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Mars

For Students 4th - 7th
After reading a short excerpt about the planet named after the Roman god of war, Mars, your class will answer four comprehension questions. The activity challenges them to fold over the paper and answer the questions without referring...
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Is the Earth Preparing to Flip?

For Students 7th - 10th
In this Earth's magnetic poles worksheet, students read about the changes observed in Earth's magnetic field and the possible geomagnetic reversal of the north and south magnetic poles. Students answer 5 questions about the reading and...
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Worksheet 31

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
In this math worksheet, students investigate vectors and polar coordinates. They convert the paths of polar coordinates to Euclidian points.
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Worksheet 28 - Spring 1996

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
In this math activity, students examine the graph in polar coordinates of r = f(θ). Then they sketch a graph of the modified functions indicated.
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The Inner Planets

For Students 9th - 12th
In this planets worksheet, high schoolers review the characteristics of the inner planets: Mars, Venus, Earth, and Mercury. This worksheet has 15 multiple choice questions.
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The North and South Magnetic Poles

For Students 7th - 9th
In this north and south magnetic poles worksheet, students read about the presence of auroras over the earth's magnetic poles as opposed to the geographic poles. Students use 2 photographs taken by the IMAGE FUV and the Polar instruments...
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Explorit's Cold Quiz

For Students 4th - 5th
In this cold quiz worksheet, students complete a six question multiple choice on-line interactive quiz about cold places and cold weather.
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Is There Ice on Mercury?

For Students 9th - 12th
For this ice on Mercury worksheet, students read about the data collected from the NASA Messenger and the Arecibo Radio Telescope indicating the possibility of ice on Mercury. Students solve 6 problems including finding the scale of the...
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Worksheet 27

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
In this math instructional activity, students examine the equations for the planets of Mercury and Saturn. Then they find the distance of Saturn’s closest and farthest approach to the sun.
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Gravity, Seasons, and Time

For Students 7th - 10th
In this Earth worksheet, students read about Earth's gravity, the reason the Earth has seasons, and time zones. Then students complete 21 multiple choice, 2 true or false, and 1 short answer question.
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The Mysterious Hexagon on Saturn!

For Students 9th - 12th
In this Saturn worksheet, students use a photograph of a hexagon feature on Saturn to solve three problems. These include finding the time it takes for the jet stream to complete one circuit around the hexagon, to find the size of the...
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Give Me a Boost—How Gravity Assists Aid Space Exploration

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
The propellant needed for space explorations runs in the thousands, while paying to get the craft into orbit costs millions! In the second installment of three, two activities explore laws of conservation of energy and momentum. Using...
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World Climates

For Students 2nd - 3rd Standards
Why is weather different around the world? Learn about world climates with a reading comprehension passage. Kids read a short passage before answering five comprehension questions based on context clues.
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Water Water Everywhere

For Students 4th - 5th Standards
The protection of our water supply is the subject of an article used in this cross-curricular reading comprehension worksheet. After studying the passage, readers use information from the text to respond to a series of comprehension...
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Water Pollution

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Fifteen million children under the age of five die each year due to diseases in their drinking water. Water pollution is the topic of lesson 34 in the series of 36. Scholars, through reading and discussing, study numerous aspects of...
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English Vocabulary Skills: AWL Sublist 1 - Exercise 1b

For Students 9th - 12th
In this online interactive English vocabulary skills activity, high schoolers answer 10 matching questions which require them to fill in the blanks in 10 sentences. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Global Meltdown

For Students 6th - 10th
In this environmental science lesson, students study data and animation on global temperature increase to complete 8 short answer questions that follow.
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Breaking News English: Global Warming

For Students 5th - 10th
In this Global Warming worksheet, students read the article, answer true and false questions, complete synonym matching, complete phrase matching, complete a gap fill, answer short answer questions, answer discussion questions, write,...
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Cartoons for the Classroom: Al Gore Heats up a Debate

For Students 8th - 12th
In this current events activity, students analyze political cartoons about Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth." Students respond to 3 talking point questions.
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Worksheet 34

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
In this math learning exercise, students find the plane perpendicular to the path (t2, t, cos 2πt) at time t = 1/4. Then they determine the location in which the object is moving the fastest.
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Worksheet 29

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
In this math worksheet, students investigate how time is related to the concept of increasing or decreasing velocity. Then they consider times and answer the questions of whether the velocity is changing.
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Phytoplankton

For Students 6th - 9th
For this phytoplankton worksheet, students read and study online information on plankton blooms to answer 8 short answer questions about the topic.
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Seeing Solar Processes

For Students 7th - 12th
In this seasons worksheet, students compare 24 hour filmstrips for a single day in Canada, the U.S.A., and the Arctic Circle to determine the different seasons. This worksheet has 12 fill in the blank.
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World Meteorological Day

For Students 7th - 8th
In this World Meteorological Day worksheet, students read or listen to a passage, then match phrases, fill in the blanks, choose the correct word, unscramble words and sentences, put sentences in order, write discussion questions and...