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Amazing Space - http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/
Collection of web-based activities designed for classroom use, but made available for everyone to enjoy. |
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StarChild: A Learning Center for Young Astronomers - http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/
Offers an interactive gaming and entertainment center for kids who wish to learn more about the solar system, the universe, and space. |
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Powers of 10 - http://www.powersof10.com/
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. |
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Sea and Sky: Travelport Entrance - http://www.seasky.org/
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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Understanding the Universe - Discovery Channel School - http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schooladventures/universe/
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. |
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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. |
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Build a Newtonian Physics Machine - http://spaceplace.jpl.nasa.gov/en/kids/funphysics.shtml
If you build it carefully, this Newtonian Physics Machine device demonstrates one of the basic laws of nature. |
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Mars: Just For Kids - http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/kids/
An official NASA site with games and activities for kids interested in interplanetary travel - especially to Mars. |
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Satellite Tracking and Prediction - http://www.heavens-above.com/
See the space station, the space shuttle and many other satellites from your back yard. |
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Design a Satellite - http://www.eduweb.com/portfolio/designsatellite/
Play the game and learn how satellites are launched, how they get their power, and how they help you watch your favorite television show. |
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Building an Inexpensive Galilean Style 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. |
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Jason Project: Be a Spacecraft Engineer - http://stardust.jpl.nasa.gov/classroom/jason/
Challenges you to design a spacecraft to protect the International Space Station. |
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The Children's Museum of Indianapolis: Cosmic Quest - http://www.childrensmuseum.org/cosmicquest/index.htm
Interactive space station design game with facts on requirements such as food, air and power. Includes information on the solar system and a description of an expedition to the North Magnetic Pole. |