BY: Judith Allee, Cloverdale Elementary School

Site address: http://seds.lpl.Arizona.edu/billa/tnp

Theme: The Nine Planets

Grade Level: fourth through high school 

Annotation of site:

This site addresses the Casini/Huggens mission to Saturn and the possibility of antinuclear activists causing the mission to be scrubbed. Contents within explore the complete solar system, including, planets, moons, asteroids, comets, etc. This is a very good access to all aspects of the solar system. It gives a great overview of space. Several areas are available to chose from and there are very good graphics.

Geography Standards Addressed:

• #1) How to use maps and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process and report information from a spatial perspective.
• #15) How physical systems affect human systems.
• #18) How to apply geography to interpret the present and plan for the future.

Indiana Social Studies Proficiency Guidelines addressed:

Demonstrate Indiana’s geographical relationship with the rest of the world.