Ask an Astronomer From CalTech's Cool Cosmos site. Windows Media or QuickTime videos answering common kid questions.
Astro for Kids from Astronomy.com. Facts on the Solar System, navigating by the stars, and more. For upper elementary and above. Cool photos, too.
Astronomy for Kids Easy to use, straightforward site with simple astronomy facts for kids.
Astronomy Picture of the Day APOD. Every day a new astronomy photo or painting, with a narrative under it. The photos are absolutely astounding, breathtaking, stunning, magnificent. ! The site also has a Glossary, Educational links/resources, more. Cruise the Archives for many more pix! From NASA.
Atlas of the Universe This site rocks! "This web page is designed to give everyone an idea of what our universe actually looks like. There are nine main maps on this web page, each one approximately ten times the scale of the previous one. The first map shows the nearest stars and then the other maps slowly expand out until we have reached the scale of the entire visible universe." The site does a very good job of it, too.
Catching the Light Astrophotography by Jerry Lodriguss. AWESOME photos will make you remember the wonder that first drew you to astronomy.
Celestia Motherlode is where you can download extensions, add-ons, etc for Celestia. If it's even possible to improve upon Celestia, this is where to do it. There are some really great things here! Watch the file size, some of these are fairly big for some school computers.
Cosmos4Kids! offers a lot of good basic information about astronomy in a highly organized site.
Exploring Planets in the Classroom hands-on science activities This Hawaiian site has hands-on activities.
Hakan's Space Balls is an arty site, all on one page; that compares the sizes of Earth, Venus, and the other planets; then compares them all to the sun; then compares the sun's size to other, larger and larger stars. Really explains the comparative sizes of heavenly bodies without using words.
Kids Astronomy section of KidsKnowIt. Good information, well organized if busy site.
Mars for Kids has games and activities (online and printouts) for kids. The games are fun and educational. Note: Your Weight on Mars doesn't work (but that's OK, we already link to Your Weight On Other Worlds anyway) and "A Little ROCK on Mars" has a broken link.
NASA Images This is the new NASA image archive site, which catalogues 100,000 stunning images! All the space photos NASA has posted are here. We looked at at a few hundred and were amazed. A fantastic reference source, or just look at the thousands of photos!
NASA Mars Rover Missions This is the main site for Opportunity and Spirit. You can get to all the Mars Rover photos from here. Also has links Mars for Kids and Mars for Educators.
NASA Space Place "Welcome to the Space Place! Come on in and check out our games, animations, projects, and fun facts about Earth, space and technology."
Phoenix Mars Mission Wow! We have a new lander on the North Pole of Mars! This is the education section of the official site. There's Mars 101, five sections of info about Mars. Just for Kids has the fun stuff and activities (and Steve the Cat.) Phoenix Classroom has lesson plans, activities, and resources. The Web Exhibit is woth watching, although the Flash video was rather small and hard to read. Pictures from Mars are accessible from the Phoenix home page.
Sky This is the "sky" portion of Sea and Sky's site. A very good resource, the site has good information on the Messier Catalog, constellations, photo galleries, tours of the solar system, an illustrated glossary, and games. We can't recommend the "Sky News" section for kids' viewing, but the rest of the site is excellent. Someone did a lot of work to gather and organize all this information
Space Science from Extreme Science. The space section of the larger site.
StarChild Nice site for beginning astronomers from NASA. Good information and cute, too.
StarDate Yep, it's the same people who have the show on National Public Radio! Stargazing, Resources, Teachers, more. Link opens into the Resources section, with links and a big glossary!
Stellar Evolution is a fine repeating Flash video of the life and death of a star. Good for about 8th grade and up. Discusses stellar decay, elements. From Valdosta State University, Valdosta, Georgia, USA.
The Nine Planets A good informational site that kids have used for years. Scroll down to Contents to see what they have.
UDF SkyWalker - the Hubble telescope Deep Field interactive site! Use the small field at the top left to scroll around in the larger field. Cool!
The Universe within 1 billion Light Years - The Neighbouring Superclusters. "Galaxies and clusters of galaxies are not uniformly distributed in the Universe, instead they collect into vast clusters and sheets and walls of galaxies interspersed with large voids in which very few galaxies seem to exist. The map above shows many of these superclusters including the Virgo supercluster - the minor supercluster of which our galaxy is just a minor member. The entire map is approximately 7 percent of the diameter of the entire visible Universe." There are also maps of other superclusters.
Visible Earth NASA has listed their favorite photos of earth from space. Many cool photos, worth checking them out.
Welcome to the Planets This NASA site has plenty of photos and facts about the planets. Colorful and nicely laid out.
Your Age on Other Worlds Your age in years is different on different planets!
Your Weight On Other Worlds Kids are amazed at what they would weigh (or not weigh) on different planets!
Zoom Astronomy "is a comprehensive on-line site about space and astronomy. It is designed for people of all ages and levels of comprehension. It has an easy-to-use structure that allows readers to start at a basic level on each topic and then to progress to much more advanced information as desired, simply by clicking on links." Extremely good site, typical of Zoom.
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