Charting the Planets (EB-111, 1992)
Lesson plan for interpreting characteristics of planets by using information in charts. Charts, activities, and additional resources given. (7th grade and up, 8 pp. Free.) Contact the Teacher Resource Center at the NASA field center serving your area.

Discovering Jupiter (PAM-540)
Description and color photos of Jupiter. Also includes information on missions to Jupiter and includes a foldout poster. (Free.) Contact the Teacher Resource Center at the NASA field center that serves your area.

Discovering Mars (PAM-537)
Description and color photos of Mars. Also includes information on missions to Mars and includes a foldout poster. (Free.) Contact the Teacher Resource Center at the NASA field center that serves your area.

Discovering Saturn (PAM-541)
Description and color photos of Saturn. Also includes information on missions to Saturn and includes a foldout poster. (Free.) Contact the Teacher Resource Center at the NASA field center that serves your area.

Earth, Sun, and Moon--Rotation and Revolution (1994)
Activity book teaching the motion of these three bodies and their effects on Earth. Reproducible worksheets, games, and poster. ($5.95. Grades 3-6. 17 pp.) Source = EVAN

The Exploration of Mars (EB-112, 1993)
History of Mars exploration by artificial satellites and lander. Proposed missions outlined. Includes b/w photos, activities, and charts. (8th grade and up. 8 pp. Free.) Contact the Teacher Resource Center at the NASA field center serving your area.

Isaac Asimov New Library of the Universe Series, Revised ed. (1994, 1995)
A series of books for young people covering such topics as the Moon, planets, Sun, and universe. Individual titles available. (34-volume set. Grades 3-6. $13.95 each, $406.30 for the set.)

      Gareth Stevens Publishing
      P.O. Box 93915
      Milwaukee WI 53202
      1-800-542-2595

Mission to Planet Earth:  A Program to Understand Global Environmental Change (1994)
Environmental issues discussed from the viewpoint of study from space. (7th grade and up. 10 pp. Free.) Contact the Teacher Resource Center at the NASA field center serving your area.

Our Solar System at a Glance (NP-157, 1991)
Information about the Sun and planets. Summarizes spacecraft exploration of the solar system. Includes b/w photos and charts. (High school. 33 pp. Free.) Contact the Teacher Resource Center at the NASA field center serving your area.

Our Spectacular Solar System (1995)
Activity book and kit. Includes bulletin board punch-outs, reproducibles, teaching guide, make it and take it books, and patterns. ($14.95. K-3. 96 pp.)

      Copycat Press
      P.O. Box 081546
      Racine WI 53408-1546
      Phone:  414-634-0146
      Fax:  414-634-0146

The Planets (1994)
Activity book on planets. Includes posters, reproducibles, games, lecture notes, and worksheets. ($5.95. Grades 1-3. 17 pp.) Source = EVAN

Seeing the Sky:  100 Projects, Activities, and Explorations in Astronomy (1990) written by Fred Schaaf.
Activities for observing the Moon, planets, stars, sunsets, twilights, blue sky, light pollution, meteors and comets, rainbows, halos, coronas and glories, eclipses, and elusive glows. Line drawings, charts. (Paperback, $16.95. Jr. high and up. 212 pp.)

      John Wiley and Sons.
      1-800-225-5945

Ulysses Mission Status Report No. 5 (1994)
Gives details of the Ulysses mission to the Sun, why it is an important and unique mission. (High school. 8 pp. Free.)

      JPL Teacher Resource Center
          or
      Ulysses Project Office
      818-354-1886.

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