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Resources for Science > Astronomy > Our Solar System > Meteors/meteorites

Astronomy for Kids

http://www.dustbunny.com/afk/index.html

This site gives information about space. Included are facts and photos of the solar system and the planets. Click on Sky Wonders for more information on meteors and meteor showers, red shift and lunar eclipses.

Resource Type: Reference Material - Nonfiction Reference, Audio/Visual - Illustration, Audio/Visual - Image/Image Set, Audio/Visual - Photograph
Grade Level: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Meteors

http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/academy/space/solarsystem/meteors/Meteors.html

This page is part of a larger tutorial from NASA, and defines and describes meteors. Click on the next page to learn about meteor showers. In left navigation bar is a glossary of these terms including meteoroid, meteor, meteorite, fireball and bolide.

Resource Type: Reference Material - Glossary/Index, Reference Material - Nonfiction Reference
Grade Level: 4, 5, 6