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Ride the Road to Freedom

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders discover that people can connect the dots of the stars to make pictures in the sky and have been doing so for thousands of years. They understand that throughout the United States people worked together to plan an escape...
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Planets, Constellations, and Stars

For Teachers 6th - 8th
For this space science worksheet, students find the answers to the research questions that focus on the stars, planets, and constellations.
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Following the Stars - Polynesian Navigation

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore star lines and constellations that ancient Hawaiians used for navigation, and create star charts.
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Starring...Bears!

For Teachers K - 4th
Students illustrate a First Nations' legend.  In this legend of bears lesson, students read several legends which involve bears and groups of stars or constellations. After reading, students illustrate portions of the stories....
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Scientific Notation: Light Years to Centaurus Constellation

For Students 8th - 12th Standards
Connect scientific notation to a real-life situation. Measuring distances in our solar system require large numbers. As pupils make conversions using these large numbers, they begin to see the necessity of scientific notation. They...
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Size of Stars

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders draw constellations in the sky and use the brightness levels of stars to show how big they are. In this constellations lesson plan, 5th graders describe what they see in the night sky by discussing the star's distances.
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Worksheet
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THEMIS: A Magnetic Case of 'What Came First?'

For Students 9th - 11th
In this magnetic reconnection worksheet, students solve seven problems using the data and graphs from the THEMIS satellite constellations, which show a series of events triggered by a magnetic reconnection. Students interpret the data in...
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Constellation Projections

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners draw constellations. For this astronomy lesson, students create constellations from star groupings projected on a chalk board. Learners connect the "stars" to create a pattern on the board. Student can create new groupings of...
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Worksheet
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Constellations

For Students 7th - 10th
In this constellations worksheet, students find forty eight constellations in a word search given the constellation names such as Ursa Major and Ursa Minor.
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Gazing At Cosmic Pinballs

For Teachers K - 1st
Students explore the world of stars. They see that the color of a star tells how hot or cold it is, that stars come in different sizes. and that stars are moving through space. They draw lines connecting start to star.
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Worksheet
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Exploring a Galaxy

For Students 9th - 11th
In this galaxy worksheet, learners use the Internet or other resources to answer 13 questions about the galaxy NGC-1232. They are given a photograph of the galaxy to help determine the width and diameter of certain regions of...
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Unit Plan
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Spinning into Space

For Teachers 1st
Students, through hands-on activities, teacher demonstrations, pictures, and informational books, complete a unit on the Earth and its place in the Universe. They make mobiles of the Milky Way and watch demonstrations of lunar and solar...
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Lesson Plan
Space Awareness

Navigation in the Ancient Mediterranean and Beyond

For Teachers 9th - 11th Standards
Ancient texts, like Homer's Odyssey, mentions navigating ships by observing constellations. Pupils learn about the link between history and astronomy as they relate to navigation in the Bronze Age. Scholars complete two hands-on...
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Stories in the Sky

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners discover the concept of combining constellations and tall tales. In this tall tale lesson, students compare constellations to tale tales. They create their own tall tale and constellation.
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Star Patterns

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders create constellation maps and record their own legends of how constellations came into existence. After observing the sky at night, 3rd graders discuss star maps, read previously recorded legends on the origin of stars. ...
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Palm use in Astronomy

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers identify and recall common constellations by using a palm pilot with astronomy software. Students will use their Palm to assist them in correctly identifying constellations using a telescope.
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Myths and Legends

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders write a myth about a constellation that is seen from the night sky in South Carolina. They draw a picture of their constellation to attach to their myth. They scan their pictures and type their stories into a web page...
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Stellar Lunar Curriculum

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students engage in a lesson about the moon and three different constellations. They conduct research using a variety of resources. The teacher leads the class with demonstrations and discussion groups. The research is also guided using...
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A Star Party

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the parts and function of a telescope.  In this investigative lesson students gain an understanding of a telescope and identify planets and constellations. 
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Mars: Off the Charts--Until You Put It There

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore the night sky and make illustrations which are shared in class the next day. Distinctions are made between the stars and the planets and views of the constellations for the season are made available. The work of early...
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Curated OER

Shadow Know-How

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
In this fill in the blank worksheet, students identify the names of fourteen constellations by analyzing their outlines in shadow pictures.
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Three D Constellations

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students address a major misconception in astronomy, the understanding of scale. The lesson is designed to introduce students to both celestial coordinates and to the first rung on the distance determination ladder, parallax.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Auroras

For Students 7th - 9th
In this aurora worksheet, students read a description of an aurora observed by Captain Standard in 1859. Students interpret the description with a drawing giving as much detail as possible using colored media to capture what they read.
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Curated OER

Geometry in the Constellations: The ER-2

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Young scholars discuss reasons to record the location of stars. They view a picture of the night sky, and discuss constellations. Students complete a worksheet of the various shapes they see in the constellations.

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