Smithsonian Institution
National Air and Space Museum: Exploring the Planets: Venus
Get the facts on Venus. Resource offers a variety of satellite images and facts about the structure and features of Venus.
NASA
Nasa: Solar System Exploration: Planets: Venus
Comprehensive look at the planet Venus, with many useful facts, figures, photos, and related links. Provides an account of how Venus got it's name and a timeline of significant dates.
Smithsonian Institution
National Air and Space Museum: Exploring the Planets: Our Solar System
Take a tour of our solar system and learn fascinating details and observations about the planets.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Astronomy for Kids: The Planet Venus
Kids learn about the planet Venus of the Solar System including fun facts, mass, day, year, and distance from the Sun. Astronomy for kids and teachers.
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning: The Planets
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.
NASA
Nasa Star Child: The Planet Venus
Basic facts about the planet Venus including its temperature, its atmosphere, and its volcanoes. Includes a discussion question on temperature, with facts, and the answer. A linked page covers similar material in a "Level 2" version, and...
NASA
Nasa: Planetary Data Sytem: Welcome to the Planets
Collection of images, with vocalized explanatory captions, of the planets acquired by NASA as part of its exploratory space programs.
NASA
Nasa Star Child: Space Probes to Venus
A brief discussion of the space probes that have reached the planet Venus.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: The Transit of Venus
When Venus comes directly between the Earth and the Sun, it is called a transit. During the transit, the planet Venus blocks out a portion of the Sun's image, appearing as a black dot on the face of the Sun. Over time, the black dot...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Venus
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Learn about the distinctive features of the planet Venus.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Venus
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Learn about the distinctive features of the planet Venus.
NASA
Nasa: Welcome to the Planets Venus
NASA offers a photo gallery of Venus images. Each image includes a detailed caption describing what the image is of, and this caption is also available in streaming audio.
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: Venus O Logy Card
Flip this interactive card to start learning about the planet Venus. Answer multiple-choice and fact-or-fiction questions and review some fast facts about Venus.
Views of the Solar System
Views of the Solar System: Venus
Discover interesting information about the planet Venus through a vast archive of photographs and scientific facts.
Cosmos 4 kids
Cosmos4 Kids: Solar System: Venus
Learn the basic facts about the planet Venus. The brief, to the point text makes this site most suitable for younger researchers.
Seeker
Seeker: Week of 3 17 14: Active Volcanoes Revealed on Venus
Active volcanoes have been discovered on the planet Venus. Learn what this means about our understanding of this planet.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: The Planets of the Solar System
As technology has advanced, so do our views and understanding of the solar system. No longer do we have to rely on our unaided eyes to observe planets. View these high-quality images of planets provided by NASA spacecraft.
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.
Nine Planets
The Nine Planets: Venus
In-depth information site on Venus, complete with a thorough glossary, links to a wide array of related sites, thumbnail picture files linked to larger images, and even a short audio file from a classic symphony.
European Space Agency
European Space Agency: Esa Kids: Our Universe: Venus
A basic overview of the planet Venus. Links to information about the other planets and objects in the solar system are included.
Other
University of Leicester: The Solar System
Resource explores the solar system, with an in depth discussion of each of the planets and their properties.
Smithsonian Institution
National Air and Space Museum: Exploring the Planets: Ancient Times & the Greeks
In ancient times only five planets were known: Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn. Learn about Greek astronomer Ptolemy's theory for the solar system that was to survive for fourteen centuries.
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning: All About Space: Venus
All About Space profiles the planet Venus with information about its size, mass, atmosphere, length of day, and the like. Features include interactive activities and learning exercises.
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...