Astronomy

Solar Motion Model

Help students understand the basis for Earth seasons and the apparent solar behavior with this solar motion model. The actual path of the sun through the local sky can be visualized for any place i... More.

Trippensee® Lighted Elementary Planetarium Model

An economical, lighted planetarium made by the makers of the world famous Trippensee® Planetarium. Chain and sprocket drive; sturdy plastic arm with compass for locating North Star; Earth glob... More.

Trippensee® Hand-Driven Illuminated Planetarium Model

A lighted model of the world’s most widely used planetarium. It shows synchronized motions of Venus, Earth, moon, and sun, and other planetary phenomena, including all the important Earth, mo... More.

Trippensee® System Model

Features 8 planetary orbits, plus the orbits of Earth’s moon and Pluto, for 10 orbits altogether. This Copernican heliocentric solar system is made by the makers of the world famous Trippense... More.

Exploring the Solar System Kit

Twenty complete lessons include hands-on activities that combine the Solar System Simulator and the Microslide® Viewer and lesson sets, to further investigate our solar system. Grades 4-12. More.

Exploring the Earth Moon System Kit

The kit brings together the popular 3-D Orbiter model with the Microslide® Lesson set series in a highly effective multimedia teaching tool. Students manipulate the model, examine visual evide... More.

Exploring the Solar System Teacher’s Guide

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Exploring the Earth Moon System Teacher’s Guide

This 44-page teacher’s guide includes comprehensive lesson plans, easy hands-on experiments, reproducible student worksheets, assessment notes, extension activities, background information, r... More.

Astronomy I

Six transparencies with one overlay and five movable parts explore the relationships of the sun, Earth, moon, planets, and stars. Covers seasons, moon, eclipses, star chart, solar system, day and n... More.

Official NASA Moon Globe

This extraordinary 12" dia. globe accurately depicts the geographical features of the earth’s moon, including craters, “seas”, and mountain ranges. NASA approved. 15" H. G... More.