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Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: The Astronaut's Diary [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th
"The Astronaut's Diary" is a one page, fictional, reading passage about astronauts traveling to the space station and the hard work they had to do. It is followed by questions which require students to provide evidence from the story; it...
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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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Lesson Plan
Utah STEM Foundation

Utah Stem Action Center: Together We Can Rule the Galaxy

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this lesson, learners will learn about Galileo Galilei and space.
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NASA

Nasa: Imagine the Universe: Imagine the Universe!

For Students 9th - 10th
This helpful site provides everything you want to know about studying the universe. Take a look at the tools and methods scientists use to study the universe, discover some of the objects that make up our universe, learn how scientists...
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Handout
Michigan State University

Michigan State University: Digital Learning Center for Microbial Ecology: Microbe Zoo

For Students 4th - 9th
Discover the functions and health effects of various microbes as you explore different environments in the Microbe Zoo: DirtLand, Animal Pavilion, Snack Bar, Space Adventure, and Water World.
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Primary
NASA

Nasa: Astronaut Journals

For Students 9th - 10th
Read journals from different astronauts and discover how they viewed their work and experiences. Discover different training and space missions that these astronauts have been a part of in NASA.
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National Women’s History Museum

National Women's History Museum: The Women of Nasa

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the women who have played an essential role in the functions of NASA for almost a century.
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: How to Write a Descriptive Essay

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
The students will learn to write a descriptive essay about a three-day space camp experience at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center. Students will then produce a multimedia slideshow about the experience.
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Lesson Plan
Carnegie Mellon University

Carnegie Mellon University: Rumble Blocks

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
A game where students must create a stable structure for a friendly alien to use to reach its spacecraft. Students manipulate the blocks to learn that wider bases, symmetrical structures, and creating a lower center of mass result in a...
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Other

Tapped In: Homepage

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This site from Tapped In is recommended for teachers, technology and professional development coordinators who are interested in dialogue with colleagues around issues of technology and education. The purpose of the site is to use the...
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Experiencing Ellis Island:immigration Project

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Make Ellis Island come alive for U.S. history learners by processing younger students in a recreation of the immigration center. Recreate the uncertainty, fear, and confusion many immigrants experienced by arranging a variety of stations...
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Activity
NASA

Nasa: Make Star Cookies

For Students 3rd - 5th
This site from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration provides a fun project on stars and cookies. "Make these yummy star cookies with genuine star-colored centers you can see through." Plus, learn interesting facts about...