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The Magic School Bus Lost in Space

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars learn along with Ms. Frizzle's class. In this Magic School Bus lesson plan, students explore outer space as they visit the Sun, Mercury, Venus, and Mars in order to learn about our solar system.
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Sunshine Math - 1: Venus, VIII

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this math skills worksheet, students solve the 7 problems on the worksheet using a variety of different math skills. The problems involve math operations, comparisons, story problems, reading calendars and telling time.
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Sunshine Math- 1 Venus, XIV

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this problem solving worksheet, students complete 7 varied math word problems. They include money, reasoning, estimation, skip counting and problem solving.
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Sunshine Math- 1 Venus, XV

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this problem solving worksheet, students complete 9 story problems that include geometry, measurement, input and output, pictographs, time, addition and weights.
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Solar System Launch

For Teachers 4th - 8th Standards
Trying to understand the vastness of outer space can be quite a challenge for young scientists. Help put things in perspective with this cross-curricular activity as students work in pairs creating scaled models of the solar system,...
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Voyage Solar System

Round and Round We Go — Exploring Orbits in the Solar System

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
Math and science come together in this cross-curricular astronomy lesson plan on planetary motion. Starting off with a hands-on activity that engages the class in exploring the geometry of circles and ellipses, this lesson plan then...
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Astronomy Day from McDonald Observatory Solar System Scale Activity

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Add a visual aid to your solar system lessons. Enthusiastic astronomers create a model depicting the nine planets and their distance from the sun. 
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Let's Make the Solar System

For Students Pre-K - 5th Standards
Get crafty with the help of pictures and a real-time demonstration from a video that details the step-by-step process in creating a paper solar system. 
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Solar System Cards

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Find all things solar system in a set of reference cards. Even Pluto makes an appearance! Each of the 24 cards has a picture and accompanying informational text that gives brief background about the object.
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PBS

Exoplanets through Kepler’s Laws

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
The majority of all confirmed exoplanets relied on Kepler's laws to discover their locations. Scholars learn how to apply Kepler's laws and then practice using data to discover exoplanets. They benefit from NASA video footage, NOVA...
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The Planets of the Solar System

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Launch a lesson that's sure to capture middle schoolers' interest! Exploration enthusiasts examine the planets of our solar system using an activity from PBS's Space series. The resource includes images and information for each planet,...
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Make Quiz Time a Fun Time

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students investigate a topic and prepare a quiz activity. In this space science instructional activity, students investigate one of the planets and construct a quiz for their classmates.
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Venus Unveiled

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students debate the validity of predictions about the greenhouse effect.
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Organizer
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The Planets in our Solar System

For Students 5th
In this solar system worksheet, students will write in the nine planets that are found orbiting around our sun in our solar system.
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Planets

For Students 6th - 10th
In this planets worksheet, students access a website and record two unique facts about each planet in 1 graphic organizer. Then students go explore different sections of the website and answer 6 short answer questions.
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Sun's Impact On Earth's Temperature

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students view NASA images and movies of Venus, Earth, and Mars to deduce weather patterns and manipulate computer models to test competing hypotheses. They manipulate computer models to investigate the influence of solar distance and...
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The Goldilocks Principle: A Model of Atmospheric Gases

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students discuss the characteristics of the Goldilocks Principle. They discover the pressure and chemical composition of Venus and Mars. They discuss how the Earth's temperature is affected by the atmosphere.
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Solar System

For Teachers 5th - 6th
In this outer space worksheet, pupils cut at illustrations of Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Pluto, and the moon. Students paste them together in their correct arrangement.
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The Transit in Pictures

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students investigate the Transit of Venus and create and produce a public service commercial promoting the Transit of Venus and providing information about its safe viewing.
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Communication: Gender Issues

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students participate in a lesson that investigates the different ways that people communicate. The roles of gender in communication is covered by using the book "Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus". They also write the meaning of...
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The Solar System

For Students 5th - 6th
In this Solar System worksheet, students choose categories (ex. size, shape) and fill in the information for 14 bodies in the solar system. These include Mercury, Venus, Earth, Comets, etc.
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Planet Cards

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
In this science card activity, learners cut out the different cards and study the planets Earth, Venus, Mercury, Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Pluto, Neptune, and Uranus. Students' objective is to learn each planets' orbit, rotation, distance...
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GODS OF THUNDER: Myths and Mythical Characters

For Teachers 3rd
Students explore the myths and legends of the Ancient Greek and Romans in the ten lessons of this unit. Students compare and contrast the myths and the cultures that created them. Norse myths are included in this unit.
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Paper Plate Observation

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students analyze transits from previous scientists. They identify simple objects that could have been used for documentation in the science world. They also practice scientific inquiry using methodology.

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