VIDEO REFERENCE:
Workshop 7

SUN and MYTHOLOGY

Solar Folklore

From the Stanford University Solar Center
http://solar-center.stanford.edu/folklore/folklore.html

The Center for Archaeoastronomy

This site from the University of Maryland explores "astronomical practices, celestial lore, mythologies, religions and world-views of all ancient cultures."
http://www.wam.umd.edu/~tlaloc/archastro/

Myths about the Sun

Choose from beginner, intermediate, or advanced explanations of mythologies about the sun for many different cultures. From the Windows to the Universe! Web site from the University of Michigan.

ICE AGES

Ice Ages

From the History of the Universe Web site, these pages explore the Earth's climate and ice ages.
http://www.historyoftheuniverse.com/iceage.html

Ice Ages

From the Illinois State Museum Exhibits http://www.museum.state.il.us/exhibits/ice_ages/

THE SOLAR SYSTEM and PLANETARY ORBIT

Eyes on the Sky, Feet on the Ground

Hands On Astronomy Activities for Kids, an online book from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. Chapter 2 focuses on the Earth's orbit.
http://hea-www.harvard.edu/ECT/the_book/Chap2/Chapter2.html

NASA Observatory-- Reference Module

A brief explanation of Kelper's three laws of planetary motion.
http://observe.ivv.nasa.gov/nasa/education/reference/orbits/orbit_sim.html

Kepler

A biography of Kepler
http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Kepler.html

The Nine Planets

A multimedia tour of the planets in our solar system.
http://www.seds.org/nineplanets/nineplanets/nineplanets.html

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