Kids' Space

Welcome to Kids' Space - a place where we have collected a variety of resources and things for you to do that we think you will enjoy. If you have suggestions of other things you'd like to see added to our collection, please let us know! The links below provide links to games and interactives, our Ask a Scientist collection where you can browse previous question and answers and post new ones, our Journal tool, our Virtual Postcard interactive that you can use to send postcards to your friends, and links to other online resources. Enjoy!
Play our <a href="/games/sudoku/sudoku.html">Eight Planets and a Dwarf Sudoku</a>! The regular rules of Sudoku apply - each planet can only appear once in each column or row, and only once in each 3x3 box. Learn more about the planets, too! You can vary the game from very easy to challenging.<p><small><em></em></small></p>Like the Earth's environment, the space environment is getting more and more cluttered. There are currently MILLIONS of man-made orbital ruins that make up "space junk". Play our <a href="/games/junk_intro.html">Junk in Space game</a> and find out about all the junk in space, and how it got there. Your objective is to capture all the junk you can - but be careful - don't catch a satellite, spacecraft, or an astronaut! Three strikes and you're out!<p><small><em></em></small></p>Play our <a href="/earth/climate/carbon_cycle.html">Carbon Cycle game</a> and follow the path of a carbon atom as it moves between reservoirs in the Earth system. For millions of years you were underground in fossil fuels. Now, you have been released into the atmosphere as humans burn fuels. Your objective is to get to all the places that carbon is stored. Earn extra points by correctly answering the carbon challenge questions at the yellow stars.<p><small><em></em></small></p>Does any planet have a stronger magnetic field than Mars? Which planets have a greater mass than Jupiter? Which are denser? Which are larger? Find out while playing the Solar System Edition of <a href="/games/order_planets_intro.html">Order It Up</a>! Measures of size and scale help us understand the magnitude of objects. Play with scales while trying to arrange planets by magnitude of mass, size, temperature, density, distance, gravity or magnetic field. Correctly order the planets and you unscramble a mystery picture!<p><small><em></em></small></p>Explorers, both from long ago and today, use journals to record where they travel and what they discover. With this <a href="javascript:wb_onclick();">online journal</a> you can keep a record of the places you have been, the things you have seen, and what you have learned within the Windows to the Universe web site!<p><small><em></em></small></p>

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Ask a Scientist

Over the years our scientists have answered over 1000 questions! Browse the questions and answers ...Read more

Fun & Games

We've collected our games here for you to select from. Note: Many of the games are written ...Read more

Tools

Use the following tools to help you navigate our site, store notes, communicate with other ...Read more

Windows Journal

Use this online tool to record your thoughts and discoveries. You can even add pictures! ...Read more

Virtual Postcards

Send a friend, relative or teacher a postcard! There are lots to choose from! ...Read more

Kool Kids' Links

Visit these other cool science web sites. ...Read more

Did you know?

Did you know that mica minerals make some rocks sparkle? They also may have been the place where life first formed at the bottom of an ancient sea!

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Extended Period of Lower Solar Activity Linked to Changes in Sun's Conveyor Belt

A new analysis of the unusually long solar cycle that ended in 2008 suggests that one reason for the long cycle could be a stretching of the sun's conveyor belt, a current of plasma that circulates between...Read more

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