THIRD GRADE WEBSITES
Aerospace CurriculumA. Como Planetarium-Solar System NASA Kids NASA kids website filled with valuable information. Solar System Exploration One of the four science themes for the office of space science at NASA. Come and learn about the planets. TheNine Planets A multimedia tour of the solar system. Provides an overview of the history, mythology, and current scientific knowledge of each of the planets and moons in our solar system. Solar Views Discover the latest scientific information, or study the history of spaceexploration, rocketry, early astronauts, space missions, spacecraft through a vast archive of photographs, scientificfacts, text, graphics and videos. Explore thePlanets Exploring the planets through NASM. Astro for Kids Explore the planets and get valuable factsabout them. CosmicQuest (Planets) Field guide to the Universe. Get facts and information about each planets. B. Planet Research-Guide to Solar System Booklet C. Book-Vol.IV Beyond The Earth www.dot.state.mn.us/aero/aved/publications/ Find this book volume and other publications here. Will need Acrobatto download books. D. FLIGHT SITE-Polygon Plane Patches, Ultimate Ultra Lights E. International Space Station www.scipoc.msfc.nasa.gov/ Science Operation News. Track where the ISS is at the moment. http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/station/ Wealth of information pertaining to ISS and many other topics. http://school.discovery.com/schooladventures/spacestation/ Indept resource on process of building the ISS in question format. F. Airplane Parts www.avkids.com/hangar/smartparts/ Interactive parts of plane with explanations. Will need to downloadFLASH. www.desktopaero.com/adw/welcome.html Airplane Design Workshop, design a 200 passenger airliner that will fly from Washington, DC to any destination of your choice. G. Air Communication/Air Traffic http://virtualskies.arc.nasa.gov/vsmenu/vsmenu.html Explore the world of air traffic management, and learn more about NASAresearch in aviation operation systems and safety. H. Aerospace Careers www.nasajobs.nasa.gov/jobs/nasa_occuptions.htm Find employment and description of different careers in our Nations SpaceProgram. http://wings.avkids.com/careers/index.html Careers in Aviation, Aerodynamics and related fields. http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/aero/background/careers/ Find out about the different kinds of jobs in Aerospace. http://kids.msfc.nasa.gov/Rockets/careers.asp List of career titles at NASA. I. Aerospace Pioneer Franklin Chang-Diaz www.jsc.nasa.gov/bios/htmlbios/chang.html NASAs biographical data for Franklin Chang-Diaz. http://www.dot.state.mn.us/aero/aved/publications/skyslim4/diaz.html Brief overview of Franklin Chang-Diaz and his life. Space ExplorerBio Nice biographical summary of Franklin Chang-Diaz'saccomplishments. Wright Brothers http://wings.avkids.com/Book/Wright/index.html Information about the Wright Brothers. J. Speaker-Air Traffic Controller, Astronomer http://www.childrensmuseum.org/cosmicquest/fieldguide/astronomers.html Read about famous Astronomers from past to present. K. Field Trip-American Wings Museum-Anoka http://www.americanwings.org/ Explore museum and obtain information online. L. Additional Resources:
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