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Exploring Strange New Worlds
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This fun and simple hands-on astronomy activity lets learners explore model planets (that they or an educator will create), using methods NASA scientists use to explore our Solar System.
Finding the Right Crater
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This quick demonstration (on page 11 of PDF) allows learners to understand why scientists think water ice could remain frozen in always-dark craters at the poles of the Moon.
Pocket Solar System: Make a Scale Model
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This fun and simple hands-on astronomy activity lets learners build a scale model of the universe with little more than adding machine tape.
Cook Up a Comet
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In this activity (on page 5 of PDF), learners use dry ice and household materials to make scientifically accurate models of comets.
It's all Done with Mirrors
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This fun and simple hands-on astronomy activity illustrates the path of light as it reflects off of mirrors and how this is used in telescopes.
Does the Moon Rotate?
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This fun and simple hands-on astronomy activity lets learners make 3-dimensional models of the Earth and Moon.
Gravity and Falling
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This fun and simple hands-on astronomy activity lets learners experiment with a bucket, stretchy fabric, marbles, and weights to discover some basics about gravity.