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Links
Telescopes In Education (TIE)
http://www.telescopesineducation.com/
Provides images taken by the telescope, an Observatory Cam, along with a calendar of current events, and weather information.
The Adventures of Amelia the Pigeon
http://imagers.gsfc.nasa.gov/pigeon/
The animated adventure engages children in a story-based scenario that emphasizes concepts of remote sensing. Children are taught how NASA scientists use satellite imagery to better understand Earth's environmental changes.
The Exploration of the Earth's Magnetosphere
http://www-spof.gsfc.nasa.gov/Education/Intro.html
Looks at the hot gases which fill most of space which are ruled by magnetic and electric forces rather than by gravity. The polar aurora, the radiation belts, the solar wind, magnetic storms, "space weather", cosmic radiation--this is the site which tells you all about them.
The Jet Propulsion Lab Students' Resource Page - Laugh and Learn
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/kids/kids_index.html
These pages are a resource for finding all the current information from NASA about our solar system,the other planets, comets, asteroids, and moons.
The Midnight Sun
http://www.turtlepuddle.org/bio/summer/solstice.html
Photos from interior Alaska of the Midnight Sun and tundra flowers, with links to more scientific information on the summer solstice.
The Mysteries of Space and Time
http://library.thinkquest.org/12523/?tqskip1=1
About the secrets of distant suns, black holes, and stellar anomalies in space and time.
The Space Place
http://spaceplace.jpl.nasa.gov/spacepl.htm
Demonstrates and explains scientific concepts related to astronomy in a fun, hands-on manner.
TOPEX/Poseidon Kids Page
http://www.tsgc.utexas.edu/topex/kids/
Offers an online coloring book, ask a scientist, FAQs, background on El Nino, and other links.
Toys in Space
http://observe.arc.nasa.gov/nasa/exhibits/toys_space/toyframe.html
In 1993, Space Shuttle Endeavour carried a locker full of toys into space. Find out why and see how they performed in zero-gravity.
Virtual Astronaut
http://virtualastronaut.jsc.nasa.gov/
Interactive instructional materials for grades 5-8 to provide students and educators with a tool that integrates leading-edge technology with recent findings in physical sciences, space sciences, space medicine, biomedical research and living in space.



