THE SOLAR SYSTEM -- TABLE OF CONTENTS

The following activities target a middle school population although activities are approachable by more advanced elementary school students. The activities are also ideal for high school students to review basic concepts. 

All exercises make use of javascript's which provides for a more interactive environment.

solar system

The following modules includes:

  1. Introduction
  2. About the Solar System
  3. The Sun
  4. Mercury
  5. Venus
  6. Earth
  7. Mars
    • Phobos 
    • Deimos 
  8. Asteroid belt
  9. Jupiter
    • Amalthea 
    • Io 
    • Europa 
    • Ganymede 
    • Callisto 
  10. Saturn
    • Mimas 
    • Enceladus 
    • Tethys 
    • Dione 
    • Rhea 
    • Titan 
    • Hyperion 
    • Iapetus 
    • Phoebe 
  11. Uranus
    • Miranda 
    • Ariel 
    • Umbriel 
    • Titania 
    • Oberon 
  12. Neptune
    • Proteus 
    • Triton 
    • Nereid 
  13. Pluto
    • Charon 
  14. Comets
  15. Kuiper Belt
  16. Oort Cloud
  17. Space exploration
  18. Glossary

Beyond The Solar System

How Big is The Milky Way Galaxy?

What is Dark Energy and Dark Matter?

What are black holes, wormholes and white holes?

Videos of black holes and worm holes  

Extended Activities: