Online Resources Part 2 (Module 2)

Each year my 4th grade science students participate in a unit that delves into our solar system. The students create their own model of the solar system, but everything stems from researching the planets and the in the ins and outs of the different parts of our solar system. After looking through a lot of the research, I was able to find a website that I really feel would help my students during their solar system projects. Windows2universe.org is a website that allows you to research all facets of our solar system. It breaks down everything in our solar system, and gives explanation to its origins. Windows to the universe is not only about our solar system but the people, cultures, animals, and places that make up our world.

Not only does this website provide a ton of information it also provides numerous projects and ideas for teachers to use in their science and social studies classrooms. Many of them are free and some of them you do have to purchase. I really enjoyed checking out the some of these activities, one in particular was the Pangea Puzzle which allowed for the students to create their own version of Pangea and the Continental Drift, along with many more.

Windows2universe.org also provides numerous multimedia tools such as audio recordings, videos, and podcasts. The following link as a link to Neil Armstrong's famous

Neil Armstrong Quote


This is a website that I will use frequently, and plan to use with my students in the upcoming school year. I would encourage you to check it out, especially if you teach science.