Lessons from Space!

It was intriguing to watch the astronaut Chris Hadfield giving elementary school students at Chris Hadfield Public School in Milton an out-of-this-world lessons, on CTV news. Chris Hadfield interacted with the students from the spacecraft Soyuz and is actually the second Canadian to take part in a long-duration spaceflight aboard to the International Space Station (ISS), to work for five months as part of the crew of Expedition 34/35.
And the thing, worth taking note was the excitement and thrill of students as they spoke with someone directly from the space. I felt a great jest among the students as they asked questions about his scientific space discoveries, the solar system and life aboard the space station. One second-grader asked how the stars really look like in space, so she can draw them better. He told them facts about gravity and showed how he adjusts in weightlessness. Another interesting tidbit the astronaut told them that he watches sunset 20 times a day as their ISS orbits around the earth!

I thought it as a great interaction to build further on space science study, and document some good website for those interested in learning, and may be pursuing a career in astronomy:)

Space Science Institute  

This website is developed by Space Science Institute and it has massive information about space physics, planetary science, and astrophysics. It provides latest information about space exploration and interesting stuff about asteroids, MarsQuest, and space weather Centre Its resource section for educators is a great collection of lesson plans, activities, puzzles, pictures, projects and science games. I think for someone interested in teaching and learning about outer space and aliens; this website is worth exploring!


http://www.kidsastronomy.com/ 

This website is potentially good for primary and middle school students. It gives information about outer space, solar system, deep-space exploration and civilian space travel besides many interactive activities and games. It also has astronomical dictionary, important facts on sky observation and free worksheets to download. Its online section offers free interactive courses to the students upon completion of which they can earn a certificate of completion.


Rader’s COSMOS4KIDS


It is a good website for middle school and high school students. Topics covered include universe, stars, galaxies, solar system, as well as detailed topics on solar system and rocket science exploration. It also offers astronomy quizzes to summarize the learning besides slide shows and cool wallpapers to download.


Space and Science: An Online Study Guide for kids- This site offers facts and interesting data about planets, stars, sun, moon, telescopes and eclipses. This website is particularly important to teachers as it has offers many lesson plans designed for elementary and middle school students.

This website is suitable for high school students and anyone interested in learning about most recent in space news, space exploration, new technologies, hypothesis, besides various space images, videos and other interesting information. It has wealth of information about latest news on aliens planets, space weather, stars and galaxies and space tourism, etc., to name a few.

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