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**This page provides links to websites that will help you teach your students about space. These links introduce information on the Sun, Earth, Solar System, and much more. This page may even be helpful to students to use for information on their PowerPoint slides, essays, or just for general knowledge.**

1. Teacher Tube. (2010). Why does the Sun Shine? Retrieved on April 18, 2011 from []. This video talks about the Sun and why it's so hot, how far away it's, why no one lives there, why it's important, how it's a star, etc. Teacher Tube videos are very helpful if you need some help explaining use a video :).

2. Scholastic.com. (2011-1996).Phases of the moon worksheet. Retrieved April 18, 2011 from []. This website provides a lot of different useful information on various topics but I chose to use a worksheet provided from this site, in my own classroom. This worksheet asks students to finish coloring in moon phases based on a pattern. This relates well to the topic we are studying.

3. Brainpop.com. (1999-2011). Gravity. Retrieved April 18, 2011 from []. This website shows information but mostly very useful videos that teachers can use when teaching lessons. This video talks specifically on gravity and shows many important aspects students need to know.

4. Exploratorium.edu. (1997). Your Weight on Other Worlds. Retrieved April 18, 2011 from []. This website presents a box where students can type in their weight and press calculate and figure out their weights on any planet, moon, and even stars. I thought this was a creative way to show students the concept of gravity and mass.

5. TeacherTube.com. (2010). Bill Nye-The Moon. Retrieved April 18, 2011 from []. This video explains the Earth's axis and all of the moons phases in a fun way. Teachers will find his videos useful because he explains complicated situations in a fun realistic way. He relates the moons orbits to baseball in this particular video.

6. FactMonster.com. (2007). Planet Earth. Retrieved April 18, 2011 from []. This website teaches students anything they choose to learn and I chose for my class to learn about the planet Earth from this site. When I was teaching them about the earth's axis I thought this website would be helpful in describing details.

7. TeacherTube.com. (2010). Bill Nye-Gravity. Retrieved April 18, 2011 from []. In my opinion, any Billy Nye videos will catch students' attention and this one in particular just shows students how everything "falls down" because of gravity.

8. Sciencekids.co.nz. Fun Planet Facts for Kids. Retrieved April 18, 2011 from []. This website has many facts that students will find interesting but I used this for the planet facts. I have my students doing PowerPoint's and essays on planets so I thought this site could give them some basic facts to include in their presentations.

9. EnchantedLearning.com. (2010). All about Astronomy. Retrieved April 18, 2011 from []. This website provides information on our Solar System, planets, and galaxies. It explains the inner and outer planets and has many hyperlinks to further explain information listed. This site is very useful for brief knowledge you want your third grade class to know about.