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Curriculum: Third Grade
THIRD GRADE WEBSITES
Aerospace Curriculum

A.  Como Planetarium-Solar System
NASA Kids   NASA kids website filled with valuable information.
Solar System Exploration   One of the four science themes for the office of space science at NASA. Come and learn about the planets.
TheNine Planets    A multimedia tour of the solar system. Provides an overview of the history, mythology, and current scientific knowledge of each of the planets and moons in our solar system.
Solar Views   Discover the latest scientific information, or study the history of spaceexploration, rocketry, early astronauts, space missions, spacecraft through a vast archive of photographs, scientificfacts, text, graphics and videos.
Explore thePlanets    Exploring the planets through NASM.
Astro for Kids    Explore the planets and get valuable factsabout them.
CosmicQuest (Planets)    Field guide to the Universe. Get facts and information about each planets.

B.  Planet Research-Guide to Solar System Booklet

C.  Book-Vol.IV Beyond The Earth
www.dot.state.mn.us/aero/aved/publications/   Find this book volume and other publications here.  Will need Acrobatto download books.

D.  FLIGHT SITE-Polygon Plane Patches, Ultimate Ultra Lights

E.  International Space Station
www.scipoc.msfc.nasa.gov/    Science Operation News.  Track where the ISS is at the moment.
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/station/    Wealth of information pertaining to ISS and many other topics.
http://school.discovery.com/schooladventures/spacestation/    Indept resource on process of building the ISS in question format.

F.  Airplane Parts
www.avkids.com/hangar/smartparts/    Interactive parts of plane with explanations.  Will need to downloadFLASH.
www.desktopaero.com/adw/welcome.html    Airplane Design Workshop, design a 200 passenger airliner that will fly from Washington, DC to any destination of your choice.

G.  Air Communication/Air Traffic
http://virtualskies.arc.nasa.gov/vsmenu/vsmenu.html    Explore the world of air traffic management, and learn more about NASAresearch in aviation operation systems and safety.

H.  Aerospace Careers
www.nasajobs.nasa.gov/jobs/nasa_occuptions.htm    Find employment and description of different careers in our Nation’s SpaceProgram.
http://wings.avkids.com/careers/index.html    Careers in Aviation, Aerodynamics and related fields.
http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/aero/background/careers/    Find out about the different kinds of jobs in Aerospace.
http://kids.msfc.nasa.gov/Rockets/careers.asp    List of career titles at NASA.

I.  Aerospace Pioneer
Franklin Chang-Diaz
www.jsc.nasa.gov/bios/htmlbios/chang.html    NASA’s biographical data for Franklin Chang-Diaz.
http://www.dot.state.mn.us/aero/aved/publications/skyslim4/diaz.html    Brief overview of Franklin Chang-Diaz and his life.
Space ExplorerBio    Nice biographical summary of Franklin Chang-Diaz'saccomplishments.

Wright Brothers
http://wings.avkids.com/Book/Wright/index.html    Information about the Wright Brothers.

J.  Speaker-Air Traffic Controller, Astronomer
http://www.childrensmuseum.org/cosmicquest/fieldguide/astronomers.html    Read about famous Astronomers from past to present.

K.  Field Trip-American Wings Museum-Anoka
http://www.americanwings.org/    Explore museum and obtain information online.

L.  Additional Resources: