Activities and Games
Links
NASA for Kids
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forkids/home/
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Has games, stories and activities about space and aeronautics.
Arty the Part Time Astronaut
An interactive adventure for young astronomers guiding Arty and his alien friend Greg through our solar system.
Amazing Space
http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/
Collection of web-based activities designed for classroom use, but made available for everyone to enjoy.
Eyes on the Sky, Feet on the Ground
http://hea-www.harvard.edu/ECT/the_book/index.html
This collection of children's online astronomy activities, is a product of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. Designed for grades 2 to 6, it contains hundreds of fun explorations into astronomy as a classroom tool for learning how to theorize, experiment, and analyze data.
Sea and Sky: Travelport Entrance
http://www.seasky.org/mainmenu.html
Fun and informative site for kids of all ages. Games, resources, galleries, and latest developments in exploration of sea and sky. Lots of great graphics.
StarChild: A Learning Center for Young Astronomers
http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/StarChild.html
Offers an interactive gaming and entertainment center for kids who wish to learn more about the solar system, the universe, and space.
Project Starshine
http://www.azinet.com/starshine
Your school can help to build a satellite which will be launched from the Space Shuttle. You can track the Starshine satellites from your back yard.
Satellite Tracking and Prediction
See the space station, the space shuttle and many other satellites from your back yard.
Powers of 10
Discover the relative size of everything in the universe. Beginning with a 1 metre square, each successive page jumps back 10 times until you are a billion light years away. Lots of good activities and information. Based on the Eames film of the same name.
NASA Kids
Space-related activities at the official 'NASA for Kids' web site. Find out about the space shuttle. Print out some cool images to color, plus information and games about Space, Science, Rockets, Astronauts and the Solar System.
Walk the Solar System
http://www.exploratorium.edu/ronh/solar_system/
JavaScript calculator of sizes and distances of solar system bodies for making a scale model.
Build a Newtonian Physics Machine
http://spaceplace.jpl.nasa.gov/funphysics.htm
If you build it carefully, this Newtonian Physics Machine device demonstrates one of the basic laws of nature.
AFT's Summer Learning Calendar
Activities and games related to space travel and astronomy, organized by theme for the summer months.
Re-create Galileo's Telescope
http://galileo.rice.edu/lib/student_work/astronomy95/telescope_design.html
Students at Rice University explain how they re-created the telescope that Galileo used to make the first ever magnified views of the stars and planets... and all for less than 30 dollars.