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Top: Kids and Teens: School Time: Science: Astronomy and Space: Activities and Games (22)
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Amazing Space - Collection of web-based activities designed for classroom use, but made available for everyone to enjoy.
Eyes on the Sky, Feet on the Ground - 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 - 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.
Kids Adventures in Space - Colourful fun and games to help young children learn about astronomy, the planets, stars, asteroids, and comets.
StarChild: A Learning Center for Young Astronomers - Offers an interactive gaming and entertainment center for kids who wish to learn more about the solar system, the universe, and space.
Space - Teaches the solar system, space exploration, and constellations, with interactive digrams and Shockwave games.
Planets in Our Solar System - Match planets with their features.
Understanding the Universe - Discovery Channel School - 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.
Project 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.
Re-create Galileo's Telescope - 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.
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.
Scale in the Solar System - Instructions and teacher guides for making scale models of the Solar System, Saturn, and comets.
Cassini Kid's Page - 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.
Mars: Just For Kids - An official NASA site with games and activities for kids interested in interplanetary travel - especially to Mars.
Walk the Solar System - JavaScript calculator of sizes and distances of solar system bodies for making a scale model.
Who's Out There? Searching for Extraterrestrial Intelligence - 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.
Build a Newtonian Physics Machine - If you build it carefully, this Newtonian Physics Machine device demonstrates one of the basic laws of nature.
NASA 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.
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