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Flight of the Future/Space Flight

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students explore space science by viewing videos on YouTube. In this moon landing lesson, students view clips of Neil Armstrong taking his first step on the moon and discuss the space race between the U.S. and Russia. Students utilize...
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Areas and Probabilities

For Students 9th - 12th
For this area and probability worksheet, students solve 5 problems where they find the probability of an event occurring. They also use a given photograph of the moon's surface to find the area covered by craters and determine the...
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Water on Planetary Surfaces

For Students 8th - 10th
In this water on planetary surfaces instructional activity, students read about the Galileo spacecraft and the surface of Jupiter's moon Europa. They read about the energy needed to keep the water in a liquid state on Europa. Students...
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Sing Down The Moon

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders read Sing Down The Moon independently and keep a journal where they write their reactions to the book. Students access websites imbedded in this plan and research a variety of other Indian tribes.
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Earth, Moon, and Sun

For Students 3rd
In this earth, moon, and sun orbits worksheets, students will read the cause of four different events that focus on the earth's rotation around the sun and the moon's rotation around the earth. Then students will write in the effect of...
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Happy Birthday, Moon Activity Card- Home -School Connection

For Students Pre-K - K
In this "Happy Birthday, Moon" home-school literacy connection activity, students cut out a picture of a teddy bear and mountains, which they glue to straws to make stick puppets. They listen to an adult read words on sentence strips,...
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SWEET DREAMS, MOON BABY

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Study previously-unpublished techniques and also stunning yet surprisingly easy historic techniques in quilting. Advance from simple needleturn applique to antiquarian fancywork with optional stencil-shading applique, inkwork, and...
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K12 Reader

Ride a Broom to the Moon

For Students 1st Standards
Your class can practice words that contain the long oo sound. Cool! Learners read a short poem that includes many examples of the oo digraph and then respond to three reading comprehension questions.
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Man On the Moon!

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders are given a hand out, the instruction page for the activity. They read the answers to the following questions:"What is our goal?", "What is my timeline?, and "What resources do I have to help me accomplish the goal?" They...
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Cycles and Starting Mealworms

For Teachers 4th
Here is a fascinating lesson about the life cycles of plants and animals, and other cycles found in nature. Learners explore the cycle of the moon, the tides, and other sequences of events in every day life. The big activity is the...
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John F. Kennedy Library Foundation

JFK Challenge

For Students 4th - 11th Standards
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...
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NPR

Civil Rights of Japanese-American Internees

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Prompted by a viewing of Emiko and Chizu Omori’s Rabbit in the Moon, a documentary about the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II, high schoolers examine a series of documents, including the Bill of Rights and the UN’s...
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Positively Autism

The Very Hungry Caterpillar Vocabulary

For Teachers Pre-K - 3rd
Moon, eggs, leaf, sun, caterpillar. Prior to reading Eric Carle's classic tale, introduce vocabulary for The Very Hungry Caterpillar with these picture cards that also include the vocabulary word printed in large type.
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From the Moon to the Sun and Back Again

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners consider the aims of the space program, create posters comparing the voyages of Apollo 17 and Genesis and write response papers evaluating NASA's current mission statement.
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What is the Solar System?

For Students 5th
In this solar system worksheet, students will use a Venn Diagram to write about the characteristics that are unique to a moon and to a planet and then the characteristics that are the same for both a moon and planet.
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Phases, Eclipses, and Tides

For Students 4th - 6th
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read a passage about what causes the phases of the moon, solar and lunar eclipses, and tides and answer main idea and vocabulary questions. Students answer 12 questions.
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Mass-to-Weight Problems

For Students 7th - 10th
In this mass worksheet, students calculate the weight of an object on Earth compared with the weight of that same object on the moon. This worksheet has 10 problems to solve.
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Space Kids...Get Ready to Blast Off!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Be a space kid and learn about the moon. This simplistic presentation provides basic information on the location and surface of the moon, and appears to be learner generated. Tip: Have your class learn about the climate and surface of...
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Scholastic

Lesson Three: The Earth, Movement in Space

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
If you feel like you're standing still, you're wrong! The Earth is constantly rotating and orbiting under our feet. Demonstrate the Earth's movement within the solar system with a collaborative activity. With a candle or lamp in the...
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Space Awareness

Navigation in the Ancient Mediterranean and Beyond

For Teachers 9th - 11th Standards
Ancient texts, like Homer's Odyssey, mentions navigating ships by observing constellations. Pupils learn about the link between history and astronomy as they relate to navigation in the Bronze Age. Scholars complete two hands-on...
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PBS

Experience a Solar Eclipse

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Didn't catch the last solar eclipse? Now every day can be eclipse day, thanks to an interactive lesson from PBS' Space series for middle schoolers! The well-rounded multi-media experience includes video clips, an interactive, and...
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The Moon Made Me Do It!

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students research lunar cycles and how it effects living organisms.  In this investigative lesson students prepare written reports on the lunar cycles and the relationship between animal behavior and reproductivity then give an oral...
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Akbar-Birbal Stories Quiz

For Students 1st - 12th
Demonstrate your knowledge of Akbar-Birbal stories by correctly answering ten multiple-choice questions. Though the resource says Goodnight Moon at the top, the only comparison is that the Akbar-Birbal stories are popular among Indian...
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The Reasons for the Season

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students explain the reason for the changes in season. In this lesson examining the relationship between the Earth and the Sun, students use an applet to discover how the alignment of the Earth and the Sun cause the change in seasons.

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