http://www.astronomyforkids.net New products and exciting ways to learn about astronomy! Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:00:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en BINOTECH Telescope offers ease and understanding, which is what it is all about for a child just entering into the science of astronomy. Curiosity  is the learning tool for discovery. This telescope can be used as a toy for schoolwork or as a hobby for your children's friends. ... http://www.astronomyforkids.net/2010/03/05/medium-priced-telescope.html Easy to use, complete with Instructional DVD, this Space Theater Planetarium is a very cool, hands-on way for a child to experience the heavens in the comfort of his own home. Matching identifications of constellations and the night sky are made easier by the proportionate rendering through the templates provided. ... http://www.astronomyforkids.net/2010/03/04/home-planetarium.html The Backyard Astronomer's Guide is a lot more than a review of heavenly objects and locations, although there is plenty of that inside. There are the expected and awfully useful lists of constellations, star charts, night sky maps, or details about planets, stars, and galaxies and all that. But there ... http://www.astronomyforkids.net/2010/02/26/backyard-astronomers-guide.html There is more than one place to become actively engaged with the sky. Some more immediate and active than others. The Hubble Site has to be the entire world's most important and most accessible astronomical site among any and all others. I love it! Its wonders are available online at any ... http://www.astronomyforkids.net/2010/02/13/active-star-watching-hubble-and-the-amazing-slooh.html Billed as an educational tool for kids aged 8-80 might be taking things a bit far, but this nice little tome describes the stars, galaxies and the constellations from a human-based perspective, mirroring well the literal transfer of power down to us persons, here on Earth. Only 28 pages, it ... http://www.astronomyforkids.net/2010/01/25/stars-are-like-people.html Here is another absolutely fabulously informative book for kids aged 6-12 who have an active interest in what's going on up there. Illustrated perfectly and highly recommended by teachers, this loaded little book gives information on a wide variety of subjects, from eclipses and their periodicity to the phases of ... http://www.astronomyforkids.net/2008/12/08/the-kids-book-of-the-night-sky.html This compact and very serious telescope is the next step up from "practicing" at astronomy. I could not leave out this amazingly accurate and easy-to-use piece from any telescope list, even if it costs what it offers. In this case, I think we get value for value. The images and ... http://www.astronomyforkids.net/2008/12/02/state-of-the-art-telescopy.html Finding the perfect starter telescope involves many things, foremost of which for most of us is price. This telescope goes for a bit less than $100 and represents what I consider the best buy in the "starter" telescope range. It has a few plastic parts, notably the dials, but all-in-all, ... http://www.astronomyforkids.net/2008/12/02/the-search-for-the-perfect-starter-telescope.html This little gizmo is an ultra attractive learning tool that does not even need the night sky to learn with, although it certainly helps. One can tour the sky with its help and see the realities he reads about during the day. It's like a hand-held Gameboy, full of amazing ... http://www.astronomyforkids.net/2008/12/02/astronomical-learning-gizmo.html This cute little book proves the adage that something does not have to be expensive to be effective. Inside, Terence Dickinson covers all the problems beginners face, starting with the fact that the night sky does not look the way a modern city-dweller expects. He discusses light pollution, how to ... http://www.astronomyforkids.net/2008/12/02/great-starter-book.html