CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Dark Matter
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Overview of dark matter and dark energy.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Expansion of the Universe
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Recognize how redshift suggests the universe is expanding.
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: Big Bang Ology Card
Flip this interactive card to start learning about the Big Bang. Answer multiple-choice and fact-or-fiction questions and review some fast facts about this giant explosion that began the Universe billions of years ago.
NASA
Nasa Star Child: The Universe (Level 2)
This site provides a description of the universe and what it contains. Includes links to definitions, activities, and an audio song. Printable version available.
A&E Television
History.com: The Space Race: Interactive Universe
A virtual journey through space offers photos and facts about Earth and its neighboring planets, comets, other celestial bodies of the Solar System, and the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies.
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.
BBC
Bbc: Origin of the Universe
Try this introduction to ideas about how the universe began and how it might end. Topics include; the big bang and its echoes, antimatter, and inflation/expansion of the universe.
NASA
Nasa Science: For Kids: The Universe
Test your knowledge about the universe with games and activities designed to help explore what you know.
Physics Hypertextbook
The Physics Hypertextbook: Nucleosynthesis
Understand the process of nucleosynthesis, and how the elements formed in the creation of the universe.
NASA
Nasa: Cosmicopia: Nucleosynthesis
NASA's Cosmicopia illustrates the process of element creation in the universe.
The Franklin Institute
Franklin Institute: The Case Files: History of Cosmic Inquiry
A history of the science of cosmology, the study of the universe, and the scientists who did pioneering work in this field in the twentieth century.
Other
Astro Mia: Tierra, Sistema Solar Y Universo
This site is a good resource to study Astronomy. It has six sessions: the Universe, the solar system, the earth and the moon, history of Astronomy, articles, famous astrologers and a glossary.
Other
H Twins: The Scale of the Universe 2
Use the scroll bar on this site to zoom in and out of this site which will show you the relative sizes of hundreds of things in our univers, from the smallest currently known - quantum foam - to the largest - our universe. Click on any...
National Earth Science Teachers Association
Windows to the Universe: Gaea/mother Earth
This website focuses on Gaea the great goddess of the early Greeks. She is also known as Mother Earth. Use this website to see a picture of Gaea.
University of Illinois
University of Illinois: Cosmic Mystery Tour
This multimedia tour is extremely dense with information about the origin of the universe. There are videos and simulations to assist with understanding, but it is definitely for advanced students.
Utah State Office of Education
Utah State Office of Education: How Did the Universe and Solar System Develop?
Explore this unit to learn how the universe began. Through illustrations, videos, and classroom activities, gain an understanding of how stars help with the formation of elements.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: The Law of Conservation of Mass
Everything in our universe has mass- from the smallest atom to the largest star. But the amount of mass has remained constant throughout existence even during the birth and death of stars, planets and you. How can the universe grow while...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Introduction to the Universe
Students use descriptive words to create imagery of the many varieties of objects found in our universe.
European Space Agency
European Space Agency: Story of the Universe
The story of the universe is told in this engaging site by the European Space Agency. The history of European space science is timelined with dates ranging from 1066 to present day. The birth of galaxies, the big bang, and the beginnings...
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: Universe O Logy Card
OLogy cards are like virtual baseball cards about all kinds of science topics. This one is about the Universe and the astronomers that studied the Universe. See if you can answer a few questions when you're done reading.
Libre Text
Libre Texts: Physics: Dark Matter: Rotation Curve of Galaxy
The universe goes beyond the sun. Scientists study the amount of mass in the universe, but they also need to measure it in the far outreaches of the universe that are in the dark. Find out how they measure the mass of the entire universe.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Quiz: Scale
Test your knowledge with this quick quiz on the scale of the Universe. Hints are given when needed!
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Activity: Scale of the Universe on a String
This activity will help your students comprehend the huge scales of time and space by using familiar objects. You can explore the massive distances of our Solar System using scale models made out of string. Included is a scale model of...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Activity: Powers of 10
Together with the video, Powers of Ten, this activity provides a quick lesson on using scientific notation as a tool to simplify some of the massive and minuscule numbers you'll encounter when looking at things on the extreme ends of a...