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Space Science
Solar System Scope

Solar System in 3D.   SSS means Astronomy for Everybody. Whether you are a student, astronomy fan or an accidental browser, you are most welcome to play with our user-friendly application. It's full of space-art graphics, has easy-to-use interface with various settings and offers interesting information.

SSS will illustrate you real-time celestial positions with planets and constellations moving over the night sky.
But I can see you're not just a passive spectator - and that's good, because you can actively change parameters for a better understanding of happenings in our Solar System and the Universe

Celestia

Celestia is a free downloadable space exploration simulation program.  It's a satellite imagery programs that allows you to see the Earth's surface, plus zoom in on moons, stars, and planets. The user controls what they see. Operating the program is easy enough to be used by students as young as six or seven.

Planet Science
Amazing Space

Amazing Space uses the Hubble Space Telescope's discoveries to inspire and educate about the wonders of our universe. Amazing Space is a great website for teachers and students of astronomy. Amazing Space has a great collection of virtual tours and online simulations. Each simulation contains valuable lessons about an astronomy topic for elementary, middle and high school students.

Google Sky

Google Sky offers great images of outer space captured by the Hubble Space Telescope and the Sloan Digital Sky Survey.  

Sloan Digital Sky Survey

 This website presents data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, a project to make a map of a large part of the universe. We would like to show you the beauty of the universe, and share with you our excitement as we build the largest map in the history of the world. The galleries of famous places is one of the world's most extensive public galleries of space imagery (over 50 million).

Google Earth

To view the moon imagery and to view tours of the moon in Google Earth simply select "moon" from the planet menu in the Google Earth toolbar.  Some of the coolest features of Google Earth moon are the layers based on different Apollo missions as well as the embedded video footage recorded at the moon. Watch the video below to learn more about "moon view" in Google Earth.  You can also view Mars in Google Earth by turning on the Mars view. See the screen capture above to see where to locate Mars view in Google Earth. Watch the video below to learn more about "Mars view" in Google Earth.
 

World Wide Telescope

WorldWide Telescope (WWT) enables your computer to function as a virtual telescope, bringing together imagery from the best ground and space-based telescopes in the world. Experience narrated guided tours from astronomers and educators featuring interesting places in the sky.

NASA

NASA brings you images, videos and interactive features from the unique perspective of America's space agency.

 

School District of Horicon

Our Vision
"Striving for Excellence in Education"

Our Mission
In partnership with family and community, the School District of Horicon strives for excellence in education, challenging students to reach their fullest potential and to become productive, responsible, respectful members of our global society.

 

Non-Discrimination Policy

It is the policy of the School District of Horicon that no person shall be discriminated against on the basis of sex, race, color, national origin, ancestry, creed, religion, pregnancy, marital or parental status, sexual orientation, handicap or physical, mental, emotional or learning disability.

 

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