Earth & Space Science for Kids
Explore weather, the water cycle, oceans, stars, galaxies and Earth's seasons, plus a fun little 3D globe kids can watch spin right on the page.
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What's inside
🌦️ Weather & Sky
Look up! The sky is always doing something: sunny, cloudy, rainy or stormy. Let's learn what makes our weather, and how it's different from climate.
🌊 Water Cycle & Oceans
Water is always on the move, rising into clouds, falling as rain, and flowing back to the sea. Let's follow the water cycle and meet Earth's five oceans.
✨ Stars & Galaxies
On a clear night, the sky fills with thousands of tiny lights. Each one is a star like our Sun, and they're grouped into enormous islands called galaxies.
🍂 Earth's Rotation & Seasons
Earth is never standing still. It's always spinning and racing around the Sun, and that non-stop motion gives us day and night, and the four seasons.
Key ideas
- Weather is what's happening right now; climate is the average weather over many years.
- The water cycle has four stages: evaporation, condensation, precipitation and collection, all powered by the Sun.
- Earth has five oceans (Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern and Arctic), and about 97% of Earth's water is salty.
- Stars make their own light through nuclear fusion; our solar system sits inside the Milky Way galaxy, home to hundreds of billions of stars.
- Earth's 23.5° axial tilt, not its distance from the Sun, is what causes the seasons as it orbits the Sun each year.
Sample worksheet questions
1. The average weather a place has over many years is called ____.
Answer: Climate
2. How many main oceans does Earth have?
Answer: Five
3. Name the galaxy our solar system is inside.
Answer: The Milky Way
4. Earth's axis is tilted about how many degrees?
Answer: About 23.5 degrees
5. What actually causes the seasons: Earth's tilt or its distance from the Sun?
Answer: Earth's tilt
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