A kid and parent friendly site with information and resources to learn more about our solar system, galaxy and deep space. There are games, news, a dictionary, and links to other educational topics such as geography, history and more!
Vocabulary and written information could be challenging. I would suggest children explore with a parent or other adult reader to help make sure they are comprehending the information.

Be sure to click on the portal - the circular picture of the planets. (If you go to the regular site, it will just be lists of planets and their moons.)
Designed for elementary students, it is a great site to learn more about our planets. (It does recognize that Pluto is no longer considered a true planet.)

Check out what is happening currently in space, look in on the International Space Station, see NASA pictures of the planets and other objects in our solar system and outer space.

A site from Canada with pictures of all the different types of rocks and minerals. Pictures for identification, pictures of rocks in the landscape and other information.

Learn more about bats. Follow a webquest, read an article, and listen to a short informational video about bats.

Read about Vampire bats and look at some pictures of them. Watch a video of a mother bat and her pup.

Wildlife detective video by National Geographic about all kinds of bats.

Learn about volcanoes. Watch video footage of Mt. Kilauea in Hawaii and other volcanoes around the world.

A wordless video of lava bubbling and flowing. Remember, this is melted rock. Think how hot this really is to have melted the rock.

Fact answers to questions kids have about volcanoes. There are also links to videos and other informative web sites about volcanoes. This site is from the U.K. so some spellings may be different than ours.

Take a quiz about volcanoes. Test your knowledge about this wonderful and terrible force of nature.

Learn how tornadoes form and watch vidoe footage of actual tornadoes. This great kids site has links to other video clips about forces of nature such as hurricanes, earthquakes and volcanoes.

A picture slideshow with informative captions about the special preserve in Panama for bats. Unique pictures.

Celebrate with Wilbur and learn more about his best friend. Spiders are fascinating creatures. Learn about spiders- facts, photos and activities all from Kidzone.