| A Guide To The Planets [ Kids/Teens ] - Beginners guide with basic facts about the nine planets. http://alistairmcclinton.tripod.com/ |
| Alex's Galaxy [ Kids/Teens ] - Contains a photograph gallery of the major celestial bodies in the solar system. http://alexpollard.com/space/ |
| Astronomy for Kids [ Kids/Teens ] - Offers a journey through the stars in an attempt to explore the universe. Includes facts about the planets, puzzles, sky facts and maps. http://www.dustbunny.com/afk/ |
| Astronomy.com-Astro for Kids [ Kids ] - Tells about each of the planets in our solar system and the sun. http://www.astronomy.com/asy/default.aspx?c=a&id=1091 |
| Bob the Alien's Tour of the Solar System [ Kids/Teens ] - Information about planets, moons, comets, asteroids, stars and galaxies. http://hometown.aol.com/bobalien99/index.htm |
| CyberSpace [ Kids/Teens/Mature Teens ] - An interactive journey through space to learn about the solar system and what lies beyond. Includes current astronomical information and news and a section for questions answered by professional astronomer. http://library.thinkquest.org/12659/main.html?tqskip1=1&tqtime=0615 |
| Earth and Moon Viewer [ Teens/Mature Teens ] - View the earth and moon from many vantage points and in multiple ways. Provides latitude and longitude positions as well as the altitude and time from which the images were taken. http://www.fourmilab.ch/earthview/vplanet.html |
| Earthrise : A Tour of Our Solar System [ Kids/Teens ] - Designed by kids, for kids, this is a great introduction to the 9 planets. Features video, sounds, and a guided tour. http://library.thinkquest.org/25401/ |
| Eternal Light Beacon - Space Day 2005 [ Kids/Teens ] - This website is a science project created for the Space Day 2005 competition. We are a team of 7 homeschoolers in 6th through 8th grade from Chieftain Christian Academy. http://www.eternallightbeacon.com |
| Exploring Planets in the Classroom [ Kids/Teens ] - More than 25 hands-on science activities about geology, earth, planetary, and space sciences. http://www.spacegrant.hawaii.edu/class_acts/index.html |
| Exploring the Planets [ Kids/Teens/Mature Teens ] - A collection of pictures, graphics and articles about the solar system and individual planets. From the National Air and Space Museum. http://www.nasm.si.edu/ceps/etp/etp.htm |
| F9 Kids [ Kids ] - Teaches kids some basic facts about the nine planets, along with stories, games, and a 'meet the kids' section. http://kids.f9.net.uk/ |
| How Big is the Solar System [ Teens ] - Also known as 'The Earth as a Peppercorn.' A scale model of the solar system. http://www.noao.edu/education/peppercorn/pcmain.html |
| Interactive Solar System Tutorial Learn about the Sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto with this interactive animated facts game. http://www.apples4theteacher.com/starwarp2.html |
| Live from the Hubble Space Telescope [ Kids/Teens ] - Provides an insiders' view of what it's like to work with Earth's most powerful space telescope. http://www.passporttoknowledge.com/hst/ |
| Our Solar System [ Teens ] - An overview of the sun, the nine planets, asteroids, comets, and other links. http://www.geocities.com/zinazora/solarsystem/index.htm |
| Our Solar System in Pictures [ Kids/Teens/Mature Teens ] - Pictures and quizzes about all the planets in the solar system. This site is especially useful to middle school students studying the solar system. http://www.the-solar-system.net/ |
| Passport to the Solar System [ Kids/Teens/Mature Teens ] - Provides an overview of the sun and each of the nine planets. Also includes biographies of researchers. http://www.passporttoknowledge.com/solarsystem/ |
| Planetary Fact Sheets [ Teens/Mature Teens ] - Factual information on the planets in the solar system, from Mercury to Pluto and beyond. http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/planetfact.html |
| Planets, Moons and Stars [ Kids ] - Thinkquest Junior site provides basic information about the solar system. http://library.thinkquest.org/J002809/main.html |