Planet Project Pathfinder

6th Grade Science

Olmsted Falls Middle School

Created By: Mrs. Kosik

The resources listed below will help you with your Planet Project! As you scroll down the page you will see that I have listed many active web links that you can click on and go directly to the website. I also have listed a number of non-fiction and reference books as well as videocassettes that we have on reserve for you in the library.

Internet Sources:

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/planets/ Information an all 9 planets

http://www.nineplanets.org This site provides a multimedia tour of the planets!

http://www.nasm.si.edu/etp/ Explore the planets

http://www.nasa.gov/ The official NASA website

http://www.exploratorium.edu/ronh/weight Calculate your weight on other planets!

http://www.astronomy.com/content/static/AstroForKids/default.asp A kid-friendly planet site!

http://www.kidscosmos.org/kid-stuff.html Student science education center. Just click on your planet for lots of cool info!

http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/our_solar_system/solar_system.html Windows to the Universe!

http://mars.sgi.com/worlds/CyberMarz/planets.html An interactive 3D tour of the solar system!

INFOhio Sources:

http://school.eb.com/ This link will take you directly to Encyclopedia Britannica Online. You will want to click Britannica Student Encyclopedia in Step 1. Enter in the name of your planet in the search box and press Go!

Non-Fiction and Reference Books:

Saturn / Duncan Brewer. Brewer, Duncan, 1938-