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Activity
NASA

Astronomical Society of the Pacific: Telescope Treasure Hunt

For Students 9th - 10th
This hands-on astronomy activity lets learners hunt for different objects in the night sky that contribute to stellar and planetary formation, using a Treasure List. They will learn how stars and their planets form and will find objects...
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Unit Plan
E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Science: Antarctica/ What Are the Different Parts of the Universe?

For Students 4th - 6th
In this lesson, students learn about objects in the universe, including constellations, planets, meteors, asteroids, and comets.
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Website
Other

Sea and Sky: Celestial Objects

For Students 9th - 10th
Empty space in outer space is not truly empty. Celestial objects fill the space not occupied by planets, stars, and such. This resource identifies these objects and further explains their existence.
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Interactive
Space Telescope Science Institute

Space Telescope Science Institute: Hubble Site

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the universe and celestial phenomena made visible by Hubble. High-quality photos of planets, stars, nebulae, and galaxies, complete with individual descriptions, can be viewed online and downloaded for printing and personal use.
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Handout
Nine Planets

The Nine Planets: Meteors, Meteorites and Impacts

For Students 9th - 10th
Very informative and in-depth site about meteors, meteorites and their impacts. This site provides lots of text to inform about meteors, lots of pictures of the different types of meteorites, tables and statistics about meteors and...
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Website
Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: Zoom Astronomy: All About Space

For Students 3rd - 8th
A fantastic collection of information about the solar system. Includes information on all of the planets, the moon, the sun, asteroids, comets, meteoroids, and stars. Also find puzzles, a dictionary, quizzes, classroom activities, and...
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Solar System Scale Model

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Teach the concept of scale models and the size of the solar system through this extensive lesson plan. Students will learn about scale models, estimate which objects to use to create a scale model of Earth and Sun, and figure out how far...
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Website
NASA

Nasa Star Child: The Solar System

For Students 3rd - 5th
Discover information about parts of the Solar System, along with definitions just by clicking on highlighted vocabulary terms. Be sure to try the "Solar System Activities" to review the material from these pages.
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Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Our Sky

For Teachers K - 1st
What objects are in the day sky and the night sky? How do they seem to move? Come and explore with us as we discover the sun, moon, planets and stars! This detailed lesson plan includes pictures and videos of the lesson in action,...
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Handout
NASA

Nasa: Image Science Center: Ask the Space Scientist

For Students 9th - 10th
A NASA scientist, Dr. Sten Odenwald, answers many students' questions. Topics include planets, galaxies, black holes, the origin of the universe, and common misconceptions about space.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Space Solar System

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson students will compare and contrast the attributes of star, star patterns and planets. Students will also have the opportunity to review facts about each planet and then complete various...
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Graphic
California Institute of Technology

Spitzer Science Center: Is There Anybody Home?

For Students 9th - 10th
This image, titled "Is There Anybody Home?" features six fuzzy pictures depicting six stars associated with known planets. The text under the image details various specifics about the picture and the planetary system associated with the...
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Website
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Astronomers Find 28 More Exoplanets

For Students 9th - 10th
From ABC News in Science, Maggie Fox's article explores a new string of "exoplanets" discovered orbiting distant stars. This research leads to numerous possibilities, one of which being the existence of planetary systems containing life...
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Article
Other

Planetary Science Institute: Building Planets at Psi

For Students 9th - 10th
An article about the Planetary Science Institutes's advanced computer software, which it uses to model the way the solar system may have formed. Includes some insights into the results already obtained.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: We Are Part of a Larger Universe

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] The flipchart was made a culminating activity for a unit of study on mapping. It starts with a video on the sky, stars and then a brief look at the universe to earth with images then addresses are...
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Calendar

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] The history of our calendar is presented through the passage of time with complete cycles of seasons in ancient history providing a starting place. Complete cycles of seasons are discussed and the...
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Website
Space Telescope Science Institute

Nasa: Hubble Space Telescope: Universe

For Students 9th - 10th
At this site from HubbleSite you can discover the universe by taking a look back toward the beginning of time. Site contains links to information on planets, stars, galaxies, and much more.
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Website
Ministerio de Educación (Spain)

Ntic: Astronomia Visible

For Students 6th - 8th
In this site you can learn about stars, planets, satellites and a little history of Astronomy.
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Unit Plan
Other

Kid Power: Astronomy for Kids

For Students 3rd - 5th
Young children can find facts about the Solar System, the Sun, meteorites, stars, galaxies, planets, our moon, comets, asteroids, and space exploration. Pages offer clear photos and bullet-point information, which is easy to read and...
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: The Solar System: Lesson 1

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will develop a map of the solar system in proportion to the distance between the planets. It is 1 of 3 in the series titled "The Solar System."
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Website
NASA

Nasa Star Child: Earth the Water Planet

For Students 3rd - 5th
Use this site to read about planet Earth. See a photo of the Earth from space, and learn quick facts about the earth's atmosphere, axis, and surface.
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NASA

Nasa Star Child: Where Oh Where Does That Little Object Go?

For Students 9th - 10th
See if you can identify the positions of the 9 planets in our solar system. Take an online quiz and get feedback on your answers.
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Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: Where Did the Matter in the Universe Come From?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students use various articles about how atoms are made and spread throughout the universe starting with the Big Bang. They will study the articles as groups and will then present their information to the class.
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Website
Other

Sea and Sky: A Tour of the Solar System

For Students 9th - 10th
Take a virtual tour of the solar system starting with detailed information about the sun.

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