Web Site of the Week

Each week, we highlight a Web site that we think may be helpful in some way to teachers. The highlighted sites are not part of or connected with Science News for Kids, Science News, or Science Service. We are not responsible for their content.

Feb. 11, 2004

A Habitable Planet

NASA offers kids a chance to search for and build a fictional planet on which people could live. This multimedia, interactive Web site guides students through a sequence of role-playing steps, starting with observations of the effects that changes to Earth can have and what's needed for survival.

Go to: astroventure.arc.nasa.gov.

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