Astro Kids!

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Welcome to Astro Kids, the USGS Astrogeology Research Program's web page just for kids! This is your guide to what's the coolest stuff to see on our web site and the World Wide Web! This page will grow and grow, so visit us often!

Fun Stuff to See and Do!

Just for Kids!

• Flat Stanley Goes to the Moon!

Fun Stuff on Our Site

• The View from an Astronaut's Eyes: gallery of lunar panoramas, photos, and maps from the Apollo missions to the Moon!
• Planet Pictures and Downloads in our Gallery: see great planetary images, get wallpaper and screensavers for your computer, and other cool stuff!
  
  
• Maps and Globes Gallery: get planetary maps and images you can make into your own globes!
• NASA Planetary Photojournal: hundreds of planetary images!
• Map-A-Planet
  
  
• Astro History: learn about our role in training astronauts and helping with the work to put Man on the Moon!
• Hot Topics! News, events, what's cool, what's hot, and more!

Other Fun Sites

• NASA Kids: learn about living in space, play games, and more fun things to see and do!
• NASA: Welcome to the Planets
• ASU: Mars missions, planetary facts, and other cool stuff (teachers, see Mars Education Program)
• SEDS: Students for the Exploration and Development of Space
• Views of the Solar System
• 3D Tour of the Solar System

Stuff for Teachers

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The Moon

• To the Moon! (ZIP, 43 MB): PowerPoint slideshow highlighting the history, methods, and purpose of lunar exploration, featuring a number of historical video clips
• Moon Map Coloring Sheet (PDF, 555 KB)
• Moon Magnets
  • Instructions for making Moon magnets (PDF, 65 KB)
  • Printable sheet for 0.75-inch magnets (PDF, 560 KB)
  • Printable sheet for 1.25-inch magnets (PDF, 1.9 MB)
• Moon Teaching Modules: Materials for teachers at the USGS Flagstaff Field Center Education and Outreach page

Mars

• Exploring Mars: (ZIP, 48 MB): PowerPoint slideshow highlighting the history, methods, and purpose of martian exploration, featuring a number of Mars rover movies.
• Mars Magnets
  • Instructions for making Mars magnets (PDF, 150 KB)
  • Printable sheet for 0.75-inch magenets (PDF, 820 KB)
  • Printable sheet for 1.25-inch magnets (PDF, 555 KB)
• Mars Teaching Modules: Materials for teachers at the USGS Flagstaff Field Center Education and Outreach page

Awards & Reviews

Our site has been selected to be included in September's Digital Dozen, a list of exemplary web sites for educators selected by the Eisenhower National Clearinghouse (ENC). ENC collects both physical and virtual resources useful to math and science educators. ENC is funded by the United States Department of Education and administered by The Ohio State University.

The National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) SciLinks web service has chosen to include our site in their listing. SciLinks is an endeavor by NSTA to connect textbooks to useful online content to help teachers take advantage of the Internet to show their students materials that enhance or extend the content covered in the curriculum.