Kid's Korner

Astronomy Club for Kids

Kids are always welcome at all HAL meetings and events.  However, if you are interested in meeting a lot of other kids interested in astronomy, check out Celestial Searchers. They meet at Bushy Park Elementary School on the fourth Monday of each month beginning at 7:00PM from September through May. The club is open to all Howard County students kindergarten through grade 8. Fun activities include special projects, speakers, and monthly stargazing parties. Occasionally Celestial Searchers has special events. Check for those on the Celestial Searchers web page or on the HAL Calendar page

Fun Astro Facts

• Halloween Astronomy
  Find out about "cross quarter days" and what they have to do with Halloween and Ground Hog Day

Models, Puzzles, and Other Games

• Science and Nature Games
  Alien Invaders, Constellation Quiz, Space Doctor and more
• Build a Solar System
  Make a scale model of the Solar System and learn the REAL definition of "space."
• Asteroids
  The classic game
• Astronomy Interactive
  Puzzle It Out and Blastoff Hangman
• Seeing Exhibits
  How does vision really work? (most require Shockwave)
• Light Walk
  Just why are all the sunny parts in a tree's shadow round?
• Star Clock
  Play with the web version, then make your own.
• Make a Sun Clock
  Before there were clocks, people used shadows to tell time
• Lunar Puzzlers
• The Space Place
  Make spacey things and do spacy things

Webcams and Other Web Technologies

• Kennedy Space Center Feeds
  Links at bottom of page to NASA TV, Live Webcams, Launches
• Satellite View of Earth
  View the Earth as currently seen by a variety of satellites
• Tour the International Space Station
• 360 degree Moon Walks
  Quicktime Images shot by astronauts
• Space and Science Cams