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Race the Track! Jump the Gap

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students record data of using a track system with variables and how those variables affect a ball used in the track. In this track lesson plan, students design their own track in groups, test the ball's rates of speed, and record their...
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Dayna Lykins, Leanna Prater

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders compare and contrast gliding flight and true flight. They investigate the basic principles of aeronautics. The class participates in activities to observe lift and the effect of air. Students design and fly their own...
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Planetary Orbits

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore space science by completing a solar system identification worksheet. In this planets lesson, students discuss the different planets in our star system and identify their traits. Students complete an orbital system...
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Measurement and Safety

For Teachers 7th - 10th
In this measurement and safety activity, students find the terms in a word search puzzle for 13 statements about the SI units of measurement, the prefixes for the units and measurements of mass, length, and volume. They answer 2...
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WHAT HOLDS US TO EARTH?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners they imagine they are Galileo and try to duplicate Galileo's experiments and results.
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Space Ship Pilot

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students visualize the relation between acceleration and velocity in 2 dimensions. They are introduced to Newton's first law,and Newton's second law. Students work on an exploration activity where they condsider an example of a...
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Escape Velocity

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students compute minimum velocity, using square roots.
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Look Mom, No Wings!

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Pupils explain how drag, weight, lift and thrust work together to make something fly. In this physics lesson, students measure their jump height and record data on the table. They reason out why they can't remain airborne for long.
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The Elastic Racquet

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students use this introductory lab using a tennis racquet, however it is very difficult to study because of the strings and the racquet stretch so little and so quickly during a match that students were unable to make simple...
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Black Holes

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students explore what black holes are and how gravity is associated with them.  In this space lesson students are given enough information to imagine a journey to a black hole. 
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How Things Fly

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Young scholars explain basic principles of aeronautics such as gravity and lift. In this How Things Fly lesson, students visit the interactive, hands-on How Things Fly gallery at the Smithsonian. Young scholars perform three experiments...
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Magnetic Experiment

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders experiment with magnets. In this magnet experiment lesson, 3rd graders explore magnetic attraction and repulsion. Students rotate through four stations and investigate the properties of magnets.
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Magnetism: Knowledge Quiz

For Students 6th - 7th
In this magnetism quiz worksheet, students complete a set of 10 multiple choice questions covering a variety of concepts about magnetism.
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Solar System Socratic Questions

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students reflect on and discuss theories of how the solar system was formed. They respond to prompts in a structured sequence to relate the formation of the solar system and the age of the Earth.
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Metric !!! Word Search Puzzle

For Students 4th - 6th
In this math and language arts worksheet, students study 14 words in a word bank pertaining to metric measurement. Students find the words in the word search puzzle. Note: One of the words in the word bank is spelled "meater" (instead of...
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Beyahh!!!!!!! Measurement Word Search Puzzle

For Students 4th - 5th
In this measurement word search puzzle worksheet, students locate 10 words that are included in a word bank at the bottom of the page. They find words such as length, weight, volume, and weight.
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Worksheet 24

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
In this math worksheet, students find how a 1 kg bucket filled with 10 kg of water is lifted 10 m into the air. They set up an integral which gives the total amount of work done on the bucket and the water used for lifting it.
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Astronomy

For Teachers 3rd
Students complete a unit of lessons on our solar system, its stars, and astronomers. They record information in a space journal, design constellations, define key vocabulary, observe the phases of the moon, and create a group planet...
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Magnets

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners explore the concept of magnetism. In this magnetism lesson, students use bar magnets to conduct experiments regarding magnetism. Learners also use a magnetic compasses to examine magnetic poles.
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People and Space

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students eat dehydrated foods that the astronauts would eat in space. In this dehydrated foods lesson plan, students make lists of food they could eat, discuss how dehydration takes place, eat food, and complete discussion questions.
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Activity One -- Fundamentally Speaking

For Students 9th - 12th
In this science worksheet, students examine how the universe is bound with the atomic particles and focus upon the findings of two historical scientists.
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Reading Comprehension: Is Pluto a Planet?

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this reading comprehension learning exercise, students read a passage about Pluto, then complete a set of 5 multiple choice questions. An answer key is included as well as a reference web site for additional activities.
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TE Activity: A Roundabout Way to Mars

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Learners investigate Hohmann orbit transfers using cardboard and string while focusing on the orbits of Earth and Mars. They look at the planets orbits around the sun and transfer orbit form one planet to another to determine what a...
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Falling Motion

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Students design and conduct an experiment on Galileo's Rule of Falling Bodies. In this physics lesson, students collect and analyze data. They create a presentation and share it with the class.

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