Five great websites for kids:
1. http://www.kidsastronomy.com/fun/make-a-solar-system.htm
2. http://space.jpl.nasa.gov/
3. http://www.history.com/interactives/interactive-universe
4. http://www.softschools.com/science/space/solar_system_kids_games/
5. http://www.neok12.com/quiz/SOLSYS01.htm
1. http://www.kidsastronomy.com/fun/make-a-solar-system.htm
- This interactive game allows students to create their own solar system. Students can add all the planets, comets, and asteroids.
2. http://space.jpl.nasa.gov/
- This website allows students to see the planets, their moons, past missions, asteroids, and comets. Students can view these objects in space from different angles, different days, and different times.
3. http://www.history.com/interactives/interactive-universe
- This website allows students to explore the solar system. Students can explore pictures of each object in space including planets, nebulas, comets, black holes, and more. Accompanying each picture is general information about each object, such as distance from earth and composition of the atmosphere.
4. http://www.softschools.com/science/space/solar_system_kids_games/
- This interactive game is a quiz, and requires students to identify each planet based on its orbit path around the sun. Students are given a score and are told whether their answers are right or wrong.
5. http://www.neok12.com/quiz/SOLSYS01.htm
- This interactive game is a flashcard matching game of all the planets and their characteristics. When students correctly match each planet with their characteristic card, an image of the solar system is revealed.