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30 resources with the concept space flight

Spaceship to Mars Activities & Project

Spaceship to Mars

6th - 8th
Feel like a rocket scientist for the day. Using only paper and tape, scholars create a framework for a spaceship to Mars. Each sheet of paper costs $10 million and each piece of tape costs $100,000. Make sure you stay within budget!
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How Will SpaceX Get Us To Mars? Video

How Will SpaceX Get Us To Mars?

8 mins 10th - Higher Ed
In Musk we trust? A video in the Real Engineering series shows how the SpaceX company, and their Falcon 9 rocket, represents a viable hope for space travel to Mars. Viewers see how reusable rockets and vertical integration in...
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Space, Gravity, and the Human Body
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Space, Gravity, and the Human Body

5th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
What happens to the human skeleton when it has been in space for an extended time? What does a reduced-gravity environment do to our bodies? Can we learn about our own skeletons by taking apart a chicken carcass? Explore the concepts of space and human physiology through a series of labs, lessons, and research in these 10 resources. Pick and choose or do all of them!
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Race to the Moon! Lesson Plan

Race to the Moon!

2nd - 5th
Here, young historians learn about the space race by examining a letter written to John F. Kennedy by an elementary school student in 1961, and then reading an article to learn the historical context that helps them make sense of it. A...
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What Do Astronauts Do? Video
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What Do Astronauts Do?

5 mins Pre-K - 6th
CCSS: Adaptable
Discover why astronauts go to space and what they do there with an entertaining video equipped with captivating graphics and an energetic host.
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Rich Assessment Tasks Activities & Project

Rich Assessment Tasks

6th - 12th
Focus on the science in a science fiction unit with a lesson based on the technology in Star Wars. Small groups work together to design spacecraft, choose items for a galactic sale, work on a space station hotel room, and decide what...
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Manned Mission to Mars Lesson Plan

Manned Mission to Mars

6th - 8th
To go or to not to go — the question for a mission to Mars. This resource provides details for a possible manned mission to Mars. Details include a launch schedule, what life would be like on the surface, and how the astronauts would...
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Lost in Space: Bone Density Lesson Plan

Lost in Space: Bone Density

9th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
If you don't use it, you lose it. Groups work together to compare bone loss on Earth as opposed to bone loss in space. They determine the equations that model bone loss and make calculations to determine the amount of bone loss for...
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Exercising in Space Lesson Plan

Exercising in Space

9th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
Using the CEVIS space bike as a context, groups work together to calculate the settings required for astronauts to reach their necessary exercise. Pupils calculate the prescribed exercise settings and complete the last section, which can...
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Ascent: 50 Seconds to MECO Lesson Plan

Ascent: 50 Seconds to MECO

9th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
All systems go! With a video and a Google Earth tour as background, pairs investigate two graphs. The graphs display acceleration vs. time and velocity vs. time of a space shuttle launch. Using graphing calculators, the pairs take a...
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Space Shuttle Ascent: Altitude vs. Time Lesson Plan

Space Shuttle Ascent: Altitude vs. Time

9th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
How long did it take to get to that altitude? Using a Google Earth file, groups explore a space shuttle launch. Using a calculator, groups determine the function that models the altitude/time data from an actual launch. With the model in...
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Space Shuttle Ascent: Mass vs. Time Lesson Plan

Space Shuttle Ascent: Mass vs. Time

9th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
Set the stage for groups of rocket scientists to explore the change in mass of the space shuttle during ascent. Teams work together to graph actual launch data in order to determine the rate of propellent burn.
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Suit Yourself: Fitted for Space Lesson Plan

Suit Yourself: Fitted for Space

9th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
If he keeps this up, will he have enough air? After watching a video about spacewalks, groups of four brainstorm aspects of spacesuit design and present it to the rest of the class. Groups create mathematical models of oxygen use for two...
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Spacewalking Lesson Plan

Spacewalking

9th - 12th
CCSS: Designed
Hold your breath. The video and interactive website introduce the class to spacewalking and spacesuits. Using oxygen data from two astronauts, individuals determine a mathematical model to fit the data. Using that mathematical model, the...
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JFK Challenge App

JFK Challenge

4th - 11th
CCSS: Adaptable
And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country. And so begins your invigorating, innovative learning experience in the JFK Challenge app! Learners choose from two "missions" and...
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Will Future Spacecraft Fit in Our Pockets? Video

Will Future Spacecraft Fit in Our Pockets?

5 mins 7th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
Say goodbye to giant rocket ships and hello to micro-spacecraft. Taking a look at the future of space exploration, this video explores the development of tiny, expendable space probes that can investigate the far reaches of space and...
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Designing a Crew Exploration Vehicle Lesson Plan

Designing a Crew Exploration Vehicle

3rd - 6th
CCSS: Adaptable
Take your class on an out-of-this-world adventure with this fun engineering design instructional activity. Working in small groups, young scientists design, build, and test crew exploration vehicles using some creativity, teamwork, and...
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Food for Spaceflight Lesson Plan

Food for Spaceflight

3rd - 6th
CCSS: Adaptable
When astronauts get hungry in outer space, they can't just call and have a pizza delivered. In order to gain an appreciation for the challenges associated with space travel, young learners are given the task of selecting, testing, and...
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Ronald Reagan on the Challenger Tragedy Worksheet

Ronald Reagan on the Challenger Tragedy

6th - 11th
CCSS: Adaptable
How does society prevail in the face of challenge? After reading President Ronald Reagan's speech to the nation after the explosion of the Challenger space shuttle in 1986, learners evaluate and discuss the tone of the speech itself and...
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Let's Investigate Mars Lesson Plan

Let's Investigate Mars

3rd - 7th
CCSS: Adaptable
Take your science class on a hypothetical field trip to Mars with an engaging astronomy lesson. After first learning about NASA's Mars rover missions, young scientists plan their own scientific investigations of Earth's nearest neighbor.
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Space Station Research Explorer App

Space Station Research Explorer

4th - Higher Ed
CCSS: Adaptable
Take a trip into outer space from the safety of your classroom. A great addition to the digital library of any science teacher, this reference offers a behind-the-scenes look at the research going at the International Space Station.
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Blast Off! Lesson Plan

Blast Off!

8th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
With the use of a model rocket kit, aspiring aerospace engineers work cooperatively to construct and launch a rocket. A preparatory reading assignment is included, covering Newton's laws of motion and information about the first...
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Milestones of Flight Lesson Plan

Milestones of Flight

4th - 6th
Discover seven of the most historic aircraft and spacecraft in the collections of the National Air and Space Museum. By research into the major milestones of aviation history your students will recognize features that enable flight,...
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Apollo Moon Landing Lesson Plan

Apollo Moon Landing

5th - 8th
Young scholars explore paper rockets, learn about the Apollo Program and Apollo spin-offs, and use simple office supplies to design and create a new useful product. This amazing plan is incredibly well written and leads students through...
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