Click on each space object to discover facts and other information about the many space objects that make up the solar system.

[Free Registration/Login Required] Learn all about the components of the solar system with this downloadable lesson plan. Includes several student handouts and a research activity.

A detailed overview of the history, mythology, and current scientific knowledge of each of the planets and moons in the solar system.

Use water balloons to show the effect gravity will have on different sizes of objects in our solar system. Activity also shows how inertia works.

Material to begin an exploration of the Solar System: the characteristics of the planets, theories about planet formation, and more. An hour-long video is accompanied by learning goals, an outline and overview, details on star formation,...

Understand how the solar system was formed by reading this web page. Also found on the page is a video that reenacts the beginning of our solar system.

This site has links to all the planets, providing an overview of the solar system. It also contains information about asteroids, meteors, comets and other features of our solar system.

Test your knowledge about the solar system with games and activities designed to help explore what you know about the sun, the planets and their moons, space rocks, the Milky Way, and related topics.

What makes up the Solar System? Kid astronomers learn about the planets and the sun.

In this lesson plan site, middle schoolers are asked to construct a scale model of the planets to help visualize the relative size of planets and their relative distance from the Sun. Links are provided to the Sun and the planets which...

Understand gravity using this study guide.

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...

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.

A list of famous people associated with Astronomy.

Students will access prior knowledge of the solar system by completing a graphic organizer. After participating in a teacher lecture and whole group discussion, the students will work in collaborative groups to create a...

Amazing Science looks at the Solar System with this FAQ site and lesson plan.

This survey of the planets includes all the basics, size, mass, atmosphere, length of day, and the like. It features interactive activities and learning exercises and compares all of the planets in colorful tables.

A portal to resources on the sun, the Earth's neighboring planets, and the weather in space. Find out why Saturn is the "jewel of the Solar System" and explore what happens when Venus and Mercury make their rare transits across the sun.

This is a useful resource for facts and images pertaining to the planet Mercury.

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.

Learn the basic facts about the planet Venus. The brief, to the point text makes this site most suitable for younger researchers.

Travel to the outer edge of our solar system to the far reaches of the sun. Learn about this region called the heliopause and what information the Voyager probes send back to Earth.

Learn all the basic facts about the planet Uranus. The brief, to the point text makes this site most suitable for younger researchers.

Learn the basic facts about the planet Saturn. The brief, to the point text makes this site most suitable for younger researchers.