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The Best of the Solar System (Grades 6-8)

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students are introduced to planetary research and become familiar with the planets and their features. They view images of the planets, and fill in an information chart which is imbedded in this plan.
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Our View of the Sun

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students are introduced to safety rules for observing the Sun, how the distance of the Sun is measured using Kepler's Laws and identify the visible layers of the Sun. They discuss solar eclipses and view images of eclipses using the...
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Summer Research Program for Science Teachers

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students analyze the optical region of the electromagnetic spectrum.
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Hello, Anybody Out There?

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students understand that people believe there may be life in other solar systems. In this communication with other solar systems lesson plan, students analyze our planet and write things they want to communicate to other solar systems.
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Predicting the Configuration of the Satellites of Jupiter

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students plot the positions of the planet Jupiter while predicting what the configuration system looks like from Earth. In this configuration of satellites lesson, students photograph Jupiter and its moons to record the motions of...
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My Alien

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students listen to text read from "Hello! Anybody Out There?" and then brainstorm what aliens from outer space look like and do they exist at all. They then will describe the physical features and a special ability or quality of an alien.
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Astronomy

For Students 4th - 5th
In this astronomy worksheet, students read a detailed text about our solar system. Students then answer 15 questions about the information presented.
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Observations and Inferences

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Pupils observe how to distinguish observations form inferences.  In this examining inferences lesson students list observations relating to the activity and discuss the importance of them. 
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Working with Tenses

For Teachers 5th - 8th
in this working with tenses worksheet, students identify time expressions in sentences. Students then determine the tense of each of the verb phrases and create new sentences.
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Theme

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Learners examine a reading selection. For this descriptive writing lesson, students read an excerpt from "Hello! Anybody Out There?". Learners discuss the idea of aliens living on other planets, describe what they think an alien looks...
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Science: Space Quiz

For Students 4th - 5th
In this science:  space quiz worksheet, students answer twenty questions, not interactively, about outer space, then scroll down to find the answers.
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Star Party- Closing Lesson

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Learners study the stars and galaxies.  In this universe lesson students complete their unit by participating in an evening bonfire to share what they learned. 
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There Is/Are - Counting Stars

For Students 4th - 6th
In this counting stars worksheet, students fill in the blanks to a passage, complete the questions, and write sentences with possessive forms. Students complete 3 activities.
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Sketching Cylinders

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students create nets of cylinders. In this geometry lesson, students calculate the surface area of cylinders and other solids. They show their understanding of three-dimensional shapes by solving problems.
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Observational Astronomy

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students research about the characteristics of celestial bodies using a database. In this space science lesson, students collect data such as brightness, apparent color and size by observing the night sky. They share their findings with...
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Properties of Dust

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars examine the dust in their classroom and relate it to the dust in space.  For this investigative lesson students collect dust and graph their findings.
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SALLY RIDE

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students express what it would be like to launch off into outer space in a space shuttle. They include what it might feel like, look like, sound like, and any thoughts that go through their mind as they dart away from the Earth's...
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Too Bright at Night?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Pupils explore the consequences of light pollution. They consider benefits and drawbacks of technology in order to acquire informed attitudes on the various technologies and their social, cultural, economic, and ecological consequences. .
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What Do You Know!

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars experiment using a compass for navigation and consider how various instruments affect how we travel.
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Can You Find Me Now?

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students locate points using longitude and latitude coordinates. They locate their home using longitude and latitude, explore the uses of GPS, and accurately use a GPS.
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Magnify It!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explain that there are limits to what the eye can see and that a magnifying glass can help extend those limits. They examine an object with the magnifying glass and draw the size and shape of what they see as accurately as they...
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Making Waves with the Electromagnetic Spectrum

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils explore various types of electromagnetic waves, the range of the spectrum, and common sources of electromagnetic waves.
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The Discovery Of The Solar System

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars study the heliocentric theory of Copernicus, the ideas behind it and the explanations which it displaced. A discussion of retrograde motion of planets helps students explain the logic underlying the ideas of both Ptolemy...
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Stellar Fingerprints: the Spectra of Stars

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students explain how an element can be identified using emission spectra. They relate the emission spectrum of hydrogen to its absorption spectrum and identify hydrogen absorption lines in the spectrum of stars.

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