Pluto for Kids
Want some ideas to help your kids learn more about Pluto?
Build a model of the Solar System, including Pluto. Put the Sun in one kid's bedroom, and then then put scale versions along their walk to school. You can make the whole Solar System fit within 1 km.
Learn some Pluto facts for kids. Most of the interesting facts about Pluto we've collected aren't very well known, and they should find very interesting.
Build a model of NASA's New Horizons spacecraft, due to reach Pluto in 2015.
Learn how astronomers can find asteroids. A similar technique was used to find Pluto back in 1930.
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