Rebecca Sheehy
SLM 521
Solar System and Space Shuttles:
What better of a first stop
during a solar system field trip than a tour of the Milky Way galaxy?
The Milky Way
What
is the difference between spiral, elliptical, and irregular galaxies?
In Galaxy Tour tourists are presented with the definitions and pictures of
these different types of galaxies. The tour site also shows tourists where our
solar system is located on the Milky Way galaxy for reference before learning
about our solar system.
http://school.discovery.com/schooladventures/universe/galaxytour/index.html
Aurora Lights
Have you ever seen an Aurora or solar eclipse?
At
Space: “The Final Frontier” tourists can view anything
from the bodies composing our solar system, including meteors and comets; to
phenomena, such as auroras, eclipses, and solar eruptions; to space equipment,
like the pathfinder and micro rover.
http://www.uen.org/utahlink/tours/tourFames.cgi?tour_id=14274
“Blue Sun” – solar eruption
The third stop in our solar system trip is the sun
The Sun
What are solar flares,
solar wind, and the fate of the sun?
If
you cannot answer the question stated above, your next stop in the solar system
trip should be to check out The Sun. Here tourists are taken through a presentation of the sun
containing information on the sun’s composition and to the question stated
above. Pictures and videos are available for those people who are visual
learners.
http://www.michielb.nl/sun/kaft.htm
Wouldn’t it be nice to take a tour of space shuttles,
space stations, and the NASA control room?
http://www.cnn.com/specials/space/station/360/