MAY 2, 2002	TOPIC	LINK
	Fun and Games on the Internet	http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/games/games.html
	Space shuttle AND space station	http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/
	Nine Planets	http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplanets/nineplanets/see.html
	Welcome to the Planets	http://pds.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/
	Photo Journal of Planets	http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/
	Map of earth in real time	http://www.windows.ucar.edu/sparc/
	Current views of the sun and aurora	http://www.windows.ucar.edu/spaceweather/
	Star Child kids site	http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/
	NASA for kids	http://kids.msfc.nasa.gov/
	NASA Photo Gallery	http://www.nasa.gov/gallery/photo/index.html
	NASA Fact Sheets	http://www.nasa.gov/newsinfo/fsheet_index.html
	NASA Patches	http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/shuttle_patches.html http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/other_patches.html
	Virtual Tour of Space Station	http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/vtour/
	Genesis Kids Site	http://www.genesismission.org/product/genesis_kids/spaceday.html Genesis is a NASA JPL spacecraft that is on its way to the L1 or Lagrange point in the Solar System collecting in essence cosmic dust samples for evaluation of the origins of the universe
	Project-Discover	http://www.PROJECT-DISCOVER.com/ A great view of the space station
	Wells Elementary School in Wells Maine	http://www.elm.maine.edu/assessments/blast/ See what 3rd and 4th grade students are doing.

For Grades 4 - 8 Note: for specific lessons, see the K-5 section-all those links have upper grade lessons, too. K-5
	Topic	Link
	Millennium Middle School	http://www.millennium.scps.k12.fl.us/spaceweek.html Read about their space day. Scroll down to see the projects the students completed. Click on the winning team's project--US Space Day Design Winner http://www.millennium.scps.k12.fl.us/mars2002.html See their Mars Mission Site
	Live From Mars	http://passporttoknowledge.com/mars/
	Live from the Sun	http://passporttoknowledge.com/sun/
	Space Weather	http://www.windows.ucar.edu/spaceweather/basic_facts.html

Ideas for Space Day K-5 Ideas from Homer Street Elementary Magnet School, Springfield, Massachusetts Links gathered by SRE
	Note: Links to Thursday's Classoom sites include lessons for many levels--usually 3-12. I've taught many of these lessons and the kids have learned from and enjoyed them. Families will enjoy them , too--Ms. Edwards   Archives can be found at: http://www.thursdaysclassroom.com/archive.html Here's one about designing a door for the space station: http://www.thursdaysclassroom.com/06jul01/corner.html Here's one about what to do about TRASH on the space station-- http://www.thursdaysclassroom.com/index_04jan01.html Gr K Color pictures of space shuttles, astronauts, planets, and other space items. Create a song about a mission to Mars. Most of the links in this column have pictures to print out.   Gr 1 Design flying saucers out of frisbees and design a mission patch for a future NASA mission to mars. Design space craft at: http://www.thursdaysclassroom.com/15aug01/corner.html A patches lesson is in your box. Links can be found above for pictures of patches.   Gr 2 Create felt pictures of space items (shuttles, planets, astronauts, etc. ) and create space day poems. http://www.thursdaysclassroom.com/15aug01/corner.html   Gr 3 Research and design space suits and design a space vehicle for an "Adventure to Mars." Lessons Plans on Mars at grade 3 level at: http://www.thursdaysclassroom.com/28aug01/corner.html http://www.thursdaysclassroom.com/15aug01/corner.html design space craft   Gr 4 Design and build paper gliders and have a contest to measure their flight distance. Determine their weights on different planets. See lessons in your box from NASA.   Gr 5 Create Space Day Posters and send letters to our Mayor asking that she declare the first Thursday in May as an official Space Day. http://www.thursdaysclassroom.com/23jul01/corner.html Create robotic droids out of paper mache.