Activities :: NASA Space Place

The Space Place Experiment Center

It's science time!
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PDFs of Space Place activities

Print-ready, downloadable PDFs of fun hands-on activities.
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Play Solar Tricktionary!

How well do you know the Sun?
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Write your own zany adventure story!

Write your own zany adventure story!
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Do a science fair project!

Curiosity is the key!
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Guide your spacecraft through a space maze

Print and do mazes.
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How's your infrared concentration?

Now where did you last see that galaxy?
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Launch a rocket from a spinning planet

Wind up that launch pad!
$Math-related Activities$
Math-related Activities

Classroom activities and other Space Place pages.
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Activities for the Classroom

Adaptable for grades 4-8, some for grades 9-12.
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Play Solar System Switch-a-Roo!

Put clues together to find the planets and moons.
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Slyder :: The Infrared Universe

"Slyde" the tiles to their rightful places to see a hidden Universe.
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Be Spuzzled!

Solve "Earth as Art Spuzzles."
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Weather Word Cross

Get a clue about Earth and space weather.
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Slyder :: The art of weather

These weather pictures are a mess! Can you fix them?
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See the Infrared Photo Album!

Ordinary things look different in infrared light.
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Find the hidden comet words

Online word find can be easy, medium, or hard.
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Coloring Book

Color on the computer or print out the pages.
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Ions in action

You will get a charge out of this activity!
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Hear tiny sounds with a Super Sound Cone!

Hear tiny sounds you never noticed before!
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"See" inside a closed box!

Map a 3-D map of the invisible.
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Make a topographic map!

Build your own mountain, then map it.
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Adventure to Mars

But what will you take with you?
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Tails of Wonder!

Test your comet IQ and grab some comet dust.
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Match LIGHT faces with HEAT faces!

Faces look different in infrared light.
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Play Pixel This!

Learn how to turn numbers into pictures!
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Make a Balloon-powered Nanorover!

A fun project to do with the family.
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Vec—>Touring

Buckle up for an adventure!
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The Three Little Piggy-back Satellites

Toss them into orbit like Frisbees!
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Make a Star Finder

Make one for this month and find your favorite constellation.
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Why do we send robots to space?

We can send robots to explore space without having to worry so much about their safety. Learn more!
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Build a Bubble-Powered Rocket!

How high can you make your rocket go?
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How old do I look?

Can you tell how old something is just by looking at it?
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Shoot a cannonball into orbit!

Put a cannon ball into orbit.
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Explore the solar system!

Find planets, moons, comets, and games!
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Cosmic Colors

See the universe in Cosmic Colors.
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Cosmic Colors

See the universe in Cosmic Colors.
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Get your Gummy Greenhouse Gases!

Make pollutants from gumdrops, then gobble them up!
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Get your Gummy Greenhouse Gases!

Make pollutants from gumdrops, then gobble them up!
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