Cracked.com: 5 Scientific theories that will make your head explode

5 Scientific theories that will make your head explode
20/8/08 – This is a particularly mind-boggling page, with some interesting facts for teaching about space.  Just how big is the universe?
Right now, on your computer screen [click the above link to view], are approximately 10,000 galaxies.
Each of those galaxies contains anywhere from ten million to one [...]

NASA Space Science Education Resource Directory

NASA Space Science Education Resource Directory
28/6/08 – “The Space Science Education Resource Directory is a convenient way to find NASA space science products for use in classrooms, science museums, planetariums, and other settings.” Great starting point for teaching about space.

Life in Space: lesson plans

Life in Space
28/6/08 – A sequence of lesson plans, ideas, resources and web links based on space and the planets in our solar system.

Animated Solar System

Animated Solar System
30/5/08 – Useful for showing relative distances and orbits. Not as attractive to use as some others but you can zoom in and alter the angle.

Giant Stars – animated model of the solar system

Giant Stars
23/4/08 – A fantastic, animated scale model showing relative sizes of planets and stars.