101. Great Sites For Great Kids - Astronomy Great demonstration you can do; astronomy for kids A good place to start.astronomy for kids - another place with lots to learn here; In the Sky Tonight http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/Tower/1217/third1.html

Astronomy Cosmic Quest - a great field guide to the universe Astronomy for Kids - These fact sheets are a good place to start. Constellations - diagrams of the figures they are supposed to represent. Mythology of the Constellations - becomes more interesting when you know the story Match the Constellations - Use this Shockwave game to test your knowledge. Connect the Stars - Can you draw the constellations? There are hints to help. Space Hopper Constellation Game - Can you identify these? Star Pronunciation Guide - with great line drawings too Zoom Astronomy - lots of visuals enhance the learning experience Views of the Solar System - really great pictures How do the Earth and Sun Move? - easy-to-understand explanation Field Guide to the Universe - good information from the children's Museum of Indianapolis Solar System Puzzle - test your knowledge Concentrate - Be sure to learn about the pictures too. Your Weight on Other Worlds - Do you know why we do weight the same on other planets? How Much Would You Weigh on another Planet?

102. 4th And 5th Grade Student Research Resources -Space And Astronomy Sources astronomy for kids A good place to start. Space Science Hotlist You will findlinks to almost everything that is important. http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/Tower/1217/space.html

Space and Astronomy Resources Astronomy and Solar System Resources NASA and Space Resources Space Games and Simulations Click on any bar to return to the top of the page. Astronomy and Solar System Windows to the Universe This site has everything. The Solar System Guide A great place to start your search for basics and beyond Astronomy 161 Sometimes difficult, but excellent visuals help with understanding. Virtual Solar System information from National Geographic The Nine Planets Here is an overview of the history, mythology, and current scientific knowledge. Center for Science Education a wealth of information and visuals on many topics Our Solar System: Planets and Their Motion - great pictures The Martian Sun Times - great site with lots of information, activities,and visuals Here Comes the Sun - This is a self-guided tutorial on the sun and its effects on the environment. Amazing Space - interactive exploration of light and more Sunspots - information, photos, history, and more Solar Eclipse - everything you need to know Exploring the Sun_Earth Connection - excellent activities section and current information from the IMAGE Spacecraft Eclipse Page - information and photos from the past Planetary Photojournal 1190 images and growing Astronaut Photography of the Earth huge excellent collection from NASA Space Kids a wonderful resource from NASA Earthviewer Customize your look from space.

103. The Space Place :: Home Demonstrates and explains scientific concepts related to astronomy in a fun, handson manner. http://spaceplace.jpl.nasa.gov/en/kids/

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104. Astronomy For Kids Offers details about the size, the position and the movement of the planet. http://www.frontiernet.net/~kidpower/venus.html

VENUS Is the closest planet to the Earth. It is about the same size as the Earth. Is the second planet in order from the Sun. It is about 108 million kilometers from the Sun. Makes one complete orbit around the Sun every 224.7 days. Rotates on its axis more slowly than any other planet. It completes one rotation in about 243 days and 24 minutes. Is the brightest object in our sky, besides the Sun and Moon. Has no satellites.

105. Astronomy For Kids Venus Includes details about its location, its visibility, its size and its surface. http://www.dustbunny.com/afk/planets/venus/

You are seeing this message because you are using an out-of-date browser. Please click here for more information. Venus Facts Distance from Sun Approximately 67 million miles Number of Moons None Diameter 7,200 miles Length of Day 243 Earth days Length of Year 225 Earth days Named for Roman goddess of beauty Visited by Galileo, Magellan, Mariner 10 and others Beauty Can Be Only Skin Deep The second planet from the Sun has been named for the Roman goddess of love and beauty. When you see it in the morning or evening sky, or if you are lucky enough to have a telescope, you would agree with this name. However, if you were unfortunate enough to be dropped onto the surface of this planet, you would find that it is a very unpleasant place indeed. The atmosphere of Venus is made up almost entirely of clouds of sulfuric acid, the temperature stays constant at around nine hundred degrees Fahrenheit and winds on the surface blow constantly at hundreds of miles per hour. The atmospheric pressure on the surface of Venus is much like that in the ocean here on Earth at a depth of around half a mile. It is an extremely dangerous place, and the two spacecraft that have landed on Venus have managed to survive for just long enough to send back a few pictures before they were crushed by the pressure of the atmosphere and melted by the extremely high temperatures.

106. Astronomy - Oops! Page Or Resource Not Found. Please Select From An Option Below Details about the shape, the size, the surface and the atmosphere of the planet. http://www.astronomy.com/content/static/AstroForKids/venus.asp

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107. Astronomy For Kids Provides details about the composition, the position, the movement and the moons of the planet. http://www.frontiernet.net/~kidpower/uranus.html

URANUS Is composed mainly of hydrogen and helium gases. Its mass (weight) is over 14 times that of the Earth. Its diameter is 4 times that of our planet. Is the seventh planet in order from the Sun. It is about 2.9 billion kilometers from the Sun. Makes one complete orbit around the Sun every 84 years. Rotates on its axis about the same speed as the Neptune. It completes one rotation in about 17 hours and 14 minutes. Can sometimes be seen with the naked eye. Has a total of 15 satellites (or moons).

108. Astronomy For Kids Uranus Offers details about the location, the visibility, the size and the rings of this planet. http://www.dustbunny.com/afk/planets/uranus/

You are seeing this message because you are using an out-of-date browser. Please click here for more information. Uranus Facts Distance from Sun Approximately 1.8 billion miles Number of Moons At least 21 Diameter Approximately 32,000 miles Length of Day 17 Earth hours Length of Year 84 Earth years Name Ancient Greek god. Visited by Voyager 2 A Seemingly Featureless Planet Uranus, along with Neptune and Pluto, is in the most distant region of our solar system. The giant planet, which is another of the gas giants of our solar system, is more than twice as far away from the Sun as Saturn. If you get a chance to look at Uranus through a telescope, all you will see is a faint blue disk that appears exceptionally dull and lifeless. Even pictures sent back by the Voyager mission and the Hubble Space Telescope seem to show that Uranus is a dull, unexciting place. As always, though, things aren't what they seem. Uranus has many interesting features, including its ring system, varied moons and much more. The bland face that the planet shows to us humans hides high speed winds, the fact that Uranus is tilted on its side and a very mysterious weather system. Read on to find out more about this mysterious world! Uranus from Voyager A picture of Uranus taken by the Voyager 2 spacecraft.

109. Astronomy - Oops! Page Or Resource Not Found. Please Select From An Option Below Details about the movement, the size, the temperature, the atmosphere, the gravity and the moons of the planet. http://www.astronomy.com/content/static/AstroForKids/uranus.asp

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110. Astronomy For Kids Includes details about the size, the position, the movement and the moons of the planet. http://www.frontiernet.net/~kidpower/saturn.html

SATURN Is the second largest of all the planets. Its mass (weight) is over 95 times that of the Earth. Its diameter is over 10 times that of our planet. Is the sixth planet in order from the Sun. It is about 1.4 billion kilometers from the Sun. Makes one complete orbit around the Sun every 29.46 years. Rotates on its axis at a very fast speed. It completes one rotation in about 10 hours and 39 minutes. Is known for the many rings that go around it. Has a total of 21 satellites.

111. Astronomy For Kids Saturn Offers details regarding the location, the visibility, the size and the rings of the planet. http://www.dustbunny.com/afk/planets/saturn/

You are seeing this message because you are using an out-of-date browser. Please click here for more information. Saturn Facts Distance from Sun Approximately 856 million miles Number of Moons At least 34 Diameter Approximately 75,000 miles Length of Day 10 hours, 39 minutes Length of Year 29.5 years Name Roman god of agriculture Visited by Pioneer 11, Voyager 1, Voyager 2, Cassini (2004) The Solar System's "Lord of the Rings" Saturn has been a source of wonder and amazement for Earth dwellers since ancient history. This sense of wonder increased in 1610 when Galileo turned his first telescope on this giant planet and was the first person to see Saturn's beautiful ring system. What Galileo saw, although he didn't see it clearly, was the beautiful system of rings that surround the giant planet. His early telescope wasn't good enough to show details in the rings, so he wasn't quite sure what he was seeing, but he certainly realized that it was something very special. (Saturn was the first planet I ever saw through my telescope and I will never forget how stunning it was to see the rings for the first time.) The advantage that we have now is that we can see the rings of Saturn using almost any moderately priced telescope. A good telescope allows us to see that there isn't just one ring around Saturn, but that what appears to be one ring through a low powered telescope is revealed as a complicated system of rings through a good telescope.

112. Astronomy - Oops! Page Or Resource Not Found. Please Select From An Option Below Provides images and facts about the size, the rings, the temperature and the moons of the planet. http://www.astronomy.com/content/static/AstroForKids/saturn.asp

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113. Astronomy For Kids Provides a picture and brief facts about the planet. http://www.frontiernet.net/~kidpower/pluto.html

PLUTO Is the smallest planet. Its mass (weight) is 1/500th that of the Earth. Its diameter is about 1/6 that of our planet. Is the ninth planet in order from the Sun. It is about 5.9 billion kilometers from the Sun. Makes one complete orbit around the Sun every 248 years. Rotates on its axis slowly when compared to Earth. It completes one rotation in about 6 days and 9 minutes. Is sometimes known as a double-planet because it has a moon (Charon) that orbits it. Has a total of 1 satellite (or moons).

114. Astronomy For Kids Pluto Includes details about its location and facts related to visibility, size, surface and its moons. http://www.dustbunny.com/afk/planets/pluto/

You are seeing this message because you are using an out-of-date browser. Please click here for more information. Pluto Facts Average Distance from Sun Approximately 3.6 billion miles Number of Moons One Diameter 1417 miles Length of Day Over 6 Earth days Length of Year 248 Earth years Name Comes from the Roman god of the underworld. Small, Cold, Dark and Lonely Pluto The last member of our family of planets is Pluto. At an average distance of over three billion miles from the Sun, Pluto, and its tiny moon Charon, are very much off by themselves. Pluto is so small that six moons of the solar system are larger than this small planet. As a matter of fact, there has been a lot of discussion about whether Pluto is a planet at all, given the fact that it is so tiny and its orbit is both an exaggerated ellipse and doesn't fall into the same plane as the orbits of the rest of the planets. If we had it to do over again, Pluto would probably not be classified as a planet, but as a large asteroid. We have been calling it a planet for so long it seems like a shame to change it now, though. Image courtesy of: Hubble Space Telescope An Unknown Icy World Pluto is so far away that even the mighty Hubble Space Telescope can't get us a very good picture. The image at right is the best image to date we have of this distant world. Very little is known about Pluto except that it is very, very cold and exceptionally dark. At this distance, the Sun is very much like all the rest of the stars you would see from its surface.

115. Astronomy - Oops! Page Or Resource Not Found. Please Select From An Option Below Offers details about its temperature, its size and its gravity. http://www.astronomy.com/content/static/AstroForKids/pluto.asp

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116. Astronomy For Kids Includes a picture and brief facts about this planet. http://www.frontiernet.net/~kidpower/mercury.html

MERCURY Is about the same size as the Moon. Its mass (weight) is 1/20th that of the Earth. Its diameter is 2/5 that of our planet. Is the closest planet to the Sun. It is about 58 million kilometers from the Sun. Makes one complete orbit around the Sun every 87.97 days. Rotates on its axis very slowly compared to Earth. It completes one rotation in about 58 days and 15 minutes. Is covered with mountains, craters, ridges and valleys. Has no satellites.

117. Astronomy For Kids Mercury Provides details related to location, visibility, size, origin of its name and surface. http://www.dustbunny.com/afk/planets/mercury/

You are seeing this message because you are using an out-of-date browser. Please click here for more information. Mercury Facts Distance from Sun Varies between 27 million miles and 41 million miles Number of Moons None Diameter 3,000 miles Length of Day 176 Earth days Length of Year 88 Earth days Named for Roman god of commerce Visited by Mariner 10 Mercury - the Winged Messenger Tiny Mercury is the second smallest planet in our solar system, only Pluto is smaller. As a matter of fact, there are two moons in the solar system that are larger than this planet! Jupiter's moon Ganymede and Saturn's moon Titan are both larger than the closest planet to the Sun. In addition, the surface temperature on Mercury varies widely, with the side of the planet facing the Sun having an average temperature of over 650 degrees Fahrenheit, while the "dark" side of the planet has an average temperature less than 270 degrees below zero Fahrenheit. Even though Mercury is one of our closest planetary neighbors, we don't know a whole lot about it. It has only been visited by one spacecraft, Mariner 10. Since the planet is so close to the Sun, it's not safe to have the Hubble Space Telescope take pictures of it.

118. Astronomy - Oops! Page Or Resource Not Found. Please Select From An Option Below Provides details about its size, its movement, its atmosphere and its surface. http://www.astronomy.com/content/static/AstroForKids/mercury.asp

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119. Astronomy For Kids Includes a picture and brief facts about this planet. http://www.frontiernet.net/~kidpower/neptune.html

NEPTUNE Is very similar to Uranus in size. Its mass (weight) is over 17 times that of the Earth. Its diameter is 4 times that of our planet. Is the eighth planet in order from the Sun. It is about 4.5 billion kilometers from the Sun. Makes one complete orbit around the Sun every 164.79 years. Rotates on its axis about the same speed as Uranus. It completes one rotation in about 18 hours and 26 minutes. Has a weather system that is very active. Some storms with winds of 400 miles per hour have lasted for hundreds of years on its surface. Has a total of 8 satellites (or moons).

120. Astronomy For Kids Neptune Provides details about the location, the visibility and the moons of this planet. http://www.dustbunny.com/afk/planets/neptune/

You are seeing this message because you are using an out-of-date browser. Please click here for more information. Neptune Facts Distance from Sun Approximately 2.8 billion miles Number of Moons At least 11 Diameter Approximately 31,000 miles Length of Day 16 Earth hours Length of Year 165 Earth years Name Roman god of the sea. Visited by Voyager 2 A Windy, Cold Blue World Neptune is the eighth planet from the Sun and, at this distance, the Sun looks a whole lot like the other stars that would be visible from this planet. Actually, there are times when Neptune is the furthest planet from the Sun. Pluto, which has a very elliptical orbit, is sometimes closer to the Sun that Neptune for a period of time, but, for the most part, Neptune is closer to the Sun than Pluto. Neptune was also the last planet visited by Voyager 2 before it left our solar system. Before the arrival of the Voyager mission in 1989, we knew very little about this planet because of its great distance from us. As usual, though, Voyager's visit gave us a lot of surprises. We found out that is was a very cold, windy place with very interesting clouds and a moon that actually had "geysers" something like the ones we have here on Earth. In addition, the history-making mission discovered an additional six moons that were unknown to us. All in all, Neptune turned out to be a big surprise to almost everybody. Neptune from Voyager A picture of Neptune taken by the Voyager 2 spacecraft.

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