Science facts and concepts set to music

Singing Science Records Fun songs to learn science!

An Introduction to Black Holes

An Introduction to Black Holes From the site: “An easy to understand explanation of what black holes are.” Uh, I should probably say “easy to understand” is relative, but I’ll just trust that for anyone with a keen interest in astronomy and black holes, it’s easy to understand and therefore a good resource.

How old would you be on other worlds?

Your Age On Other Worlds - Enter your birthday, hit calculate and see how old you’d be on other planets. Find out why the numbers vary so much! See also Your Weight On Other Worlds.

How to build your own solar system to scale

Build a Solar System - Fill in the size of your sun and then calculate the sizes of the other planets, the distance between them, etc.

We made a scale model of the solar system once on a soccer field. We used a soccer ball as our sun and were amazed when we ran out of room on the field for all the planets. It provides a great picture of the vastness of our solar system.