Moon Rock Search and Relay
The moon rock search and relay games allows kids to explore, discover and compete against each other and time. Start this game by tearing up pieces of gray foam mattresses, which act as the moon rock. Then scatter the "moon rocks" around the backyard in inconspicuous places. Children then form teams and scatter to find as many moon rocks as they can. However, when they find a moon rock they have to pick it up with a pair of metal tongs or a "robot hand" and deposit it in their designated bucket. The team with most moon rocks in the quickest amount of time wins.
Saturn Ring Toss
This game will help kids with their throwing and dodging skills. Pair kids up and give one child in each pair a hula hoop; this child will represent the planet Saturn. Give the other child a small bucket of bean bags. The child with the bucket of bean bags has to throw a bean bag through Saturn's rings without hitting the child holding the hula hoop. The child who represents the planet Saturn can move around, but not run, making it challenging for the other child. The child with the most successful throws wins. Children switch roles when done.
NASA
If you go to the official website of NASA at Nasa.gov and click on "For Students" from the top menu and then click on "Kids Club," you'll find a range of interactive games that allow kids to learn a little about being an astronaut or are just fun and imaginative. For example, there is a memory game where kids have to match a number of images related to the work of being an astronaut in a minimum amount of clicks. Or you can pretend to be the famous cartoon astronaut Buzz Lightyear and try to load up his spaceship with as many supplies as possible without overloading it. You can download an educational worksheet with many of the games at this website.