Solar System
Categories
Links
A Guide To The Planets
http://alistairmcclinton.tripod.com/
Beginners guide with basic facts about the nine planets.
Alex's Galaxy
Contains a photograph gallery of the major celestial bodies in the solar system.
Arty the Part Time Astronaut
http://www.artyastro.com/start.htm
Provides a learning quest through our solar system. Includes information related to all nine planets. A kid's astronomy site with animations, activities, and games for the future astronomer and astronaut.
Astronomy for Kids
Offers a journey through the stars in an attempt to explore the universe. Includes facts about the planets, puzzles, sky facts and maps.
Astronomy.com-Astro for Kids
http://www.astronomy.com/asy/default.aspx?c=a&id=1091
Tells about each of the planets in our solar system and the sun.
Bob the Alien's Tour of the Solar System
http://hometown.aol.com/bobalien99/index.htm
Information about planets, moons, comets, asteroids, stars and galaxies.
Earth and Moon Viewer
http://www.fourmilab.ch/earthview/vplanet.html
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.
Earthrise : A Tour of Our Solar System
http://www.thinkquest.org/library/site_sum.html?lib_id=1535&team_id=25401
Designed by kids, for kids, this is a great introduction to the 9 planets. Features video, sounds, and a guided tour.
F9 Kids
Teaches kids some basic facts about the nine planets, along with stories, games, and a 'meet the kids' section.
How Big is the Solar System
http://www.noao.edu/education/peppercorn/pcmain.html
Also known as "The Earth as a Peppercorn." A scale model of the solar system.