Here are some sites to use while studying.

• Visit this link to check out where our tiny little planet is in space.  

• This link allows you to see different layers of the sun.

• This one takes you on a field trip through the solar system showing the vast distances between each planet.

• This is a short video that explains the seasons.

• Lunar eclipse movie

• Solar eclipse movie

• Eclipse info including dates and locations of future eclipses

• Moon phases can be viewed here.

• View this movie that shows one complete lunation (a cycle of the moon's phases).  Make careful observations of this 29.5 day period.
• This site has the movie broken down into individual pictures.
• Using headphones, view this video that explains how the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is learning about far away planets by creating computer models of virtual ones. (This is not test material.)
• To view an animation of a spinning black hole located inside a spiral galaxy, check Monster Black Hole in Galaxy M84. (Black holes are not test material.)
• To learn more about the size of the universe, check out How Big Is Our Universe?.
• What is a light year?

Info on some SSSBs

• Meteor shower animation - need headphones (or you can turn on the Closed Caption).  Also includes the annual dates for meteor showers (FYI only). 

• The odd-ball meteoroids that may be left behind by an asteroid instead of a comet can be read about here.

• Summary of asteroids, meteoroids, and comets

PLANETS

You do not have to memorize every fact about every planet, but have general recall of some of their unique characteristics, their order from Sol outward, their relatives sizes, and their relative distances.

Prefer games to use for study?  Try these, but these should NOT replace studying your notes!

Sun and Moon - Battleship game

Moon phases

Put the planets in order  (A student pointed out that the link was not opening the correct activity, and I've fixed it.  PLEASE let me know if you find any other broken or incorrect links.)

Seasons and the Moon - Jeopardy type game

Planet Trivia - Who Wants to Be a Millionaire type game

Solar System vocabulary  When playing this one, you can click the "change size button" to make the font at the bottom of the screen smaller.  This will allow you to see more of the definition.  This is the top button in the lower right corner.  Be sure you click "star over" to try the game multiple times.  You will get a different combination of words each time.