SKY-FUN / SKY-GAMES . . .

FUN, GAMES, PUZZLES, QUIZZES & MORE!

Now and then we all need to take a little break from our travels through space and time!  Here is a page full of diverting interactive fun and challenges, which can help you recharge your "mental batteries" so to speak.  And don't be a bit surprised if, while you are having fun, you also learn something along the way!

Remember: play responsibly!

JUST PLAIN, GOOFY FUN

Here's a link to a Chrome Experiment that's just plain goofy fun:  Squishy Earth.  Can you trap the Earth in a corner?

Bumpy Meatballs  is another squishy mesmerizer!

Try your hand at  Zen Photon Garden, an unusual though somewhat indescribably engaging activity.

Try this mesmerizing online app.  SuperShapes!  Change parameters, zoom and rotate.  Let us know if you come up with some awesome and original shapes!

PolyHedron Generator  is an engaging—and educational—visualization tool with nearly infinite possibilities!.

Here's an engaging Chrome Experiment:  Domino  .  Right click and drag to "set-'em-up", then at your leisure "knock-'em-down!"  Endless possibilities!

SIMULATIONS & TOURS

Rendezvous!  is a cool satellite orbit simulation!  Can you rendezvous with the "target vehicle"?

Experience Curiosity  gives you an awesome 3-D driving adventure on Mars from NASA!  No speeding!

Also try  Experience Insight.

And check out  Explore with Perseverance.

And speaking of Mars, try  Explore Mars.

ESA's fantastic  ISS Virtual Tour  takes you all over the International Space Station!  Map at upper right tells you where you are and lets you "jump" to different modules.

Boeing's  International Space Station "3D Experience"  is a truly awesome simulation and tour!

SuperPlanetCrash  is an educational game/simulation that will teach you much about orbits and exoplanets!

SCIENCE VISUALIZATIONS

Speck  gives you fascinating visualizations of several molecules.  With this one you might learn something.

Create your own planets with land, sea and clouds with  Planet Generator.

We included this  Beating Heart  simply because it looks so cool.  Zoom in and out, rotate, etc.  Awesome!

PUZZLES

Lots of puzzles here with the Google Chrome Experiment,  Puzzle Party.

Lots of downloadable, printable  60th Anniversary Crossword Puzzles  from NASA.

From HEASARC at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, here's a puzzle of a different kind!  A Universal Puzzler.

WORD GAMES

Here's another word-finding game, this one from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.  Universal Chaos.

And here's a site with loads of  Astronomy Crossword Puzzles.  Note: you may need to widen your window.

Also from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, is another crossword puzzle:  Phenomenally Pfun Puzzle.

MAZES

Find your way out with  Astray.  Mazes get harder as you go along.

EYE-HAND COORDINATION

Another involving Chrome Experiment sim.  Space Break.

And here's still another involving Chrome Experiment sim.  CSS Space Shooter.

Enjoy flying around the island with another involving Chrome Experiment sim.,  Swoop.

And try your hand at this Chrome Experiment sim.,  SpaceRun 3D.

From the Deep Space Network, here's   DSN Uplink-Downlink.

QUIZZES

From NASA's Global Climate Change pages, here are some interesting quizzes to test your knowledge:

          Global Temperature Quiz
          Sea Level Quiz
          Glaciers and Ice Caps Quiz
          CO2 Quiz
          Ocean Quiz
          Exploring Energy Quiz
          Our World/Other Worlds Quiz

MISCELLANEOUS

From NASA's Space Place, here's a cute little game/sim that introduces currents:  Go With the Flow.