Astronomy Websites for Kids
Games and Puzzles
- Amazing Space: Online Explorations
- Interesting and fun activities take you on a variety of space-related adventures.
- Magic School Bus Coloring Book
- Print out pages to color: Space Friz and Liz, Space Tour or others.
- Pet Alien
- Jokes and arcade-type games to play.
- Space Place
- From NASA, an excellent site loaded with word games, facts and other activities about Space.
NASA Sites for Kids
- For Kids Only
- Learn all about the Earth at this web site.
- Imagine the Universe
- From the High Energy Astrophysics Center at NASA, a page for kids age 14+ interested in astronomy.
- NASA Kids Club
- There are numerous activities and games at this site, as well as information. One game allows people to calculate how much they would weigh on the other planets and the moon, and how old they would be on another planet where years might be much shorter or longer than they are on Earth. The activities include Space Art, games, coloring activities and jokes. Kids can join the NASA Club for Kids here.
- Space Kids
- There are numerous pictures of outer space at this site and an exploration guide for Mars, a tour of the Solar System and Space News for kids.
- Starchild
- Astronomy information and games for kids ages 5-12.
Other Astronomy Sites for Kids
- Astronomy for Kids
- Information on the Solar System, Planets, Sun, Moon, Meteorites, and more.
- Star Journey
- A tour through the stars from National Geographic. Information on the Hubble Space Telescope, constellations and star charts are all located at this site.
