Astronomy Games

Astronomy Games
An Internet Hotlist on Astronomy Games

Introduction
Here are some Astronomy games you can play!!!

The Internet Resources

Intergalactic Highway Games - Navigate Through Space

Alien Abduction - In this game you get to be the aliens who abduct people and objects and drop them into the mothership.
Captain Space Frogger - Help Captain Space Frogger and his family escape the top secret lab located on the space station.
Lunar Lander - Solve the math problem and land you ship on the platform with the correct answer without crashing.
Mars Rover - FOR ROLLER BALL LOVERS!!! This game you navigate a land rover around Mars and try to collect all the treasures in the least amount of time possible
Monkey Lander - Help your monkey steer his spaceship around, collecting bananas and cherries for points then carefully landing on the space pad to go to the next level.
Space Chase - Manuever your space van around to collect the popsicles and aliens while avoiding the comets and astroids.
Space Escape - Escape the space maze by guiding your ship through each level as quickly as you can. Do not hit a wall of the maze, as your plane will crash. If you crash 3 times - Game Over.
Spaceman Game - This is a tough game of navigation skill. Guide the spaceship through rocky space terrain to reach the teleporting ring.
UFO Flying - Mr. Green has just purchased a brand new UFO that he must learn how to fly. Using the arrow keys help him fly his UFO. Get extra bonus points for knocking the traffic cones but don't bump into the other UFOs on the road!

Shooting Games

Astroblaster - Asterblast is an old space blasting game. Make sure to collect the dollar signs ($) before they disappear, because it's all about the score.
Astroid Game - Shoot and break up as many astroids as possible. Try to top your high score each time you play.
Astroids - Squeezed into your tiny spaceship, you have to defend yourself against a barrage of big rocks flying around and pesky flying saucers. Use arrow keys to control your spaceship and a spacebar to shoot.
Defender of the Moon - Your are the commander of a tank on a desert moon. Aliens from Vraktu VII are attacking the base to steal its energy. Defend the base!
Falling Rocks - Are you quick enough to shoot these rocks before they fall and destroy your base?
Planet Pursuit - Choose your driver to navigate through space, dodging and shooting large astroids.
Space Fighter - Fly your spaceship around and shoot as many astroids as possible.
Space Invaders - A pack of aliens are attacking Earth. Can you shoot them all down before they destroy everything?
Star Wars - Shoot the stars with your laser before they hit Earth.
UFO Attack - Shoot the UFO's down before they land on our soil.

Constellation Games

Connect the Stars - Connect the stars to discover each constellation.
Constellation Hunt - See if you can find the pictured constellation in the sky's sea of stars.
Star Gazers - Match the constellations to their pictures. How many can you get right?

Word Games

Alien Word Swirl - How words can you unscramble before your fuel runs out?
Astro Libs - For MAD LIB LOVERS!!! Fill in the words to make your own crazy Astro Lib Story.
Astronomy Crossword Puzzles - See if you can fill in the crossword puzzle with the clues provided.
Astronomy Word Search - How many words can you find in each puzzle.
Black Hole Rescue - Try to rescue the letters for each word before they are sucked into the black hole.
Space Hangman - Hangman Lovers, how many challenging puzzles can you solve?

Math Games

Addition Attack - Space Math Game
Planet Sudoku - Play Sudoku but instead of nine numbers, you use nine planets. -- 7th Graders get extra credit for math!!!
Spacey Math - Zap aliens by solving math problems

Other

Alien Armada - Fight your way through waves of alien drones, see how many levels and boards you can conquer to make it to the ALIEN BOSS and destroy it! A good game for those who like Super Mario Brother type games.
Astronomer Mutation - Choose which astronomer you would like to mututate. Then click on the picture and drag your mouse to create your own mutation.
Astronomy Pin Ball - Play an astronomy inspired pin ball game.
Astronomy Puzzles - You chose which astronomy picture you want and how difficult you would like your puzzle to be. Then slide your pieces around to recreate the picture.
Complete the Solar System - This is just a simple game of completing the Solar System.
Martian Bop - Bop as many martians as you can when they appear.
Neb Crabulous' Great Escape - How many boards and levels can you help Neb escape?
Planet Tic Tac Toe - Answer questions about astronomy to play tic tac toe.
Robot Invasion - Dr. X has 'accidentally' created a bad batch of robots with a mean streak. Think you can save the world from total destruction? Bop each robot before it escapes from its crater. If too many escape you lose.
Space Defenders - Use your shield to protect your spacecraft and to ricochet the astroid toward the enemy spacecraft.
Space Game Show - For Game Show lovers. How well would you do on an astronomy game show?
Space Memory - Flip the cards and see how many astronomy picture pairs you can get.

Content by Teri Nelson, nelson_t@af.k12.wi.us
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Last revised Sat Jan 10 15:49:30 US/Pacific 2009