Kids and Astronomy

• The Space Place - Educational articles and activities aimed at elementary school age; also available in Spanish.
• Star Child - Ages 5-13 resource to learn about the basics of astronomy; audio versions of some pages.
• The Eight Planets - Overview of our solar system and the spacecraft that have explored it.
• NASA Kids - A starting place for kid-friendly interactive activities to learn about astronomy.
• Astro-Venture - Interactive activities to learn about advanced astronomy topics like black holes.
• Chandra X-ray Observatory - See what we can learn about astronomy from x-rays.

 

Other Great Resources

• Cool Cosmos - Learn about how astronomers study the universe in the infrared.
• GSFC Outreach - Astrophysics outreach and education resources for all ages.
• HubbleSite - Resource for Hubble images and the latest news.
• NASA Space Science - Updates on the latest science news from NASA; also available in Spanish.
• NASA TV: Keep up with the latest happenings at NASA
• NASA Mars Exploration - Resource for all about Mars exploration.

Observatories and Institutions

• Indiana Astronomical Society - An organization for amateur astronomers in Indianapolis.
• Stonebelt StargazersAn organization for amateur astronomers in Bedford.
• American Astronomical Society - Especially for information about careers in astronomy
• Astronomical Society of the Pacific - A great resource for astronomy educators.
• International Astronomical Union
• SETI@Home - Help the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.
• Students for the Exploration and Development of Space
• WIYN Telescope - Check out the WIYN Observatory at Kitt Peak.

Pretty Pictures

• Astronomy Pic of the Day
• NASA’s Planetary Photojournal
• NASA Image of the Day
• SPACE.com Image of the Day
• Lunar Photo of the Day
• Earth Science Picture of the Day
• Mars Rover Images
• Cassini Images of Saturn
• Sky Factory
• NOAO Image Gallery

Podcasts

• Astronomy Cast - Weekly discussions on astronomical topics ranging from planets to cosmology.
• Blueshift - Your "backstage pass" to the science, missions, and people at the Goddard Space Flight Center.
• Sky and Telescope - Each month's highlights of "what's up" in the night sky in a bite-size podcast less than 10 minutes long.
• Chandra X-ray Observatory Podcasts of the latest discoveries from the Chandra x-ray space telescope.

Videos

• Sci Show Space: 3-5 minute videos about new and interesting things happening in space
• Phil Plait's Crash Course Astronomy: Over 40 videos covering different topics in astronomy
• To Scale: The Solar System - A scale model of the Solar System in a dry lake bed.
• JPL Videos
• Spitzer Space Telescope
• NASA Goddard TV
• NOVA online

Blogs

• ScIU Blog: Astronomy articles from IU
• Bad Astronomy
• Mike Brown’s Planets
• The Planetary Society Weblog
• Chandra Blog

Star Charts

• Skymaps
• Earth & Sky
• World Wide Telescope
• Google Sky
• Google Earth

Animations

• The Scale of the Universe: A great animation showing the size of the Universe. (Requires Adobe Flash)
• Astronomy Simulations from the University of Nebraska Lincoln

• If the Moon were 1: Another great solar system animation!