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This is a great set of tools to explore the solar system and dabble in astrology vs astronomy. You can move the time frame and see the plantes and constellations in motion from various aspects, including a geocentric view. Good for studying science first-hand.

Webcams from around the world are the basis for participatory collection of data about the zoo-universe, as well as astronomy, climate, and genes. Have your students join one of the on-going projects.

R. Byrne: "NASA's Eyes on the Solar System offers 3-D tours of the solar system in your browser. You can put the tours on auto-play or go through them manually. You also have the option to explore the Solar System without the guidance of a tour. I tried it both ways and found it much easier to use the tours as a guide for exploring the Solar System. The tours have some multimedia elements included in some of the stops as you move along." Download the app to get the videos. Also works on mobile devices. Mind-blowing.

This computational knowledge engine gives you results not only in maths and geography, but in socioeconomics, weather, astronomy, etc. Should be fun for students to try out.

"A useful web tool which simulates a solar system allowing users to build their own." Very clever website that lets you create different types of planetary bodies, vary simulated speed of revolutions, etc.

A beautiful ode to the earth, our blue marble in the midst of vast nothingness. A group of young men set up the orbits of the planet s in the solar system on a Nevada desert. Unmentioned: students in Aroostook Co. Maine set up a scale model in the countryside there as a school project.