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K-12 Directory of Schools looked at the Top 10 Sites for Children Learning About Dinosaurs, but sometimes children are interested in the future more than the past–like the space ships, light years, and everything else related to astronomy! In the spirit of another loved subject in elementary school, junior high and beyond, K-12 of Schools presents the Top 10 Sites for Children Learning Astronomy.

These “kids sites” are designed specially for young minds trying to learn about the solar system. No essay text or super-world writing here! Just fun, knowledgeable content to educate the curious mind.

1. Kids Astronomy. KidsAstronomy.com is a fully-interactive children’s website with the ability to learn through image-clicking. The reading is just enough thorough information to educate, while the interaction is more than enough for any child to enjoy. Children interested in astronomy could get lost in this site for hours!
2. Star Child. StarChild is “A Learning Center for Young Astronomers,” with two different levels of astronomy-learning difficulty and classroom material. Children get answers to questions as simple as “What is our solar system?” and as complex as the gases of the sun. This site scales with the learning level of the child so that all minds and ages have something to enjoy.
3. American Museum of Natural History. The American Museum of Natural History has a site that goes extensively into astronomy, archaeology, anthropology, and more! They call it “OLogy” for looking at all the -logy sciences that interest children (though astronomy is definitely an anomaly in that.) The museum’s backing obviously gives a bunch of potential to this site, and it’s informative webpages deliver. Children will love visiting OLogy!
4. An Atlas of the Universe. For children interested in the solar system in terms of distances and numbers, An Atlas of the Universe looks at all the things happening in our solar system in terms of light years. Definitely a fun way to get children thinking about how vast the universe is and everything involved in the cosmos around us.
5. Eyes on the Sky, Feet on the Ground. This site has interactive classroom assignments that work linearly so that students can work on them on their own or teachers can implement them into a classroom setting, and each lesson compounds from beginning to finish. This site is useful for students that study at home or on their own time in places like Montessori schools.
6. From Stargazers to Starships. This site is at high-school level, so it is for the more-advanced learner. It acts very similar to a textbook, moving linearly through the history of astronomy.
7. Imagine the Universe! A website put together by NASA specifically for students is definitely a thumb’s up. They recommend that the site is used by students ages 14 and up. The Ask an Astrophysicist is an endless Q&A for inquiring minds.
8. Astronomy for Kids Online. This website combines visual appeal with thorough information for an overall A+ learning experience. Children of all ages will love exploring this website for new tidbits of knowledge and photographs.
9. Discovery Education. The Discovery channel has an extensive website that helps intriguing minds grow. The ideal source at this site is “Sky Watch,” which teaches ways to look at the sky, helps students learn about how astronauts navigate the sky, and provides the lingo behind astronomy.
10. Principles of Astronomy. Principles of Astronomy isn’t as visually appealing as some of these larger sites, but it is choc full of interesting facts and easy to navigate for children looking for more information on our universe. Recommended!

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