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Impact Craters

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Young scholars investigate the factors affecting the size of a crater. In this space science instructional activity, students collect data from the activity and graph them. They explain how velocity of impact relate to crater size.
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Solar System Bead Distance Activity

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students create a scaled solar system model using colorful beads. In this space science lesson, students convert AU units into metric measurements. They arrange the planets according to their distances from the sun.
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Carpet Space Sit

For Teachers K
Students explain self space so they can move safely through their environment.
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Green Space in the City

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars identify the different kinds and uses of green space that exist in an urban area. They create maps of local parks and research the history of each park. They conduct a survey of residents near the park and interview a park...
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Green Space in the City

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine city parks and their importance and affect they have on the health and well being of a community. An oral report with visual aids is prepared as a group to educate the class on the importance of green space in the city.
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Cast of characters -- Lost in Space Lesson

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students examine how artists use the picture plane to depict two and three dimensions. They view online images, discuss how space is used to depict three-dimensional space, and create a painting.
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Space Settlement Design

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars work on a project in which they must design a space settlement. Once the teams have begun their research, have the project manager report to the instructor each day on progress or any difficulties encountered.
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The Vocabulary of Space

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students build their knowledge and understanding of vocabulary related to space.  In this space lesson, students discuss four categories of words and phrases related to space. 
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Nuclear-Powered Space Probes

For Students 7th - 10th
In this space probes worksheet, learners read about radioisotope thermoelectric generators and how they work. Then students complete 3 short answer questions.
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A Taste of Space Nutrition Unit

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders make a power point presentation about space nutrition and health.
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Bass Clef Spaces- 2

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this music worksheet, learners examine 5 staffs of music in the bass clef. Students label each note with the correct letter name. There are notes only on the spaces. Examples are provided to help learners.
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Space Awareness

Coma Cluster of Galaxies

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed Standards
Scientists classify everything from the smallest cells to the largest galaxies, but how do they decide on a classification system? Scholars use 40 pictures of galaxies taken by the Hubble Space Telescope to sort and try creating their...
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Messenger Education

Exploring Exploring

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
The reason people first began trading was because of their desires for objects other societies possessed. In the activity, classes discuss why exploration has been a common thread in all societies and where these desires have taken...
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Conservation in Small Spaces: Plant-Insect Interactions

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore ways that plants and insects impact each other, identify how different types of mouthparts allow insects to use plants in different ways, and design an insect and a plant to demonstrate mutualism.
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Conservation in Small Spaces: Butterfly Life cycles

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students discuss ways that butterflies and moths change during their lifecycles, observe caterpillars, and explore how their different body parts work.
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Earth’s Magnetic Field from Space

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Feel the pull of science! The final installment of this 18-part series is an application of everything learned in the previous high school lessons. Scholars are given a magnetic field map and must propose an arrangement of magnets that...
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Futuristic Flights

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students study the orbital space plane, NASA's proposed spacecraft of the future. They work in groups to plan missions to take place twenty years from now and design orbital space planes in which to carry out the missions.
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Astronaut's Favorite Foods

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students examine space food. In this space science lesson, students visit suggested websites to identify the eight categories of space food. Students use a space food nutrition guide to classify space food.
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Deep Impact-Comet Flyby

For Students 9th - 11th
In this comet and angles worksheet, learners read about the Deep Impact spacecraft that flew by the comet Tempel-1. They use a given formula to find the angular diameter of the comet and solve 4 problems using the equation.
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Introduction to Radiation Shielding

For Students 9th - 11th
In this radiation shielding instructional activity, students use a graph of the dosage of radiation versus the thickness of aluminum shielding using data from the MIR spacecraft and ISO satellite to solve 3 problems. They determine how...
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Public Land

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine the needs of their community for public space and determine the solutions to math problems related to planning landscape designs. They read and discuss an article from the New York Times, create their own designs for a...
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If These Walls Could Speak...

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars examine the relationship between history, the use of a given space, and its design. They research the relationship between technology and design while exploring a variety of sources. They study what scale models are and...
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Coronal Mass Ejection

For Students 9th - 12th
In this coronal mass ejection worksheet, high schoolers read about the coronal mass ejections detected by the IMAGE satellite and the Hubble Space Telescope resulting in auroras. Students solve 6 problems and determine the speed of the...
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New Information From an Old Comet

For Students 5th - 8th
In this comet worksheet, students will read information about the Comet Halley that has been collected by recent space probes. Students will use this information to complete 7 short answer questions.

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