Close your eyes and imagine you are hiking through a thick jungle. You use a sharp machete to cut away the vines and leaves blocking your path. You step through deep mud and cross a busy stream, then cut through another wall of trees until you reach the clearing and...
Astronomy
Bedtime HistoryHistory of Meteors and Meteorites for Kids
Have you ever looked up on a dark night and seen a light streak across the sky? Maybe it only lasted a split second, and you weren’t sure what you saw, but hoped it was a shooting star. Maybe you kept staring up, hoping to catch another one, until your parents finally...
History of Area 51 for Kids
Today we're going to learn about a place that has been a mystery to people all over the world. Places like this one become mysterious because not much is known about what goes on there, so people start to imagine what might happen there and share their ideas until the...
The Mae Jemison Story for Kids & Families
Have you ever sat outside on a dark night and stared up at the stars, wondering what’s out there? It’s not always possible in the city, but if you get away from the lights, on a very dark and clear night, you can see thousands of stars. People have watched the stars...
History of Mars Exploration for Kids
Meet Mars Perseverance Rover Watch NASA engineers prepare Perseverance for launch Learn more about the SpaceX Starship for it's 2022 Mars Mission On certain nights, if you go outside and look up into the sky you may see a very bright light. It may look like a star,...
What is a star?
Close your eyes and imagine you are standing in a wide open field. In the field you see a gigantic white rocket reaching far up into the sky. As you walk up to the rocket, the door opens and you climb inside and find a seat and buckle up. Next you hear the countdown -...
The Rosetta Comet Mission For Kids
https://youtu.be/qEfp6IpYQAw Have you ever heard of a comet? A comet is a gigantic piece of ice and rock and dirt that flies through outer space at incredible speeds. Many comets are the size of mountains and when they speed around space have a tail of gasses that can...
The Neil Armstrong Story for Kids
Today we are going to learn about the first person on the moon. He was a famous astronaut named Neil Armstrong. Neil was born in Ohio and was the oldest brother in his family. When he was little his father took him to a show where airplanes flew and raced across the...