Frequently Asked Questions Thousands of web sites for educators and students. Support for long-term classroom planning and professional development. Information covering important topics for today's educators and parents. In the games section, students can perform activities such as finding out their weights on different planets, putting together the parts of a virtual plane, and coloring pictures either online or on printable images. The articles, which are published one per week, cover topics that include the contributions of scientists to the study of space, issues related to spacecrafts, and objects in space.
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Scientific terms are listed in the margins and are defined when the user rolls the cursor over them. Audio versions of some of the articles are provided. One article explains how the tongue of a glacier broke off and became two large icebergs. It discusses how scientists used satellite images to detect the change in the glacier. In one of the margins of the article, readers can find the definition of the terms glacier and iceberg as well as links to related articles.