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Inside-out Adaptations

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Pupils describe sea stars adaptations and explain how these enable them to survive in different environments.  In this animal adaptation lesson students watch a video, get into groups and create a list of characteristics of sea stars. 
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Incredible Encouragers

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students observe and demonstrate how to use and give positive encouragement to their teammates and opponents. They read and discuss a list of positive sayings, then during a P.E. game, students earn Incredible Encourager stars when they...
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Hands On: How Big is 1,000?

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this counting to 1,000 worksheet, students use the packs of stickers and their specific counts that range from 1, 10, 100, and 1,000. Students determine if the people have to buy more than 1,000, less than 1,000, or exactly 1,000...
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Ordinal Numbers

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
In this counting by ordinal numbers worksheet, students read the directions about which numbered stars to circle and circle the stars in their correct places. Students solve 12 problems. 
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Lots to See and Learn There Is

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students investigate hands-on learning opportunities. In this current events lesson, students visit the Star Wars exhibition, the National Gallery, or Global Leap online or in-person to discover the learning opportunities that each...
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Finding Extra-Solar Planets

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students plot and analyze NASA data to determine the period of an invisible planet orbiting a wobbling star. They explore the motion of a two-body system around a center of mass to better explain how extra-solar planets are discovered.
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Starry, Starry Night

For Teachers K
Students, using construction paper, and an empty black film canster with no lid, create their own night sky full of stars that can be seen in the middle of the day.
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Astronomy

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore the rotation of the Earth and observe the shapes of constellations. After discussing how the Earth moves. volunteers use a flashlight and globe to model the movement of the sun-Earth system. Using Digitalis technology,...
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Proud to Be Me Mobile

For Teachers K - 2nd
Student create mobiles to promote self-awareness and discovery. In this creative hands-on mobile lesson, young scholars use large star patterns to create a mobile that reflects a theme they've chosen, representing something about...
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The American Flag

For Teachers K
Students investigate the American flag. In this citizenship lesson, students listen to the book The Story of the American Flag by John Herman and discuss the symbolic meaning of the stars and stripes. Students construct their own paper...
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Famous Olympians

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Learners study about famous Olympic athletes. They are introduced to a few that have earned gold medals to encourage interest. Students read to find out more about them to become with more equally famous Olympic Games stars.
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Designed to Scale

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders study ratios, scale and distances according to a three dimensional model.  In this exploratory lesson students create their own constellation and prepare an oral presentation that describes their model. 
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How Many in a Minute

For Teachers K - 6th
Students estimate what they can accomplish in a minute. In this estimation lesson, students guess how many jumping jacks or stars they can draw in a minute. They get timed and see how close they are to their prediction. 
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Modeling Martian Motion

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore the difference between stars and planets and take on the role of these objects to simulate the relative motions of Mars and the Earth around the Sun.
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Flag Bookmark Craft

For Teachers K
Students identify the characteristics of the American flag and create a Pledge of Allegiance bookmark. They discuss the symbolism of the U.S. flag, and identify the meaning of the stripes and the stars on the flag. Students then create a...
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How Big Are Earth, Sun, and Moon?

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders draw what they believe is in space on a dry erase board. In groups, they are given a beaker half filled with water and they add a teaspoon of oil, observing the different layers that form. To end the lesson, they identify...
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Graphing Systems of Equations

For Students 11th
In this Algebra II worksheet, 11th graders use graphing to determine the solution to a system of linear equations.  The two page worksheet contains explanation and three guided problems.  Answers are not included. 
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Shapes!

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students identify five basic geometric shapes by naming them according to their defining characteristics. They draw the shapes and identify food with similar shapes.
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Red Shift, Blue Shift

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers demonstrate how stellar spectra measures a star's motion relative to Earth along the line of sight.
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Detecting Meteors by Radio in the Classroom

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders describe and interpret the science of optical and radio telescopes, space probes and remote sensing technologies (Unit E) They explain the role of radio and optical telescopes in determining characteristics of stars and...
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ESL Rhymes

For Students 1st
For this English Language rhymes worksheet, 1st graders enhance their vocabulary and speaking skills by practicing the two rhymes 'Three Blind Mice' and 'Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star.'
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Happy Birthday America!

For Teachers 1st - 8th
Students examine the United States flag, the Pledge of Allegiance, and the Fourth of July. They create five-pointed stars, listen to stories about Betsy Ross and Paul Revere, and sing various patriotic songs.
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Sneetches by Dr. Seuss

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students read "Sneetches" by Dr. Seuss. They complete a story map and write about the topic of prejudice. They role-play star-bellied and plain-bellied sneetches and write a persuasive essay about their experiences.
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20th-Century Astronomy

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils examine and explain how the distance to nearby stars can be measured by the parallax method, discuss the role of women in the history of American astronomy, form their own opinions of the importance of Harlow Shapley and Edwin...

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