Grade 8 Web Resources

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Science

Daylight Data Download

Corrected Shoestride Download (Excel file)

Astronomy

Amazing Space - Astronomy Basics

Earth & Sky - Skywatching

Science@NASA - Astronomy

NASA CERES Project - Astronomy Data Internet Resources; includes data about the Hubble Space Telescope, the sun, and planets as well as data from virtual telescopes

Resources for Earth Sciences and Geography Instruction - contains Astronomy topics such as Asteroids, Comets and Earth Collisions; Astronomy Image Search, the moom, the planets, and the sun

ScienceMaster - JumpStart Space Science - This site has a variety of articles ranging from Asteroids Pack a Punch to Pathfinder Spacecraft to Solar Flares.

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Images

Copyright-friendly Collections

Classroom Clipart - This site provides over 700 different categories of images including Architecture, Industry, Music, Science, Transportation and Weather. (Grades 1-5)

Pics 4 Learning - This collection consists of thousands of images that have been donated by students, teachers, and amateur photographers. (Grades 1-8)

You can find additional images at the following sites, but they are not copyright free:

Amazing Picture Machine  - This is a child-friendly index of images on the Internet. (Grades 1-5)

Google Image Search - The “most comprehensive image search” on the Web. (Grades 7-12)

Image Search Engines - A directory of image search engines. (Grades 7-12)

Kids Image Search Tools - A listing of databases that lists sites for images from Art, Astronomy/Space, Animals and History/Society. (Grades 1-12)