Take an interplanetary adventure as Scholastic's The Magic School Bus blasts off. You can help find Ms. Frizzle's hiding place by becoming a space traveler! Find clues and more as you travel from planet to planet with Ms. Frizzle's class on board the Magic School Bus. Wahoo! Based on Scholastic's award-winning book series, this CD-ROM software is designed to entertain and encourage a sense of adventure and exploration, especially about science and technology. The Magic School Bus Explores the Solar System features the irrepressible science teacher, Ms. Frizzle, and her inquisitive class in an out-of-this-world adventure. Kids can take control of the bus and explore the nine planets in our solar system, conducting science experiments and playing games at each stop.
Long before Galileo published his discoveries about Jupiter, lunar
craters, and the Milky Way in the Starry Messenger in 1610, people were
fascinated with the planets and stars around them. That interest
continues today, and scientists are making new discoveries at an
astounding rate. Ancient lake beds on Mars, robotic spacecraft
missions, and new definitions of planets now dominate the news. How can
you take it all in? Start with the new Encyclopedia of the Solar
System, Second Edition.
Scientific American Special Edition: New Light on the Solar System
This special edition of Scientific American provides the latest developments about our corner of the cosmos, in articles written by the experts who are leading the investigations. Let the pages that follow guide your tour of our solar system, and savor the fact that you can visit these extraordinary nearby worlds and still be home for supper.
Planetary Geology by NASA Education Pubs A Teacher’s Guide with Activities in Physical and Earth Sciences
There is a guide for each
activity level.
Many earth science courses
include an introduction to the solar system. The challenge of earth science is
to understand the natural processes that shape not only our planet, Earth, but
all objects in the solar system. But there are more compelling arguments for
including planetary science in the classroom. Those
arguments, some of which are outlined below, inspired NASA to conduct short
courses in planetology for earth science teachers at the secondary and college
levels. This book is an outgrowth of these short courses.
