Required readings:
Text, ch. 2 and 3.
Recommended Websites:
Views of the Solar System - great picture site. Be sure to read their copyright statement in case you want to use their photos.
Solar System Simulator - customize your view of the solar system.
Solar System Exploration Home Page
Interactive Solar System - cool Java-based application which lets you move the solar system around in 3-dimensions.
Build a Solar System - deceiving name because it doesn't let you build your own solar sysytem, but rather lets you see how the solar system would scale to sizes you choose. See how big the Earth would be if the sun was the size of a basketball.
Solar System Live - see where the planets are RIGHT NOW!
Around The Solar System - trading card game that teaches you about the solar system. For kids, but kind of neat.
Virtual Solar System - a National Geographic site with cool 3-D graphics. You have to download a special viewer, and it doesn't work on Macs :(
Solar System Collisions - pick the size and speed of your projectile and see what happens when it smashes into something in our solar system. Not as cool as it sounds.
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