Kids' Space
Welcome to Kids' Space - a place where we have collected a variety of resources and things for you to do that we think you will enjoy. If you have suggestions of other things you'd like to see added to our collection, please let us know! The links below provide links to games and interactives, our Ask a Scientist collection where you can browse previous question and answers and post new ones, our Journal tool, our Virtual Postcard interactive that you can use to send postcards to your friends, and links to other online resources. Enjoy!
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Earth and Space Science Concept of the Day
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Shadow zonexShadow zone : The shadow zone is the area of the earth from angular distances of 104 to 140 degrees from a given earthquake that does not receive any direct P waves. The shadow zone results from S waves being stopped entirely by the liquid core and P waves being b
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Research Highlights
Current observational tools cannot account for roughly half of the heat that is believed to have built up on Earth in recent years, according to a "Perspectives" article in this week's issue of the journal...
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