Earth as Art iPad App

Really sweet FREE iPad app by NASA--Earth as Art

Eyes on the Solar System

"Eyes on the Solar System" is a 3-D environment full of real NASA mission data. Explore the cosmos from your computer. Hop on an asteroid. Fly with NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft. See the entire solar system moving in real time. It's up to you. You control space and time.

Not being an astronomy teacher, I can't offer details on how to use this site other than what I copied above from the site itself.  I think it would be amazing on an Interactive White Board, which all schools in our system will have installed this year.  I'm sure there are ways to allow the students to participate rather than just having the teacher demonstrate, so please offer your ideas in the comments section.

What I know for sure is that I think this looks pretty dang sweet!  And I would love to have been an astronaut.

NASA Interactive Game

Okay, so I'm kind of a space nerd.  I've always wished I could have been an astronaut.  I'm sure the fact that I get motion sickness even on my hammock would not have held me back.
It just fascinates me to think of people being in space and even walking on the moon (showing my age).
So here's a great interactive game from NASA that I will most certainly be playing.  I know kids would love it.  The only problem with it is there is no Mac version.  Seriously, NASA?

Moon Base Alpha