NASA
Nasa: Imagine the Universe: The Sun
Site discusses the regions of the Sun's atmosphere such as the Photosphere, Chromosphere, and Corona. Provides sources for educators as well as additional links for students.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Find Center of Milky Way Galaxy Using Globular Star Clusters
The Milky Way is the edgewise view of our home galaxy, a disk made up of billions of stars. The Sun resides on one of the spiral arms of the disk, 30,000 light-years from the thick hub of the galaxy. The actual center, with a black hole...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Stars Project
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is a research project on stars, completed by first graders.
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning: Zoom Astronomy: All About Space
A fantastic collection of information about the solar system. Includes information on all of the planets, the moon, the sun, asteroids, comets, meteoroids, and stars. Also find puzzles, a dictionary, quizzes, classroom activities, and...
NASA
Nasa Space Science Data Archive: Photo Gallery
A website featuring a collection of images from NASA. Collection includes images of planets, comets, nebulae, galaxies, stars, sun, and spacecrafts.
Crayola
Crayola: Celestial Characters (Lesson Plan)
A fun lesson plan incorporating language arts, science, and art. Students read myths and legends about the sun, moon, or stars, then create a sculpture, and write their own story about it. Also provides adaptations and a list of...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Our Sky
What objects are in the day sky and the night sky? How do they seem to move? Come and explore with us as we discover the sun, moon, planets and stars! This detailed lesson plan includes pictures and videos of the instructional activity...
Utah Education Network
Uen: The Night Sky
Learn about the rotation of the earth, the movement of the moon, and the position of the sun.
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.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: The North (Wall) Star
Celestial navigation is the art and science of finding one's geographic position by means of astronomical observations, particularly by measuring altitudes of celestial objects - sun, moon, planets or stars. This activity starts with a...
Nine Planets
The Nine Planets: Sun Picture List
Various pictures and movies of the sun. Download some of these files and then give a presentation to your class explaining the solar phenomena.
NASA
Nasa: Living With a Star
This NASA educator's guide provides teachers with activities, resources, and materials to educate students about the Sun.
Extreme Science
Extreme Science: All About the Sun
Read about the sun, the source of its energy, solar activity, sunrise/sunset times, solar flares, and other interesting facts.
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies
Mocomi: What Is a Star?
Learn about stars, how they are formed, the biggest and smallest star, what they look like, well-known stars and constellations, and other interesting facts.
NASA
Nasa Space Place: Sun
Test your knowledge about the sun with games and activities designed to help explore what you know.
Other
Kid Power: Astronomy for Kids
Young children can find facts about the Solar System, the Sun, meteorites, stars, galaxies, planets, our moon, comets, asteroids, and space exploration. Pages offer clear photos and bullet-point information, which is easy to read and...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Calendar
[Free Registration/Login Required] The history of our calendar is presented through the passage of time with complete cycles of seasons in ancient history providing a starting place. Complete cycles of seasons are discussed and the...
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Berkeley Lab: Other Stars
Describes other stars besides the sun in our galaxy and the major stages in the evolution of a massive star.
Ministerio de Educación (Spain)
Observaciones Y Modelos en Astronomia
How does the length of the day change? How does the height of the sun change? Do we always see the same star? The answer to these questions and different observations about the sun, the moon and the stars that we can do from earth can be...
Lerner Publishing Group
Lerner Classroom: Teaching Science Through Literacy
In this lesson plan, students will gather evidence to support the argument that differences in the apparent brightness of the sun compared with other stars is due to their relative distances from Earth. Students will also write texts in...
Ministerio de Educación (Spain)
Ministerio De Educacion: Una Estrella Llamada Sol Modulo Iv Unidad 1
In this module you will study the structure and composition of the star closest to us: the Sun.
Australian Museum
Australian Museum: The Earth: The Universe
Basic information about the universe, its origin and composition. Also includes information about galaxies, stars, and the sun.
Harvard University
Eyes on the Sky, Feet on the Ground: The Earth's Rotation
Plenty of cool activities about the Earth's rotation can be found here, such as tracing shadows, observing shadows during different times of the day, and tracking the sun's path in the sky to understand the rotation of the earth.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: How Big Are the Planets in Our Solar System?
This activity explores the relative size of the eight planets that circle around the Sun.