In this worksheet on asteroids, students look at a picture asteroids and read accompanying facts, along with a brief paragraph.

Here is a fantastic, educational handout packed with information and facts not only about the planets in our solar system, but also regarding major moons and their surface features, dwarf planets, comets, and asteroids. 

In this space science worksheet, students read facts about the solar system. Students look at the diagram showing the position of the planets. Pluto is included as a planet here.

Explains the differences between asteroids and comets. Presents a chart showing a size comparison between some known asteroids and comets.

Provides a general overview of comets, asteroids, and meteorites. Content includes ways to identify them in the night sky, as well as detailed information on each type of small body.

This site from the encyclopedia Wikipedia is a good resource page on asteroids. Gives details on different groups of asteroids that have been identified; how they get their name and number after identification; the six types of...

A plethora of information about Asteroids. This site provides lots of in-text links to information, pictures of asteroids, a table full of information about asteroids, as well as links to more information about asteroids.

Read a very brief article on the asteroid belt. Includes an image of an asteroid, as well as a chart showing the asteroid belt's location in relation to Jupiter and Mars.

Encyclopaedia Britannica gives a brief description of asteroids, citing some specific examples. Contains related links.

Find out about asteroids and where they come from.

Discover the latest scientific information about asteroids.

This site explores what is currently known about the asteroid 253 Mathilde. Content includes an orbiting path, and composition. Links are provided throughout for additional information.

Learn about asteroids. What are they? What is their structure? Difference between asteroids and comets? The brief, to the point text makes this site most suitable for the younger researcher.

This asteroid fact sheet, supplied by the National Space Science Data Center, provides a table of information on selected asteroids, complete with commentary when appropriate.

This site from the SkyServer allows you to learn all about moving objects as well as how to find asteroids. Users that feel adventurous may even decide to take the "Asteroid Hunt."

Kids learn about asteroids in the science of astronomy. Large chunks of rock and metal that orbit the Sun including the asteroid belt, Ceres, and Vesta.

Learn the difference between asteroids and comets, meteoroids and meteorites, and more!

This site contains facts about the asteroid 253 Mathilde from the National Space Science Data Center at NASA.

This comprehensive site delves into other aspects of our solar system besides the planets and the sun. Click on the topics on the right like solar winds, the heliosphere, the heliopause, asteroids, comets, and more.

This is the homepage of all of the archived information about and from the Galileo Mission. Included is data from the flybys of Venus, Earth, Moon, and Asteroids Gaspra and Ida, as well as the current data from Jupiter and its moons. See...

Find out about why Earth's moon is full of craters, and what happens to asteroids and meteors when they come into contact with Earth.

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.

Kids learn about the glossary and terms for the science of astronomy including words and definitions such as asteroid, comet, meteoroid, galaxy, eclipse, etc.

A great site about the most common echinoderm, the sea star.