Kids Astronomy
Your place to learn about the solar system and space exploration.  Explore it, live it, love it!

The Nine Planets - For Kids
Easy to read, easy to understand information about the nine planets in our Solar System.

Welcome to Star Child
A Learning Center for Young Astronomers

Facts and diagrams of our solar system presented in two levels.  Level 1 has  beginning information to give you the basic facts and figures.  Level 2 is good for those students who want to go on and learn more about a part of the solar system.

The Nine Planets
A Multimedia Tour of the Solar System

"The Nine Planets is an overview of the history, mythology, and current scientific knowledge of each of the planets and moons in our solar system. Each page has text and images, some have sounds and movies, most provide references to additional related information."

Welcome to the Planets

"This is a collection of many of the best images from NASA's planetary exploration program."

The Bodies in our Solar System

Click on the picture of any body in the solar system.  You can use the information from the next page or click on the link that opens a 'kid-friendly' version of the information.

Zoom Astronomy

"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."  There is also a link to an Astronomy Dictionary with over 1,000 terms.

Our Solar System

Also from Enchanted Learning: Solar System Tutor.  Read about our solar system then answer a question correctly to move on to more.

The Solar System in Pictures

"This website has 315 web pages with over 340 pictures. This website has 2 purposes: To give a pictorial overview of the solar system and to quiz you about these pictures.
After each page of information about the solar system there are some review questions about the pictures on that page. There are also 15 picture quizzes with 75 questions - each question comes with a picture."

Astronomy for Kids