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Learning Lesson: Its a Gas, Man

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Young scholars participate in a demonstration in which they examine the effect on temperature by carbon dioxide. They discuss the effects of carbon dioxide on the environment. They also examine summer safety rules to end the lesson.
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How Do Atmospheres Affet Planetary Temperatures?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students perform a literature search and use reputable research resources in order to find the surface temperature of different planets in our solar system. They speculate about the observed and unobserved factors. Then brainstorming is...
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How Far Away is SOHO?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners create a scale model of the Earth and the sun that demonstrates where the SOHO satellite is in relation to the Earth.
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Enslaved and Running

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Young scholars use runaway slave advertisements to discover how the language varies from the 18th to 21st century. Using primary source documents, they research the brutality of slavery and the desire of those in slavery to be free. ...
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Earth

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders engage in a study of the solar system. The teacher constructs an outside model of it. They walk through it making constructive observations. Students conduct a class discussion about the solar system and planets. They...
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Out of This World

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students take a mission to Mars. In this space science lesson, students listen a lecture about space travel to Mars and the planet itself. Students then create timelines of exploration and write poetry about their ideal planet.
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The Planets Terra Firma

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the theories of the creation of the universe and examine the properties of celestial bodies. They analyze the relationship between the sun, Earth and the other planets.
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Planet/Constellation Mobile

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Pupils, through small group discussion, identify and share a rationale for shapes and patterns in the construction of a mobile that represents the solar system that makes them think of the creation of our solar system.
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Seeing Sound and Sonar

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars grasp how underwater animals can "see" using sound waves. They practice making inferences, and build a conceptual understanding of sonar radar.
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Exploring Our Solar System #1

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students examine the different theories on how our solar system was formed. They discover the order of the nine planets. They also identify the surface features of each planet.
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Space - In Your Face or Not?

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders, in groups, examine how it doesn't matter if they can see the planets in the solar system or not--they're there.
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Extra Terrestial Excursions

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders determine how long it would take to fly to each of the planets in the solar system. They do two calculations: one, if they were using conventional jet, the other if they were using the fastest spacecraft possible.
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Collecting Electromagnetic Radiation

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students using different experiments and activities explore electromagnetic radiation and the effect on the Earth.
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Our Universe: Always Moving, Always Changing

For Teachers 3rd
Students explore the main concepts of astronomy through the eleven lessons of this unit. The past, present, and future methods of studying the science are examined in this unit.
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Solar System Distance Activity

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Learners examine the distances between the Sun, planets, and smaller objects in the Solar System. They design a model using beads that shows the scale distances of the Solar System using astronomical units converted into a 10 centimeter...
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Temperature Variations and Habitability

For Teachers 4th - 9th
Pupils, in groups, evaluate conditions outside the building and inside the classroom using thermometers, barometers, anemometers, etc. They compare interior and exterior conditions. They consider and discuss factors that contribute to...
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Last Year on Pluto

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students examine the astronomical concept of a year. They relate the passage of time on planets to historical events in the USA.
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Earth's Place in the Solar System

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students study and discuss the planets. They create a visual representation of the layout of the solar system and color it. They also write an informative/narrative summary report on the cultural relevance of the Sun.
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Voyage to Titan

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners go to the linked web page "The Nine Planets" to find facts about Titan. They list elements of the solar system and the five planets of the outer solar system. Students find their weight on each planet. Titan is selected from the...
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Solar System

For Students 5th
In this Solar System worksheet, 5th graders demonstrate knowledge of parts of the Solar System. Students unscramble letters to list these parts.
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Space; Vocabulary Review

For Students 5th - 6th
In this science worksheet, students locate 25 vocabulary words in a word search. The words all relate to the study of space and space exploration.
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The Five Wanderers

For Students 6th - 8th
In this literacy worksheet, students find the words that are part of acquiring new vocabulary. The answers are found at the bottom of the page.
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Our Solar System

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
In this solar system worksheet, students find the names of the eight planets in the word search puzzle. The names of the planets are listed.
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How Often?

For Students 4th - 5th
In this social studies worksheet, students answer 24 questions about a variety of social studies questions. Students are divided up into two teams and the first team to answer a question correctly gets a point.

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