. An inquiry-based science curriculum . for kindergarten through sixth grade . Brought to you by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory . Sponsored by NASA's Learning Technologies Project . Copyright ї1998 Smithsonian Institution . This site is best viewed with Netscape Communicator.
home education > activities . ... Astronomy . ... In this collaborative group activity, teams of students use the internet to find moon myths in a number of cultures and then try to discern the astronomy behind each myth. There is a section on researching moon missions that just seems tacked on to curry favor with NASA. [e,m] . ... A field test version with good activities and background information about the Saturn system and the Cassini mission, which is scheduled to enter Saturn orbit in 2004. ...