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Curated OER

Moon Phases

For Students Pre-K - 1st
moon phases
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Activity
PBS

Nova: Lunar Puzzlers

For Students 9th - 10th
See if you can answer 4 challenging questions that will require you to take a lunar perspective. These questions deal with the way things look from the moon.
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Activity
Science Struck

Science Struck: Simple Ideas for Your Kid's Solar System Project

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Provides detailed instructions for how to help a student make a solar system model, and additional suggestions for making a constellation poster, making a model showing phases of the moon, and creating a solar system model to scale.
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Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: Patterned Paragraphs

For Students 6th - 7th
Students will learn about the importance of including specific details when writing. Students will watch the teacher model "How to Make a Peanut Butter Sandwich." Then student will replicate the process for writing with specificity as...
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Handout
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: First Grade Science: Sky Patterns

For Students 1st
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes patterns that can be found in the movement of the Sun, Moon, and stars.
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Handout
NASA

Nasa: Eye Safety During Solar Eclipses

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource, which is provided for by NASA, gives great information on protecting your eyes during solar eclipses. Your eyes are very difficult to replace. Even when 99% of the Sun's surface is obscured during the partial phases of a...
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Unit Plan
Ministerio de Educación (Spain)

Ministerio De Educacion: Atronomia Esferica Modulo I Unidad 1

For Students 9th - 10th
Recognize the major constellations and learn about the sky during the different seasons of the year. You will also be able to measure the height of the mountains of the moon.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physical Science: Orbital Motion

For Students 7th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Orbital motion and why it occurs, and the orbits of the Earth around the sun and the moon around the Earth.
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Website
National Institute of Educational Technologies and Teacher Training (Spain)

Ministerio De Educacion: El Universo, La via Lactea Y El Sistema Solar

For Students 9th - 10th
Ministerio de Educacion: El Universo, la Via Lactea y el Sistema Solar.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Space

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart describes what causes the seasons, explains the moon's phases, and introduces what a constellation is. It utilizes the Activotes to help describe the phenomena.
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Website
Institute for Dynamic Educational Advancement

Web Exhibit: The Chinese Calendar

For Students 9th - 10th
This website gives very detailed information about all aspects of the Chinese calendar.
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Website
Institute for Dynamic Educational Advancement

Web Exhibit: The Jewish Calendar

For Students 9th - 10th
This website gives very detailed information about all aspects of the Jewish calendar.
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Unit Plan
NASA

Nasa: The Space Place

For Students 3rd - 5th
This site from NASA's Space Place is geared towards early elementary learners. It offers detailed instructions for crafts and activities related to space, games and a teacher resource area. Students can also ask an expert at this site.
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Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Our Stars

For Teachers K - 1st
In this activity, students will observe and communicate how the stars are in the sky both day and night. The extremely detailed activity includes photos and videos of the activity in actions, examples of student's work, materials, parent...
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Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: Out of This World

For Teachers 1st
Observe changes in the daytime and nighttime skies.
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Graphic
Other

The Weather Underground: Weather in France

For Students 9th - 10th
The Weather Underground lets you click on the name of a town or city in France and find the current weather conditions (temp, humidity, dew point, wind etc.) and a week's forecast. Includes moon phase, sunrise and sunset times.
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Website
Other

Astromador: Astronomia Para Amadores

For Students 9th - 10th
This resources focuses exclusively on astronomy. It's packed with historical facts about space exploration, famous people who pioneered the study of stars and planets. It features chronological list of space exploration, current news,...
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Handout
Science Struck

Science Struck: How Was the Earth Created

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource gives a detailed explanation of the stages that the Earth and the solar system went through beginning with their origins in the Big Bang up to the present time.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Galileo Galilei

For Students 9th - 10th
Galileo Galilei (15 February 1564 - 8 January 1642) was a Tuscan (Italian) physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher who played a major role in the scientific revolution. His achievements include improvements to the telescope...