Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: N. Scott Momaday
Learn more about N. Scott Momaday's work when you explore the links found within this site. These links provide lesson plans and activities for "The Way to Rainy Mountain" and other works.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: Science in Paradise: Big Dish
Investigate the science of radio astronomy, and create a model of a curved reflecting dish that will work like the Arecibo detector to detect electromagnetic waves. Explore risk using a risk space grid.
NASA
Nasa: From Stargazers to Starships: The Calendar
A lesson plan that gives an overview of solar and lunar calendars, their history and lore. Also, of the day and the month, and their relations to the rotational period of the Earth and the orbital period of the Moon.For versions in...
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Galileo: Revealing the Universe
In this lesson plan, students will consider "Galileo: Revealing the Universe." The plan includes worksheets and other student materials that can be found under the resource tab.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Learning Lab: The Universe, an Introduction
Start with the questions all students ask: How big is the universe, how far away are the planets and stars, how did they form and when, how do they move and why? Build on their natural curiosity. The Smithsonian, in cooperation with...
Space Telescope Science Institute
Amazing Space: Hubble Deep Field Academy
At this site, students can become a Steller Statistician, Cosmic Classifier, Galactic Guide or a Universal Graduate by attending the Hubble Deep Field Academy--and entering information in their Hubble Academy Log (HAL), which is assessed...
Utah Education Network
Uen: Moon Light Through the Month
In this lesson, students are asked to order cards showing different phases of the moon. Includes student handouts.
Can Teach
Can Teach Lesson Plan: Graphing Constellations
In this lesson plan, students practice their graphing skills by following directions to recreate constellations.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Cosmic Measurements
In this instructional activity, students will use hands on inquiry in cooperative learning groups to understand, develop and analyze common measurements used by astronomers. Students will use common objects such as straws, twizzlers, or...
South Carolina Educational Television
Know It All: Solar System Simulation
Fourth graders will begin to understand the solar system by using and creating models to demonstrate the layout of the solar System.
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: Classroom Planetarium
Create a classroom model of the solar system while teaching about relative size of all the planets, and each planet's distance from the sun.
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