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Find links to Amazing Space's latest features, the most recent Hubble pictures, and news for educators. It has a monthly star gazing guide and homework help. It is a great site for both teachers and students.

A science topic that is bound to grab and hold onto everyone's attention is outer space. NASA offers four versions of their student site: K-4, 5-8, 9-12, and higher education. Each version offers some basic "must-haves" for primary sources such as photo libraries, videos, and a link to NASA-TV. In addition, there are games to motivate students, career profiles (to help students see what steps are necessary if they want to become an astronaut), and "Homework Topics" to help students extend their learning. There is also a great NASA Kids Club that is available!

This site has games, activities and other fun stuff for elementary students about space and the solar system.

NASA provides a wealth of resources that are safe, fun, and educational for students. It provides reliable information on space-related topics, as well as games, Web quests, and even chats with NASA experts This page would work well with primary students.

Grades K-12. Easy to navigate. Student can explore space stations, astronaunt and more. Links to other data bases to related topics avalible.

This is a God-send for science and social studies classes. The visualizations and animations are very clear and easily navigable for both students and teachers. This movement supports comprehension of complex topics. Among other things, they illustrate Earth's movement from space, multiple representatives of a single place and models of molecules. 

This source provides documents and data on geography, astronomy, and science related subjects. It has a wide range of written and visual information for students. A great resource for 8th grade earth science.

This is a great website for children K-8. It has a new site of the month as well as hot topics. This website gives students the opportunity to look at space and beyond on their level. It is filled with fun educational learning opportunities

Describes the education and training needed for hundreds of different jobs. Tells how much expected earnings for careers are, explains what workers in these jobs can expect to do on the job and what sort of working conditions under which they will work.

Being able to access the online version of this handbook would be invaluable for school libraries as it would save money and space in the library. Additionally, as this is updated annually, the online version would provide much more up to date information.