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Galileo Galilei was born February 15, 1564. He was the first to use a telescope to look at the night sky. Learn about inventions that help us understand the universe better.

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Government Sites

America by Air - National Air and Space Museum - This site has different activities, including a virtual flight across America during different parts of the twentieth century.

Apollo 11: Walking On the Moon - Find out what it took to put a man on the Moon. (Flash required)

Dynamic Earth - An interactive and engaging site to teach about science of the earth; it includes sections on Gems and Minerals, Rocks and Mining, Plate Tectonics and Volcanoes, and the Solar Sytem.

Geospatial Intelligence - Learn all about geospatial intelligence - imagery, imagery intelligence, analysis, and world geography.

Jet Propulsion Laboratory for Students - Learn about our Earth, the solar system, and our universe through slideshows and interactive games.

Kids Only Game Time! NASA Earth Science Enterprise - Listen to an earthquake's rumble - find out why the wind blows - visit storms up close and play games.

NASA Education - Grades K-4 - Read stories, play games and learn all about space, including a listing of homework topics.

NASA for Students Grades K - 4 - Learn about what is happening in the night sky, play games, and learn about space

NASA Kids Club - This site has games to help you learn about exploring space, building and launching rockets, exploring Mars, keeping airplanes on schedule and helping a comet travel through the solar system.

NASA Quest - Learn about flight and the people who made it happen.

NASA Video Gallery - See the recent and most popular videos from NASA.

Sky Watch 2.0 - Want to know when a spacecraft will be flying over your city? You can find out here.

Space Place Live - Kate and Carlos interview real scientists who work on space projects to find out what it’s like to work as a scientist, how they got started in science, and what they like to do for fun.

StarChild - A Learning Center for Young Astronomers - Here you will find interesting information about a lot of amazing space subjects.

Stars and Galaxies - NASA - Find out about current space missions and the new world atlas.

The Space Place - NASA brings you an exciting way to look at our Sun and Earth, our solar system and the universe beyond.

The Universe - NASA - To begin learning about the universe, you just need to look up at the night sky. That's how astronomy began.

Virtual Field Trip - Jet Propulsion Laboratory - Learn how JPL explores space and studies Earth.

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