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AFT's Summer Learning Calendar

http://www.aft.org/calendar

Activities and games related to space travel and astronomy, organized by theme for the summer months.

Amazing Space

http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/

Collection of web-based activities designed for classroom use, but made available for everyone to enjoy.

Arty the Part Time Astronaut

http://www.artyastro.com/

An interactive adventure for young astronomers guiding Arty and his alien friend Greg through our solar system.

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.

Cassini Kid's Page

http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/kids/

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.

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.

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.

NASA for Kids

http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forkids/home/

Has games, stories and activities about space and aeronautics.

NASA Kids

http://kids.msfc.nasa.gov/

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.

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.

Planets in Our Solar System

http://quizhub.com/quiz/f-planets.cfm

Match planets with their features.

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.

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.

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.

Satellite Tracking and Prediction

http://www.heavens-above.com/

See the space station, the space shuttle and many other satellites from your back yard.

Scale in the Solar System

http://cosmos.colorado.edu/~urquhart/Scale/

Instructions and teacher guides for making scale models of the Solar System, Saturn, and comets.

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.

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.

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.

Understanding the Universe - Discovery Channel Sch

http://school.discovery.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.

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.

Who's Out There? Searching for Extraterrestri

http://www.kintera.org/site/pp.asp?c=foJTIYOwEoH&b=186082

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.