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Black Holes

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students study black holes and see how space telescopes can provide data to support current hypotheses. They examine the anatomy of a black hole using a diagram of an accretion disk, the event horizon, and jets of hot gas.
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Solar System Search

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students research topics related to space and the planets using the Internet. They explore various websites, construct scale models of the solar system, and create a travel brochure using HyperStudio computer software.
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Who's Who?

For Students 3rd
For this reasoning worksheet, 3rd graders read and analyze two sets of clues to figure out where 6 people will set on a spaceship in the first set of clues and which pet belongs to which person in the second set of clues.
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Alien Math Maze

For Students 3rd
In this problem solving activity, 3rd graders solve 22 addition math problems. Students color in each square that has a number 6 in the answer to help an alien get through a maze to his spaceship.
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Seeing Solar Storms in STEREO-II

For Students 11th - 12th
In this solar storms worksheet, students use a diagram given the location of two STEREO spacecraft satellites, a coronal mass ejection, the sun and the Earth to solve 2 problems about the coronal mass ejection. Students use segments,...
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Pan's Highway-Saturn's Rings

For Students 9th - 11th
In this Pan's highway activity, students read about the Cassini spacecraft that discovered how Pan clears out the ring debris in the outer A-ring system of Saturn. Students use an image taken by the satellite to find the scale of 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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A Galaxy Up Close

For Students 8th - 10th
In this Sombrero Galaxy worksheet, students observe infrared images taken by the Spitzer Infrared Telescope and the Hubble Space Telescope. They answer 9 questions about the details of the images such as the radius of the stellar...
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Spitzer Explores a Dusty Young Star

For Students 9th - 12th
In this stars worksheet, students read about the Spitzer space telescope and they solve 5 problems about the mass, size, and power of dust grains and interstellar mediums detected by the telescope.
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Living On The Moon

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students evaluate what life would be like living on the moon or another planet in our solar system.  In this science lesson, students create a colony that they would use to live in on the moon using Legos. 
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Revise Properties of 3-D Shapes

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this faces of 3-D shapes worksheet, students determine the number of faces on 8 different 3-D shapes. . Students write twenty-eight answers telling the number of triangular, rectangular, hexagonal, and octagonal faces on the space...
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Spitzer Explores a Dying Star

For Students 9th - 12th
In this dying star instructional activity, students read about the Spitzer Space Telescope that detected the dying star-Messier-57. Students solve 6 problems including determining the total power produced by the dying star, they find the...
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Fermi Detects Gamma-Rays from Messier

For Students 10th - 12th
In this power law function worksheet, students use data from the Fermi Gamma-Ray Space telescope to apply the power law function to physical phenomena. Students use a graph to solve four problems.
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Understanding Air Pressure

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders complete experiments with air to understand that air takes up space, has mass, and that air pressure can be changed. In this air pressure lesson plan, 5th graders test the air pressure by using balloons, syringes, and water...
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Animal Morphs

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students explore animal drawing.  In this cross curriculum drawing, photography,  and animals instructional activity, students combine computer drawing and freehand drawing to create an animal and its environment using a...
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School-Home Links: Spaces and Letter Format

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this writing format worksheet, students learn to leave spaces between the words in a sentence by writing four sentences that describe their favorite food. Students have their family check their writing on the format for upper and...
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School-Home Links: Words and the Spaces Between Them

For Students K - 1st
In this word spacing worksheet, students use a pencil to draw a line between the words in each line of the story 'Yummy!' Parents or guardians must sign the worksheet.
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Linear Systems: Vector Spaces

For Students Higher Ed
In this vector space worksheet, students explore linearly independent vectors. They identify the row space, null space and subspaces of a given matrix. This four-page worksheet contains approximately eight problems.
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Living in Space

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Learners identify differences between living on earth vs. living in space.  In this simulated lesson students analyze data, record observations and design exercise equipment to be used while living in space. 
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Shape and Space: Symmetry

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students discuss and work with lines of symmetry. In this symmetry lesson, students start with a warm up activity on metric conversion. They talk about the definition of symmetry and reflection before completing a worksheet.
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Treble Clef Lines and Spaces

For Students 4th - 5th
In this music instructional activity, students name five treble clef lines and spaces. Each of the five lines contain from six to eight lines.
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Treble Clef Lines and Spaces

For Students 6th - 8th
In this music worksheet, middle schoolers recognize the position of the notes and names for each. They place the names of the notes in the spaces provided for each bar.
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The Second Derivative Test for Relative Extreme in Three Dimensional Space

For Students Higher Ed
In this second derivative worksheet, students determine the relative maximum and minimum values of given surfaces in three-dimensional space. They perform the second derivative test, and identify the partial derivatives. This one-page...
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Three-Dimensional (3-D) Space

For Students Higher Ed
In this three-dimensional worksheet, students identify the center and radius of given spheres. They simplify an equation for all points in three-dimensional space which are equidistant from a given point. This two-page worksheet...

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