Calculate your Weight on Other Worlds
Do you want to know how much you weigh on the moon? How about on Jupiter’s moons? You can find out. Weight on Other Worlds follows up the calculations with a detailed explanation about mass and gravity.
Choose a number of hours, days or months and watch the Earth and Moon rotate. Then take the quiz to test your knowledge.
This web site is full of interesting facts about the Earth’s moon; including its phases, features and long history. Read about the first trip to the moon and learn about the information that was gathered. You can even view a photograph of a footprint!
Discover information and vocabulary about the moon’s phases. Click on the animation link to watch the moon revolve around the sun.
Observing the Sky – Rotation, Revolution, and the Seasons
Learn about Earth’s rotation. The moving diagrams help to visualize how we travel around the sun.
Facts and information on the sun.
Uncover the mysteries of the moon and its phases. Make sure to check out the moon phase visual which helps children visualize the cycle of how the phases change.
United States Naval Observatory
Select popular links, such as “Sunrise or Sunset Data” or “The Sky This Week.” From the “Sunrise/Sunset Data” page, students can view the phase and image of the moon on any selected date.
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