Curated OER
What Makes Airplanes Fly?
Students examine force and conduct activities that model parachutes and helicopters. In this airplanes lesson plan students identify the forces that make airplanes fly higher and land.
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Some Famous Unit Conversion Errors!
In this unit conversion activity, students are given 3 stories about situations where errors in the conversion of units caused dramatic problems in science. For each situation, students practice converting units to solve the errors.
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Forces in Fluids-Science Puzzlers, Twisters, & Teasers
In this physical science worksheet, students complete 7 questions in the form of puzzles, word problems, and brain teasers about forces in fluids.
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Introduction to the e-Mission Operation Montserrat
Students read and discuss short articles which "brief" them on the coming mission. After they read each of the articles, they discuss the main ideas and the requirements for mission training. This is an introductory lesson to a...
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Reading Skills Practice-Grade Three
In this reading skills worksheet, 3rd graders read several passages on a variety of topics and answer multiple choice questions after each. An answer key is included.
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Hoop Trip To The Planets
Students practice locomotor patterns already introduced while reinforcing facts about each planet.
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Are we alone? Do aliens exist?
Pupils discuss the existence of aliens in the universe. In this alien instructional activity, students discuss the answers to the questions: What are the chances that aliens exist in the universe? and What are the chances that aliens...
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English Exercises: The Significance of Science in Society
In this significance of science in society worksheet, 8th graders read 3 paragraphs, then interactively answer 9 comprehension and grammar questions, with immediate online feedback; video at the beginning is not longer available, but the...
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The Solar System
Students examine effects of the sun on the planets in our solar system.
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Sonic Booms and Logarithms
Students practice working with the symbolic notation for logarithms. They understand various types of patterns and functional relationships. They use symbolic forms to represent and analyze mathematical situations.
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Great River Bend Adventure
Learners use their imagination. They discuss the 4 C's of teamwork: Concentration, Communications, Coomperation, and Consideration. Students discuss the safety guidelines of the project. They complete a rope maze. The group walks...
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The X-33 and the X-38
Students explore the relationships among the lengths, areas, and volumes of similar solids. They also discover what effect doubling the dimensions of a figure has on the resulting area.
NASA
Nasa: Space Shuttle Glider
Assemble a basic scale model of the space shuttle as a hands-on activity. The activity features math-related concepts such as finding the scale of the paper model and the glide ratio of its flight.
NASA
Nasa: Upcoming Space Shuttle Launches
Updated information on details of the next scheduled shuttle launch, including mission objectives and crew biographies. A link is also included to mission reports of past Space Shuttle flights.
NASA
History of the Space Shuttle
Entry portal to NASA's site on the background and history of the Space Shuttle.
NASA
Nasa: Orion: Nasa's New Spacecraft on the Journey to Mars
Learn all about the spacecraft Orion, which took its first flight to space in December 2014. A trip to Mars is planned next. Learn how its design compares to that of the Apollo, what new technology it has, and what has been done to...
CNN
Cnn: Space Shuttle Columbia Special Report
CNN.com provides a thorough look at the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster. Here, read press releases, watch videos, view images, and use interactive programs.
Other
Boston Globe: Space Shuttle Columbia: Final Moments
A graphic explanation of the final moments of the Space Shuttle Columbia.
NASA
Nasa: First Space Shuttle Mission Sts 1
NASA summary of the first flight of the space shuttle Columbia in 1981.
NASA
Nasa: Sts 107 (Space Shuttle Columbia)
NASA.gov provides information regarding the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster. Content includes crew biographies, press releases, shuttle images, and scientific data and research.
New York Times
New York Times: The Final Flight: Disaster Strikes a Venerable Spacecraft
Outstanding resource for studying the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster. Full illustrated explanations of the descent, the problem with foam, reports of last mission, debris, etc. Photos, audio, maps, and other graphics are available.
NASA
Nasa: Space Shuttle Mission Archives: Sts 95
A summary of the mission in which John Glenn returned to space 36 years after his 3-orbit Mercury program mission in 1962. A description of the mission is provided. Information on the other six members of the crew is included.
NASA
Nasa: Shuttle Reference
This site from NASA goes into great detail about the physical makeup of the Space Shuttle, and includes sidebars with further information about NASA and the manned space program.
FOX News
Fox News: Profiles of Space Shuttle Columbia Crew
Brief bios of all of the members of the doomed Space Shuttle Columbia.