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Activities and Games
Amazing Space
[ Kids/Teens/Mature Teens ] - Collection of web-based activities designed for classroom use, but made available for everyone to enjoy.
http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/
Arty the Part Time Astronaut
[ Kids ] - An interactive adventure for young astronomers guiding Arty and his alien friend Greg through our solar system.
http://www.artyastro.com/
Build a Newtonian Physics Machine
[ Kids/Teens ] - If you build it carefully, this Newtonian Physics Machine device demonstrates one of the basic laws of nature.
http://spaceplace.jpl.nasa.gov/en/kids/funphysics.shtml
Building an Inexpensive Galilean Style Telescope
[ Mature Teens ] - 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.
http://galileo.rice.edu/lib/student_work/astronomy95/telescope_design.html
Cassini Kid's Page
[ Teens ] - Spacecraft Cassini is on its way to Saturn. Download the parts and instructions to build a paper model of the Cassini space probe. Find Saturn in the sky and discover more about this exciting adventure in space.
http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/kids/
Eyes on the Sky, Feet on the Ground
[ Kids ] - 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.
http://hea-www.harvard.edu/ECT/the_book/index.html
Mars: Just For Kids
[ Kids ] - An official NASA site with games and activities for kids interested in interplanetary travel - especially to Mars.
http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/kids/
NASA for Kids
[ Kids ] - Has games, stories and activities about space and aeronautics.
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forkids/home/
NASA Qwhiz
[ Teens ] - Qwhiz is a real-time, multi-player web game for kids and teachers. Read some material on the Internet, then answer questions about it.
http://prime.jsc.nasa.gov/Qwhiz/
Powers of 10
[ Teens/Mature Teens ] - 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.
http://www.powersof10.com/
Project Starshine
[ Kids/Teens/Mature Teens ] - 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.
http://www.azinet.com/starshine
Satellite Tracking and Prediction
[ Teens/Mature Teens ] - See the space station, the space shuttle and many other satellites from your back yard.
http://www.heavens-above.com/
Scale in the Solar System
[ Teens ] - Instructions and teacher guides for making scale models of the Solar System, Saturn, and comets.
http://cosmos.colorado.edu/~urquhart/Scale/
Sea and Sky: Travelport Entrance
[ Kids/Teens/Mature Teens ] - 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.
http://www.seasky.org/mainmenu.html
Space Experiment Module (SEM)
[ Kids/Teens/Mature Teens ] - Make discoveries about space through experiments kids can do at home. By NASA.
http://sspp.gsfc.nasa.gov/sem/about.html
StarChild: A Learning Center for Young Astronomers
[ Kids ] - Offers an interactive gaming and entertainment center for kids who wish to learn more about the solar system, the universe, and space.
http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/StarChild.html
Understanding the Universe - Discovery Channel School
[ Kids/Teens ] - Discover the incredible size and history of the universe through interactive gaming. Learn about important people who taught us about space, and tour some distant galaxies.
http://school.discovery.com/schooladventures/universe/
Walk the Solar System
[ Teens ] - JavaScript calculator of sizes and distances of solar system bodies for making a scale model.
http://www.exploratorium.edu/ronh/solar_system/
Who's Out There? Searching for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
[ Kids/Teens/Mature Teens ] - Game that explores tools and knowledge required to design a research project to search for extraterrestrial intelligence, then tests your skills at searching for alien signals.
http://www.kintera.org/site/pp.asp?c=foJTIYOwEoH&b=186082
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