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R. E. Jewell Elementary School: 5th Grade, Astronomy Study 2012


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Websites


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.

523.3 Moon
523.4 Planets
523.8 Constellations
525 Earth



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