Aliens
Kids' Websites
Alien Combo
http://pbskids.org/arthur/print/cosmiccombos/alien1.html
What do you think aliens would look like? This site features five pages of templates for you to print out and use in assembling your own alien.

Alien: Assembly Required
http://pbskids.org/arthur/games/alien/
This site is a fun interactive game that lets you watch an introductory video then design your own aliens and see them come to life. You can also print out an image of the alien you created. The game uses a Flash plug-in that is downloadable from the site. 

Martian Math
http://www.funschool.com/games_popup.php?g=mw2_ds1
Visit this site to use square roots and squares of numbers to help aliens fix their ship.

Microbe Zoo's Space Adventure
http://commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/dlc-me/zoo/zsmain.html
Remember learning about microbes in the video? Go to this site to learn more about microbes, particularly the ones found on Mars!

Microbe World: Microbes in Daily Life 
http://www.microbeworld.org/htm/aboutmicro/microbes/uses.htm 
Go to this site to see what microbes you may run into every day! It features interactive rollovers for the answers.

Mars
http://www.nineplanets.org/mars.html
Was Mars host to alien life? Use this site to learn more about Mars, one of the planets that have been featured in alien stories. The site also has real images from the surface of Mars.

[Also see related activity sites in the Kid Zone section of this Witte TeleVentures section.] 

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