Welcome to the Planets

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published by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory

This site contains a large number of photos of the planets, with information about each of them. Teachers can use this site to augment textbooks and add excitement to the lesson.

https://pds.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/

Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
Astronomy - Solar System	- High School - Lower Undergraduate - Middle School	- Collection - Reference Material - Audio/Visual = Image/Image Set

Appropriate Courses	Categories	Ratings
- Physical Science - Physics First - Conceptual Physics - Algebra-based Physics - AP Physics	- Activity - New teachers	Currently 0.0/5 Want to rate this material? Login here!

Intended Users:: Learner
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Formats:: image/jpeg
text/html
audio/mpeg
audio/realaudio
image/gif
Access Rights:: Free access and
Available for purchase; The web site resources are available for free. A CDROM of the material is available for a small fee.
Restriction:: Additional information is available.
Keywords:: Earth, Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, Neptune, Pluto, Saturn, Small bodies, Uranus, Venus
Record Creator:: Metadata Instance Creation Date October 12, 2003 by Kathleen Lowry
Record Updated:: August 23, 2016 by Lyle Barbato
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This resource is part of 2 Physics Front Topical Units.

Topic: Astronomy
Unit Title: Astronomy Resources For the High School Classroom

A set of images of all the planets with accompanying video, statistics, and NASA exploration information. Appropriate for high school and middle school.

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Topic: Astronomy
Unit Title: Astronomy Resources for the K-8 Classroom

A comprehensive set of images of all the planets with accompanying video, statistics, and NASA exploration information. Appropriate for middle school. The images would be enriching for an upper elementary classroom.

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(Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena), WWW Document, (https://pds.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/).

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Welcome to the Planets, (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena), <https://pds.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/>.

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Welcome to the Planets. (n.d.). Retrieved October 20, 2017, from Jet Propulsion Laboratory: https://pds.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/

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Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Welcome to the Planets. Pasadena: Jet Propulsion Laboratory. https://pds.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/ (accessed 20 October 2017).

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Welcome to the Planets. Pasadena: Jet Propulsion Laboratory. 20 Oct. 2017 <https://pds.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/>.

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