Adler Planetarium Astronomy Connections - Visit the education area for Astronomy Connections for lessons, resources, and other goodies to help you integrate technology into your "space program"! Also take time to explore the teacher's area for more great ideas!

Amazing Space - This site offers an assortment of lesson plans and web-based activities for astronomy along with a wealth of information for any astronomy unit.

AskERIC - EduRef - Astronomy - Visit this site for an assortment of lessons for space science.

Astronomical Society of the Pacific - Explore this site for hands-on activities, a listing of good activities on the net, ideas for a star party and more! Also try the Toilet Paper Solar System (pdf) or explore the Universe At Your Fingertips area for more great ideas!

ASU Mars Education Website - Explore this website filled with lots of resources for students and teachers realted to Mars! Visit the Resources area to download a student activity guide that allows them to conduct a student-directed investigation of Mars as scientists in the real world do.

At-Home Astronomy - A great collection of lessons and activities to explore the universe!

Blue Web'n Astronomy/Space - A collection of links to online resources for astronomy and space.

Celestia Educational Activities - Explore this space simulation program for the PC that lets you and/or your students interactively experience our universe. An assortment of activities are availble.

CERES Project - Master teachers, university faculty, and NASA researchers have created a series of web-based astronomy lessons for this project. From the life cycle of stars to Mars Quest, you are sure to find new activities to spice up your astronomy unit.

Cosmic Survey (pdf) - Explore distance, age, and size of objects in space using 7 images available at this site. You can also download Worksheets to use with your students. Explore the Learning Resources at Universe for Teachers website for more great ideas!

Discovery Channel School - Astronomy - A large collection of resources for astronomy. Also visit their teacher tips for Understanding the Universe!

Exploring Planets in the Classroom - More than 25 hands-on science activities are provided in classroom-ready pages for both teachers and students for exploring Earth, the planets, geology, and space sciences.

Eyes on the Sky, Feet on the Ground - Hundreds of hands-on astronomy-based activities!

Hands-on Astronomy Activities - Visit this page for 25 hands-on lessons exploring topics in astronomy!

Imagine the Universe - A collection of lessons integrating math, chemistry, and other subjects for 6-12 students. Visit the Teacher's Corner page for more resources!

Kinesthetic Astronomy - This site provides great ideas for sixth grade and up! They emphasize astronomical concepts and phenomenon that people can readily encounter in their "everyday" lives such as time, seasons, and sky motions of the sun, moon, stars, and planets.

LIVE from Mars 2001 - Passport to Knowledge - The new Passport to Knowledge module - Live From Mars 2001 is available at this site. Take the time to visit the site to learn more about the TV programs and lesson ideas for this project.

Mars Program (NASA) - Visit this website for K-12 lessons and resources to bring Mars into your classroom activities as well as an Earth-Mars comparision poster.

Math-Science Learning Coalition - Astronomy Lessons - This site offers a wide range of astronomy lessons for elementary, middle school, and high school.

Moon Clock (pdf) - Make a moon clock using the template provided in this download. Visit the Star Lab Activity page for more great lessons!

MyScienceSite.com - Teacher Resources - Scroll down the page to find many ready-to-use worksheets and lab ideas for astronomy as well as many other science concepts.

NASAExplores - Want a few new ideas for your astronomy unit? Visit this site to see all it has to offer. Each week, this site provides two new teacher articles, articles adapted for three grade levels (K-4. 5-8, 9-12), and two-three lesson plans/activities per grade level that support the articles. The site offers a trivia area as well as an assortment of puzzles and links!

NASA Spacelink - Use this website to start your search of the NASA collection of educational materials, such as classroom lessons, online activities, and multimedia resources.

Paper Plate Education - Visit the Activities area for over 30 lesson ideas using paper plates to teach concepts in astronomy!

Proteacher - Space - An assortment of earth science lesson plans and links for elementary teachers.

Rainbow Symphony Lessons- This site offers three lessons for products they offer related to diffraction grating, UV detection beads, and 3D images. My students loved a lab I created about light and spectroscopes for the diffraction grating goggles, which we called "groovy goggles!"

Science-Class.net - Click the link for the "Solar System & Space Travel" or "Cycles in Space" to find new lessons for your classroom!

Science Teaching Ideas - Astronomy - A great site filled with lots of activites for your astronomy unit.

SEGway - An assortment of web-based activities for astronomy! To see all they have to offer visit the Lesson List page!

Space Place - A great site from NASA to explore with your students. Don't miss the Goodies for Teachers area for printables and lesson worksheets.

SpaceScience.org - Explore their instructional materials for astronomy, such as Kinesthetic Astronomy exploring time in the solar system and Solar Scapes exploring the sun.

StarDate.org - Take a few moments to browse this site for ready-to-use lesson ideas organized for elementary, middle school, and high school students.

StarLab Supplements - This site provides a collection of great lesson ideas to explore the solar system with elementary and middle school students, such as Planetary Soda Pop, Moon Clock, and Your Galactic Address!

The Solar System - This website has over 50 web pages with over 200 pictures as well as quizzes about the pictures. You will also find astronomy WebQuests here.

Teacher's Domain - Earth & Space Science - This is an excellent site for multimedia resources for your science curriculum!  

Thursday's Classroom - The aim of Thursday's Classroom is to provide a lasting connection between NASA's latest research and the classroom environment. Visit the archive section for great resources for science educators!

Windows to the Universe - Explore this interdisciplinary web site on the Earth and space sciences! Visit the Tools area for a student workbook, table of contents, and other features! Don't miss the Lesson Plan area for great ideas, such as Lunar Lollipops and Sun-Earth Flipbooks.

ZOOM Astronomy - Explore this site for lots of great info about the solar system as well as inteactive quizzes and activities. Don't miss the Classroom Activities section!