Activities and Games
Links
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.
NASA Qwhiz
http://prime.jsc.nasa.gov/Qwhiz/
Qwhiz is a real-time, multi-player web game for kids and teachers. Read some material on the Internet, then answer questions about it.
AFT's Summer Learning Calendar
Activities and games related to space travel and astronomy, organized by theme for the summer months.
Space Experiment Module (SEM)
http://sspp.gsfc.nasa.gov/sem/about.html
Make discoveries about space through experiments kids can do at home. By NASA.
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.