LibGuides: MS Astronomy: Home

Databases and Encyclopedias

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Use Infobase: Space and Astronomy to explore topics in the field of Space and Astronomy. Scroll down to click on more specific topics!

Britannica School This link opens in a new window
Explore the updated online encyclopedia from Encyclopaedia Britannica with hundreds of thousands of articles, biographies, videos, images, and Web sites.
Scholastic Go! This link opens in a new window
Grolier offers encyclopedia and nonfiction information from elementary to adult levels. All articles are lexiled and are correlated to national and state standards, with over 340,000 editor vetted web links, and over 1,100 world newspapers in 73 languages representing 195 countries.

Online websites

The NASA.gov site specializes in information for Middle School students. You may also want to browse the general topics in NASA.gov.

SkyandTelescope: is a monthly American magazine covering all aspects of amateur astronomy, including the following:

current events in astronomy and space exploration;
events in the amateur astronomy community;
reviews of astronomical equipment, books, and computer software;
amateur telescope making; and
astrophotography.

Cornell's Ask an Astronomer Website: This website offers a great overview of Astronomy, with links to biographies of women astronomers, and answers questions at different levels.

Space.com is a free Web resource providing up-to-date news articles, images, video clips, and streaming TV shows to help users learn about the universe surrounding our planet. Students can see what kinds of space-related topics are trending, or they navigate using the site's menu bar. As a downside, this site has many ads!

Astronauts

NASA Astronauts page lists biographies of past and present astronauts, as well as sections on international astronauts.

NASA's History of Women in Space lists names of women astronauts.

Universe Today's Most Famous Astronauts

Factcite.com lists biographies of astronauts. Use pdslibs and gooddata to access.

What is the Big Bang Theory?

The NASA Space Place explains the Big Bang Theory in animated cartoons.

These Khan Academy videos explain the Big Bang theory and the scale of the universe.

FactCite This link opens in a new window
FactCite is an award-winning collection of online reference resources designed and written especially for students in grade 1 - 8. Includes biographies, history, science, mythology, states, countries and much more.