

8. Encyclopedia Britannica Online -

http://www.school.eb.com/

9. Sirs Discoverer -

http://ars.sirs.com/discoverer.html