The internet has a fantastic amount of information. Below are our favorite astronomy and science web sites. To suggest a site or report a dead link, please email: thompson@lmxac.org.

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Kids

• Amazing Space: Homework page. Find resources about space.
• Nine Planets. Get an overview of the history, mythology, and current scientific knowledge of the planets, moons and other objects in our solar systemy.
• Astronomy Picture a Day. View a different astronomical picture every day.
• Bill Nye the Science Guy. A web site with science experiments that you can do at home.
• Cool Cosmos. A very cool web site with infrared pictures, games, and information.
• Earth From Space. Cool images of earth from space.
• HubbleSite Gallery. Pictures of the universe taken from the Hubble telescope.
• Kinetic City Cyber Club. A ton of fun science games for kids.
• NASA Kids. Find information about space while playing interactive games.
• Science News for Kids. A great place to go to for science information.
• StarChild: A Learning Center for Young Astronomers. Learn all the basics about space.
• Yahoo Kids: Science; Space. A web directory and basic information about the our galaxy.

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Educators

• Amazing Space Educators' page. A variety of resources for teachers using the Hubble Telescope pictures and NASA resources.
• CEA Science Education Home Page. UC Berkeley's Center for Science Education web site for teachers.
• Cool Cosmos. A web site not only great for kids, but also very informative and filled with free resources about infrared and Multiwavelength Astronomy.
• Eyes on the Sky, Feet on the Ground. A list of hands-on astronomy lessons created by astrophysicists at the Havard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.
• Integrating Science Teaching and Technology. Lesson plans and teacher resources that utilize technology in teaching of the sciences.
• The Lesson Plan Library. Space science lesson plans from Discovery Education.
• Little Shop of Physics. Online and take home activities for your students.
• NASA Explorer Schools. Apply to partner your school with NASA to "to bring engaging mathematics, science, and technology learning to educators, students, and families."
• NASA Features and News. The newest information on NASA projects.
• NASA Space Science Education Resource Directory. NASA's resource center.
• The National Science Digital Library. Free online resource center funded by the National Science Foundation
• Princeton University: WebMedia Lecutures. A variety of archived lectures by notable figures. Topics vary from How Bacteria Talk to Each Other by Bonnie Bassler, Princeton University Professor of Molecular Biology to Enigmatic Gamma-Ray Bursts: Birth Cries of Black Holes by Alex Filippenko, University of California, Berkeley.
• The Science Explorer. Science experiments that students can do at home.
• Science Netlinks. A great science resource for grades K-12 funded by the MarcoPolo Education Foundation.

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Parents

• American Museum of Natural History. Located in New York City, this museum has a plethora of exhibits and "space shows."
• Garden State Discover Museum. A hands-on museum for children from infants to age 10.
• Liberty Science Center. A cool place to take your kids that is fun and educational.
• Newark Museum Planetarium. Another hands-on science museum with great family programming.
• New Jersey State Museum. A museum with a planetarium and other special programs.
• Rutgers Astronomy: The Robert A. Schommer Astronomical Observatory. Find the times and dates to bring your kids to the observatory on Rutgers University's Busch Campus.
• The Planetarium at Raritan Valley Community College. This planetarium has events such as laser shows. Check out the web site for more information.

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