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Student Resources
Original Student Tutorials
Use observations to discover how the moon's appearance changes during a lunar cycle and learn the names of the moon's phases in this interactive tutorial.
Type: Original Student Tutorial
Explore how Earth rotates (spins) on its axis as it moves through space in this interactive tutorial.
Type: Original Student Tutorial
Explore how Earth revolves around the Sun in this interactive tutorial.
This is part 1 in a two-part series. Click to open Part 2.
Type: Original Student Tutorial
Explore the motion of objects in the sky like the Sun, Moon and stars and their connection to the rotating Earth in this interactive tutorial.
Type: Original Student Tutorial
Text Resource
In this resource scientist Dr. Marc answers 6 interesting questions about space technology, the Earth and the Moon. There is an option to have Dr. Marc read the answers by simply clicking on the speaker icon beside each question.
Type: Text Resource
Video/Audio/Animation
This video segment produced for Teachers' Domain features a time-lapse video of clouds forming, changing, and moving across the sky from day to night.
Type: Video/Audio/Animation
Virtual Manipulative
Seasons, the periodic climate changes that occur throughout the year, are the result of Earth orbiting around the Sun, and the tilt of its axis. A variety of climate changes occur throughout the world; some have extreme changes in temperature, while others have rainy and dry seasons, yet little change in temperature.
Type: Virtual Manipulative
Parent Resources
Educational Game
This is a series of interactive modules on Engineering Interact, a free resource developed by the University of Cambridge Engineering department. It is a great whole group, small group, or individual interactive activity to explain a variety of concepts related to the solar system, including the rotation of the earth, what gives us our calendar, what causes the changes in seasons, how the planets are classified, and the phases of the moon.
Type: Educational Game
Presentation/Slideshow
This website contains information about technologies developed and discoveries made as a result of NASA space research. It also contains links to the NASA Spinoff Virtual Manipulative, NASA Spinoff Game, NASA Exploration and Innovation Timeline Poster, Spinoff Flyers, a Spinoff Powerpoint, and Spinoff Magazine.
Type: Presentation/Slideshow
Teaching Idea
This website can be used to show students views of the moon. The Earth can also be viewed.
Type: Teaching Idea