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California Institute of Technology

Spitzer Science Center: Historias Desde Espacio: Premiacion a Las Planetas

For Students 3rd - 8th
All the planets are competing to see who is the best planet in the Solar System. Read the story in Spanish to learn the results of the pageant. Excellent source of information presented in a fun manner.
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Unit Plan
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Learning About the Solar System [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th
"Learning about the Solar System" is a one page, nonfiction, reading passage about scientists and learning about our solar system and how it works. It is followed by constructed-response questions which require students to provide...
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Unit Plan
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Learning About the Solar System [Pdf]

For Teachers 7th
"Learning about the Solar System" is a one page, nonfiction, reading passage about the Milky Way gallaxy and how scientists learn about it over time. It is followed by questions which require students to provide evidence from the story;...
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Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Learning About the Solar System [Pdf]

For Teachers 6th
"Learning about the Solar System" is a one page, nonfiction, reading passage about the Milky Way gallaxy and what it takes to be a scientist. It is followed by constructed-response questions which require students to provide evidence...
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Cengage Learning

Mission to Mars: Project Based Learning

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students will plan a human expedition to the planet Mars. Through this project-based activity, they can choose to learn about the surface of Mars, the trip route, the analogical features between Mars and Earth, nutrition and exercise, or...
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Other

Sandburg Center for Sky Awareness: What Are the Shapes of the Planets' Orbits?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this lesson plan investigation students learn about the shapes of the planetary orbits by experimenting with ellipses of different proportions.
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Handout
Michigan State University

Michigan State University: Digital Learning Center for Microbial Ecology: The Curious Microbe

For Students 9th - 10th
This interesting site focuses on unusual microbes that inhabit an extreme environmental niche on our planet. Individual articles are written in a tone suitable for general audience.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: What Can We Learn About Money?

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] Use this flipchart to introduce money. The magic mirror lets the children inspect pieces of the coins. Then move on to counting collections of coins, and check the answers as you go. I have used pages...
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Handout
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Ucar: Climate

For Students 9th - 10th
The climate where you live is called regional climate. Global climate is a description of the climate of a planet as a whole, with all the regional differences averaged. Includes links to additional resources on climate and climate change.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Follow the Rules

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart gives students the opportunity to learn that counting up is like adding numbers, and counting back is like subtracting numbers. There are a total of 26 pages in this flipchart with...
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Colonial Differences

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students learn to understand Colonial American regional differences by applying knowledge of places, resources, economics, land climate, products and trading centers. Extension of knowledge to include...
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Money Practice

For Teachers 1st - 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This money practice flipchart can be used as a whole group or center activity. It is designed to offer practice for learning how to make change from a word problem.
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Handout
Purdue University

Purdue University: 3 D Earth Structure Model

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Take a journey to the center of the Earth and learn about the structure, material properties, and conditions inside our planet.
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Unit Plan
NASA

Nasa Space Place: All About Mercury

For Students 3rd - 8th
Students have an opportunity to learn more about Mercury. Each badge contains a student centered experience to understand another aspect of the planet.
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Other

Young Author's Workshop: Revising

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Revise means to take another look at something. If you are not satisfied with your story, this is the step where you add details, dialog, and action to make the story more interesting.