Wealth of Technology

The new technology I am going to focus on right now is Celestia...the great NASA solar system explorer. It is quick and relatively easy to explore the solar system...and it is entertaining enough to keep a classroom occupied. It lists plenty of information about each planet and even takes the appropriate amount of "time" to "travel" form planet to planet (much longer to get to Uranus than the moon). I am really excited for this one and I would love to use it in my classrooms. I hope to use lots of science in my elementary school classroom, and the planets are probably among my favorites. To have such an easily accessible tool is fantastic!