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R. E. Jewell Elementary School: 5th Grade, Astronomy Study 2012
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The StarChild sponsored by NASA presents information about the Moon
starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/solar_system_level2/moon.html Washburn Observatory’s The Constellations and Their Stars www.astro.wisc.edu/~dolan/constellations/ Discovery Education offers Sky Watch. Click on “sky event schedule” to explore constellations. school.discoveryeducation.com/schooladventures/skywatch/index.html NASA gives an overview of the Moon sse.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Moon Explanation of the moon’s effect on tides home.hiwaay.net/~krcool/Astro/moon/moontides/ Myths About Constellations presented by National Earth Science Teachers Association www.windows2universe.org/mythology/const_nav.html Books Call Numbers to explore in juvenile nonfiction at the Deschutes Public Library on stars, planets and the earth.
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