Sun: Links
NASA is the place to go to learn, play, create, and enjoy learning more about the Sun. Find out all about current solar storms, eclipses, and probes, including the first mission to touch the sun!
There are many other NASA websites you will want to check out:
NASA's Space Place for Kids has games, crafts, activities and videos all about the Sun. Check out its terrific gallery of photos of the Sun! You can even download a book about Sun-Earth interactions called Super Star Meets the Plucky Planet.
NASA's Star Child is another fun site that includes songs, videos, and activities about the Sun at two different levels.
NASA for Students is a great website you will want to explore. Join NASA Kids' Club, play games, and learn about the solar system, space exploration, astronauts and all things spacey! There are separate sections for grades K-4 and grades 5-8.
NASA's Solar System for Kids site allows you to click on any object in the solar system. Click on the Sun and find cool facts, a timeline of solar exploration, and amazing images of the Sun sent back to Earth from spacecraft.
NASA's Sun For Kids page has features on mankind's history with the Sun, the amazing work that SOHO is doing, and a 6-minute video about kids like you who study the Sun.
Stanford Solar Center has a great website with activities, videos, games, quizzes, and a fun series of comics, "Tales from Stanford Solar".
Take a look at the European Space Agency's ESA Kids site. You can learn more about eclipses and auroras, do experiments and building projects, and explore space with Paxi, the alien space traveler, through a series of animated videos.
Windows to the Universe is a wonderful place to learn everything you ever wanted to know about the Sun! Take some time to explore this site!
Would you like to interview the Sun? The American Museum of Natural History did! You could act out this "cosmic conversation" with a friend, or put on a play for your classmates.
Take a solar tour to learn more about the Sun from the inside out, and watch solar movies made of images collected from the Yohkoh satellite.
National Geographic Kids has a terrific collection of fun solar system videos, including "Here Comes the Sun" and "Rotation and Revolution."
