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Sciences: Year Five - Life in Space

Macmillan ebooks - Space

To access Macmillan ebooks:

  1. GenConnect  - type Space Frontiers into the search box
  2. Select the folder tab – Space Frontiers will be the only result - click to open:
  • Space Technology
  • Space Science
  • Our Solar System
  • Space Missions

Space Glossary

The Solar System

Space for Kids

For this task two of our online encyclopedias will be most useful. Try:

  • Encyclopedia Britannica – Primary level
  • World book – Kids level

Click on the links below.

Mapping the night Sky

Skynotes – Scienceworks Victoria 

Beginner’s Guide to the Night Sky

Monthly Sky Guides

The Planets

For this task two of our online encyclopedias will be most useful. Try:

  • Encyclopedia Britannica – Primary level
  • World book – Kids level

Click on the links below.

Space Exploration 'Firsts'

Exploring the Solar System

 

Images from the Hubble Telescope

Views of Earth from the International Space Station

What is a Space Probe?

The 10 Greatest Space Probes even Flown

Space Probes - National Geographic

Space probes – Smithsonian

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