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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Reflect on this Mote of Dust

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students explore space science by analyzing a speech by Carl Sagan. In this cosmos lesson plan, students view an online video of a speck of a "pale blue dot" in the distance of space which turns out to be Earth. Students write an essay...
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Lesson Plan
Literacy Design Collaborative

A Pale Blue Dot: That's Here. That's Home. That's Us.

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
21st-century learners live in such a visual world that many are unused to letting their minds imagine the picture that words create. An excerpt from Carl Sagan's lecture, "The Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space,"...
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Assessment
New York State Education Department

English Language Arts Examination: June 2014

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Should companies track consumers' shopping preferences without their permission? Using the resource, scholars write source-based argumentative essays to answer the question. They also answer reading comprehension questions based on an...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Technology: Historic Figures

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders research historical figures and create Powerpoint presentations about them. They present their completed projects to the class. Students gfenerate one question about their figure which is included on a quiz.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Lotto or Life: What Are the Chances?

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Though the website does not seem to have the mentioned video, a reding and lottery style games simulate the chances of finding intelligent life somewhere other than Earth. Without the video, this lesson is short, but it can be a useful...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

ABChain Gang - C

For Students 9th - 12th
High schoolers can hone their research skills by exploring the Internet to find the answers to the trivia questions presented in this on-line worksheet. This resource focuses on questions that have the letter "C" in them, such as;...
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Lesson Planet Article
Curated OER

Big Time Lessons

For Teachers K - 2nd
Teaching students about time can provide a way to talk about sundials, different types of clocks, and even time travel.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Space Quiz

For Students 5th - 6th
In this space worksheet, students complete a five question multiple choice on-line interactive quiz about the American space program.
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Article
American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: Carl Sagan and the Quest for Life in the Universe

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief biography of American astronomer and science advocate Carl Sagan.
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Website
NASA

Nasa: Nasa's Carl Sagan Fellows to Study Extraterrestrial Worlds

For Students 9th - 10th
NASA announces the new Carl Sagan Postdoctoral Fellowships in Exoplanet Exploration, created to inspire the next generation of explorers seeking to learn more about planets, and possibly life, around other stars.
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Website
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Harcourt: Biographies: Carl Sagan

For Students 9th - 10th
A look at Carl Sagan, the man who brought the wonders of astronomy to the average person. Carl Sagan helped millions of people understand earth, the solar system, the universe and beyond. (In Spanish)
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Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Carl Sagan

For Students 9th - 10th
This encyclopedia article from Wikipedia provides a brief biography of Carl Sagan, the American astronomer who pioneered exobiology and promoted the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI), and science in general.
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Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Carl Sagan on the Existence of Extraterrestrials

For Students 9th - 10th
Carl Sagan discusses the incomprehensible vastness of the universe, the wonder of our own place in it all, and the science behind understanding the likelihood of the existence of extraterrestrial beings. [6:24]
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Website
Other

Observatorio Arval: Carl Sagan

For Students 9th - 10th
This is biographical information, uuotes, a bibliography and links to other resources on the popular American physicist Carl Sagan.
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Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Sagan on Time Travel

For Students 9th - 10th
Astronomer Carl Sagan discusses the possibility of time travel in this audio-enhanced interview from the NOVAWeb site.
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Article
Famous Scientists

Famous Scientists: Carl Sagan

For Students 9th - 10th
A short biography about a scientist best known for his contributions to the research of extraterrestrial life, including experimental demonstration of the production of amino acids from basic chemicals by radiation.
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Article
Scientific American

Sci Am: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence

For Students 9th - 10th
Carl Sagan and Frank Drake make a case for exploring space to discover extraterrestrial intelligence.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Carl Sagan

For Students Pre-K - 1st
An image of Carl Sagan.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Carl Sagan

For Students Pre-K - 1st
An image of Carl Sagan.
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Website
Other

Founder and First President of the Planetary Society

For Students 9th - 10th
Tribute to Carl Sagan by members of the society he founded. Contains essays written by Sagan and related articles.
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Primary
Other

Nineplanets: Reflections on a Mote of Dust.

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Nineplanets provides an excerpt of a speech delivered by Carl Sagan, entitled, "Reflections on a Mote of Dust".
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Website
NASA

Nasa Star Child: Who's Who in Space (Level 2)

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a list of people who have given their lives to studying space science. Each person has a biography that you can read.
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Website
NASA

Nasa Star Child: Who's Who in Space (Level 1)

For Students 3rd - 5th
StarChild presents biographies of people who have contributed to space exploration from Tycho Brahe to Sally Ride.
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Website
NASA

Nasa Star Child: Star Child

For Students 3rd - 8th
StarChild from NASA defines and describes the Solar System in a simple and easy-to-understand manner. The website is broken down into two versions for the student, grade school and junior high.

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