Space Colony Project Website suggestions:

Web Colony Design:

http://www.belmont.k12.ca.us/ralston/programs/itech/orbital/

http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Education/SpaceSettlement/70sArt/art.html

Near Earth Colony Proposals: http://www.permanent.com/

Types of Colonies: http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/S/spacecolony.html

Solar System Colonization Overview: http://www.hudsonfla.com/spaceviewinner.htm

Biosphere II

http://biospherics.org/

Types of Government:

http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government

Design your own flag:

http://www.scholastic.com/familymatters/parentguides/summer/makeflag.htm

Cultural Universals

http://www.teachtheteachers.org/projects/PWalker2/culture.htm

Economic Systems:

http://www.socialstudieshelp.com/Economic_Systems.htm

Create a City:

http://www.un.org/cyberschoolbus/habitat/index.asp

Space Colony Project Overview and History:

Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_colonization