American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: Saturn O Logy Card
Flip this interactive card to start learning about the planet Saturn. Answer multiple-choice and fact-or-fiction questions and review some fast facts about the second largest planet in our solar system.
NASA
Nasa: Sci Jinks: How's the Weather on Other Planets?
Compare weather here on Earth to other planets and moons in our solar system. You will find many similarities and differences.
Space Telescope Science Institute
Hubblesite: News Center Release Archive
This site from Hubblesite has a very long list of Hubble Space Telescope Images listed by subject. General categories of subjects include Solar System, Stars, Nebulae, Star Clusters, Novae, Supernovae, Stellar evolutionn, Galaxies, and...
Read Works
Read Works: Crash Test
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about a scientist who studies collisions. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Read Works
Read Works: What Is the Solar System?
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the solar system. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Inner Versus Outer Planets
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Compares the characteristics of inner and outer planets.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Inner Versus Outer Planets
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Compares the characteristics of inner and outer planets.
National Earth Science Teachers Association
Windows to the Universe: Our Solar System
Our solar system is filled with a wide assortment of celestial bodies - the Sun itself, our eight planets, dwarf planets, and asteroids - and on Earth, life itself! The inner solar system is occasionally visited by comets that loop in...
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: Ology: What Do You Know About Stars?
Test your knowledge with this ten-question quiz on stars. Focusing on stars in the Milky Way galaxy, questions range from the life cycle of a star to the number of stars in our galaxy.
Nine Planets
The Nine Planets: Uranus
An excellent report on the planet Uranus. The site includes detailed information about the planet as well as links to information about Uranus moons, unmanned probes sent to explore Uranus, and an extensive set of images of the planet.
Nine Planets
The Nine Planets: Pluto
This site contains copious information about Pluto. The site contains descriptive and statistical information, as well as a detailed article about the search for trans-Plutonian planets and the "Nemesis" hypothesis.
Nine Planets
The Nine Planets: Small Bodies
This site explores the smaller bodies in the solar system, namely the various asteroids and comets. Links are also provided for additional information on related subjects.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: The Solar System
A podcast explaining a model of the solar system which students can visualize, or even try to recreate. [1:38]
Sophia Learning
Sophia: The Sun and Moon
An expertly illustrated presentation which highlights the sun and moon, and their relationship to the Earth.
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: Path to Mars
Students use websites and other resource materials to compare and contrast features of Mars and Earth.
NASA
Nasa: Space Place: Solar System Switch a Roo
Play this creative puzzle game where the player views a solar system object that is all mixed-up. Try and find the matching parts of the photograph, and learn about the solar system in the process.
Soft Schools
Soft Schools: Space: Solar System Interactives
Identify the planets in our solar system and discover how much you weigh on another planet with these space interactives.
NASA
Nasa: Space Place
In this site you can explore, do and play games related to space, solar system, our planet and people and technology.
NASA
Nasa Star Child: Uranus, Neptune's Twin (Level 1)
Get to know the twin of Neptune with this introduction to Uranus. Listen to the information in an audio file. Features include a printable version of the page, and vocabulary words are linked to a glossary of terms.
NASA
Nasa Star Child: The Solar System
Discover information about parts of the Solar System, along with definitions just by clicking on highlighted vocabulary terms. Be sure to try the "Solar System Activities" to review the material from these pages.
NASA
Nasa Star Child: Star Child
StarChild from NASA defines and describes the Solar System in a simple and easy-to-understand manner. The website is broken down into two versions for the student, grade school and junior high.
Other
The Apollo Society: The Solar System
Contains a small set of images of solar system objects and a series of links to information about all solar system objects. Solar System Tours link to excellent image collections.
Exploratorium
Exploratorium: Build a Solar System
Make a scale model of the Solar System and learn the REAL definition of "space." You tell it how large to make the sun (in inches or millimeters) and the page will do all of the calculations for your scale model solar system and provide...
Other
University of Leicester: Sun
Provides a brief overview of the Sun, including a focus on solar eclipses, solar wind, and solar sailing.