Material to begin an exploration of the Solar System: the characteristics of the planets, theories about planet formation, and more. An hour-long video is accompanied by learning goals, an outline and overview, details on star formation,...

How do you recognize life on another planet? What tests do scientists use to determine if something is a life form when they are many light years away from being able to observe it directly? Try your hand at interactives to create a...

Learn about the lives of stars, and how stars and planets form. The Interactive activity, 'Planet Families' requires Adobe Flash and cannot be launched.

Students get a whole new perspective of the world through images obtained from the International Space Station. Students can even request images to be taken through ISS EarthKAM. Activities and educator guides are provided.

Want to be an archaeologist without leaving school? Use a computer to become a space archaeologist and identify burial sites on Earth.

Classes from around the country collect rock samples and send them in to be analyzed by NASA scientists.

Students investigate soil porosity by building a model using the three main soil textures: sand, silt, and clay.

Find lesson plans, worksheets, photo galleries, and related links for teaching about the weather systems of planets in our solar system.