Planet+Earth+and+Beyond

[|Drain the Ocean] is a series that is currently airing on the National Geographic Channel. The [|companion website] has some excellent resources for science teachers. On the [|Drain the Ocean] website you will find videos, interactive maps, photos, and fact sheets about the Ocean's floor. On this website you will also find links to [|National Geographic's Google Earth files] documenting the world's oceans. Also linked Drain the Ocean is [|Ocean Now]. [|Ocean Now] is a National Geographic expedition that is studying the "last healthy, undisturbed places in the ocean." Your students can follow the expedition on the [|Ocean Now] website as well as submit questions to members of the expedition.

[|Celestia]
The free space simulation that lets you explore our universe in three dimensions. Celestia runs on Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X. [|Guide to Celestia]
 * Unlike most planetarium software,** Celestia doesn't confine you to the surface of the Earth. You can travel throughout the solar system, to any of over 100,000 stars, or even beyond the galaxy. DOWNLOAD

[|EarthLive - Virtual Earth]
Explore a variety aspects of the earth including animal kingdom, global warming, etc. There are also links to games about the earth.

[|Images and Multimedia]
Lots of planet earth (space) resources and videos available here

[|Global Warming Facts and Our Future]


[|Planet Science]
Planet 10 is a virtual model of our Solar System. There are two activities included in Planet 10

1.0 Solar System:
Explore the planets, comets and asteroids on an interactive virtual fly-through. Zoom in close on a particular planet or choose a different orbit view to see the whole system from afar. The data sheets let you discover more about some of the elements that make up our Solar System.

**2.0 World Builder:**
Think you could create the perfect World? Here’s your chance to try. With World Builder, you call the shots. Work your way through each of the creation screens, but make your choices wisely, only certain conditions will ensure your planet is a successful place to grow and evolve.

[|Space Junk]
Download this file: http://adn.agi.com/SatelliteDatabase/SatelliteDatabase.kmz You MUST see this. Give it time to load. It loads a database that will plot the position of every known bit of space debris and satellites, both active and inactive. You won’t believe how crowded our skies are.

Then, click on an icon of a satellite and it will bring up the information about it – including whether or not it’s active. It could be just a dead hunk of metal floating around up there.

[|American Museum of Natural History]
Current research about the natural world.

[|The Sky]
Explore the sky

[|Poly9 FreeEarth]
Poly9 FreeEarth is a cross-browser, cross-platform 3D globe which does not require any download. Give it a spin!

=[|10 things you don’t know about the Earth]=

[|Flash Earth]
Satelitte and aerial imagery of the Earth

[|Global Warming Interactive]
[|Planet in Peril] CNN's award-winning series examines the environmental conflicts between growing populations and natural resources. Use these in-depth research activities and guides to help young people understand the issues facing the planet.

[|Evolution - what next?] An interactive timeline

[|Earth View]
Up to the minute views of the Earth. Zoom in for closeups!

[|Earth 3D]
DOWNLOAD. Earth3D is a program that visualizes the earth in a realtime 3D view. It uses data from[|NASA],[|USGS], the [|CIA] and the city of[|Osnabrück]. The program's features are
 * viewing the earth as a whole
 * zooming in until countries, cities and even single houses become visible (if I had such maps, so this is currently limited to the city of Osnabrück, Germany)
 * embedding external data like current earthquake positions or cloud data

[|Webquest Pluto]
Should its planet status be going out of space?

[|NASA Quest page]
is a great place for teachers to find activities for teaching about space and space exploration.