Weather

What Is the Weather Like on Other Planets?

Each of the planets in our solar system experiences its own unique weather.

What Is La Niña?

Learn more about this weather pattern!

All About Earth

The planet with living things

The Space Place Experiment Center

It's science time!

PDFs of Space Place activities

Print-ready, downloadable PDFs of fun hands-on activities.

Write your own zany adventure story!

Write your own zany adventure story!

Do a Science Fair Project!

Curiosity is the key!

Bad (space) weather cancels pigeon races!

Why do pigeons care about what the Sun is doing?

Guide your spacecraft through a space maze

Print and do mazes.

Gallery of NASA Earth Images

View large images or print them.

Launch a rocket from a spinning planet

Wind up that launch pad!

Play Solar System Switch-a-Roo!

Put clues together to find the planets and moons.

Ions in action

You will get a charge out of this activity!

Hear tiny sounds with a Super Sound Cone!

Hear tiny sounds you never noticed before!

"See" inside a closed box!

Map a 3-D map of the invisible.

Make a topographic map!

Build your own mountain, then map it.

Make a Balloon-powered Nanorover!

A fun project to do with the family.

Printed Product Downloads

Printable posters, lithographs, postcards, and bookmarks.

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!

Build a Bubble-Powered Rocket!

How high can you make your rocket go?

How Do Hurricanes Form?

How do these monster storms happen?

What Is El Niño?

Learn all about it then make a yummy dessert that maps the ocean's heat.

Get your Gummy Greenhouse Gases!

Make pollutants from gumdrops, then gobble them up!

Get your Gummy Greenhouse Gases!

Make pollutants from gumdrops, then gobble them up!

Make a Cloud Mobile!

These pretty clouds move, but do not go away.