Students investigate the different phases of the moon.  In this lunar cycle instructional activity, students create models of the sun, earth and moon and investigate why we observe the moon the way we do.  Students observe a...

Third graders discuss how Aristotle concluded that the Earth was round. As a class, they review theories about the Earth's shape and describe how life on Earth would be different if it were flat. Individually, they make a moon book in...

Students explore space science by completing a worksheet in class. In this astronomy lesson plan, students discuss and identify star patterns in the night sky and relate these patterns to the approximate time they appear. Students...