[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Compares the characteristics of inner and outer planets.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Compares the characteristics of inner and outer planets.

A slideshow and a short multiple-choice quiz on the four outer planets of our solar system, which include Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.

A slideshow and a short multiple-choice quiz on the four inner planets of our solar system, which include Mercury, Venus, Mars, and Earth.

[Free Registration/Login Required] The student will be able to compare and contrast the similarities and differences of the planets. The student will be able to name three facts about inner planets and three facts about outer planets.

Travel to other planets and even outer space, and explore various spacecraft. Get a synopsis about each of the featured planetary space probe missions.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This informational text passage shares information about the planets in the solar system. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and...

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.

Explore the universe and celestial phenomena made visible by Hubble. High-quality photos of planets, stars, nebulae, and galaxies, complete with individual descriptions, can be viewed online and downloaded for printing and personal use.

Explore the depths of space and science comprehensive information about the meteor showers in 2004, the transit of Venus, virtual reality, and other interesting science history.

NASA's space science site for kids - en Espanol. Features a wide range of activities, including games, projects, animations, and more. Also contains useful information on basic physics, chemistry, and other natural sciences, offering...

Our solar system is filled with a wide assortment of celestial bodies - the Sun itself, our eight planets, dwarf planets, and asteroids - and on Earth, life itself! The inner solar system is occasionally visited by comets that loop in...

Take this ten-question self-scoring quiz to test your knowledge of astronomy facts: age of the universe, why stars and planets are spheres, where other life might exist in the outer space, the Milky Way, and more.

This site gives you opportunities to practice putting the planets in the correct order from the sun. Press "Click here to begin" to get started.

This site from NASA's Space Place is geared towards early elementary learners. It offers detailed instructions for crafts and activities related to space, games and a teacher resource area. Students can also ask an expert at this site.

Pictures and descriptions of the robot spacecraft that have explored the planets and outer space since the 1960s.

Through this story you will be introduced to outer space: stars, the Milky Way, planets, the Solar System, the Sun, clouds of dust and gas, galaxies.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This informational text passage describes the exoplanet named Gliese 581c in the solar system. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and...

Amazing Space promotes the "science and majestic beauty of the universe for use in the classroom." Here you can find learning activities, lesson plans, teaching guides, and helpful tips for students eager to learn about space and space...

This is an article about Voyager I and II including when and why they came about and what information they have provided.