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"Light Walk"

"Artist Bob Miller's 'Light Walk' at the Exploratorium is always an eye-opening experience for students and teachers alike. His unique discoveries will change the way you look at light, shadow, and images."

 

 

 

 

Astronomy with a Stick

This site includes ideas for investigating astronomy in the daytime. Students make indirect observations of the Sun on the school playground and with models built in the classroom.

 

 

 

 

Home Energy Saver

An online energy use and savings calculator from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

 

 

 

 

Martian Sundial

Bill Nye, the Science Guy, helps design a sundial to travel to Mars on the Mars Surveyor mission scheduled for launch in 2001.

 

 

 

 

NASA Observatorium: The Sun

NASA presents information through this Web Exhibit about the Sun, what we know about it, and what people used to think about it.

 

 

 

 

SOHO Explore!

This is the education and outreach page for SOHO (SOLAR AND HELIOSPHERIC OBSERVATORY), a joint NASA/European Space Agency Project. This site includes images, movies, activities using real SOHO data, and lesson plans.

 

 

 

 

Solar Cooking Archive

This site includes plans for solar cookers, photographs, and other information about using solar energy for cooking food.

 

 

 

 

Solstice

This site is billed as the site for energy efficiency, renewable energy, and sustainable technology information and connections. It is a good start for further research into alternative energy sources, such as solar, wind and geothermal. The site is sponsored by CREST, the Center for Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technology.

 

 

 

 

SunBlock '99

SunBlock `99 is a multi-media tour of the Sun. Young scientists from the United Kingdom (our Solar Guides) take you on a journey to one of the most fascinating places in our Solar System. The site includes Solar Fact Files, animations, a picture gallery, links, and a tips for teachers section.

 

 

 

 

Sundials

The game you find at this site allows you to move the sun around a sundial to observe the relationship between the sun's position in the sky and the direction the shadow is cast.

 

 

 

 

The Nine Planets

The Nine Planets is a tour of the Solar System. It includes images, movies, and other information about the Sun, planets, moons, comets, asteroids, and more. Find out about the history of space exploration, rocketry, early astronauts, space missions, spacecraft through a vast archive of photographs, scientific facts, text, graphics and videos. This site includes English, Spanish, French, and Portuguese (and other) versions.

 

 

 

 

Ulysses Mission

The Ulysses space probe was launched by the Space Shuttle Discovery in October, 1990. The probe is flying in polar orbits and exploring the high latitude areas of the Sun. This webpage contains animations and other relevant information regarding the Ulysses mission.

 

 

 

 

Welcome to the Planets!

This NASA/JPL website includes images and vital statistics for all of the planets and other objects in our Solar System. It also includes information about the various space probes and telescopes that have gathered the information.