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Welcome to the MicroObservatory online telescope network. You can now explore the universe using working telescopes that YOU control via the Internet free of charge, and have access to your image within 48 hours! Each of our easy-to-follow activities allows you to investigate different aspects of the universe just like a professional astronomer. You select your target, choose exposure times or filters, then sit back and hope for clear skies! To start, click on an activity below.

Drag the moons to their places in the lunar cycle. Three levels of play.

astronomy related content

Narrated movie about the sun

What a great tool to see how the sun and planets compare in size. Try it, it's easy: In the first box choose "Sun". In the second box, choose "Mercury". Next, click the word "compare" located between the two boxes. Try different variations.

Images on the surface of the various planets and moons.

Interactive astronomy and physics lessons and labs. Great for differentiation.

Outstanding site for understanding Black Holes. Take a journey to the edges of the universe, conduct experiments, browse the Black Hole Encyclopedia...

Amazing array of tools to explore

Fascinating virtual solar system explorer and world builder. Teaching resources available at the bottom of this page: http://www.solarsystem.org.uk/planet10/

Great site for kids researching the solar system, planets, and more. Easy to read and understand text. Looks like a teacher creation.

webquest for grades 4-5 See entire unit here:http://www.asdk12.org/depts/itech/teachers/curriculum/

Tour the solar system in this animated adventure

Enchanted Learning Site for the solar system, planets, and more.

Every question you answer correctly will boost your rocket a little further toward its destination--leaving the Earth's atmosphere. Click the button that you think holds the correct answer, or click a 'Life Line' button for helpful clues. 'Open a Link' will take you to a web page that has information about the question, and 'What have others answered?' will show you the percentage of people that have previously chosen each answer.

Fill in all the empty cells by dragging and dropping the planets Every row,column,and 3x3 box with orange borders should contain all nine planets. No planet should appear more than once in a row, column, or box.

Use these numbers for the observing site Lat 44°47'17" Long 73°9'11"

Click on the name of a planet to see how it appears from US Route 1 as you travel between Presque Isle and Houlton. Scale 1:93,000,000 At forty miles (64.4 km) from Pluto to Sun, the largest complete three-dimensional scale model of the Solar System in the World.

Use this spreadsheet to develop different scale models of the solar system

Caculate your age on other planets

Use this calculator to figure out your weight on the other planets

Interesting comparison of EXTREME weather on other planets. Could be adapted for Clicker5

Learn about the solar system with this trading card game

A guide to our solar system.

In this interactive online activity, students investigate how the gravitational force of a large solar system body, such as Jupiter, can affect the path of a smaller body, such as a comet. They will launch a comet to learn how gravity can change its path. They also learn how changing the speed, the angle of approach, or the masses of large and small bodies affects the force of gravity on a comet. Students are challenged to use this knowledge to crash their own comet into Jupiter or make their comet fly past the planet without colliding with it