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- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students compare and contrast the ecosystem, structure and behavior of survival of the abalone versus the sea star. They consider the ramifications of reintroducing the endangered abalone. They present their findings to the class. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students participate in different activities to examine the solar system. They build their own solar oven and star clock. They also experiment with temperature and color. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 2nd - 3rd
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Students investigate stars and constellations. They listen to the book, "I Didn't Know That the Sun is a Star," define key vocabulary terms, and create a constellation using glow in the dark stickers and black paper. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 1st
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Students read books and use the Internet to identify several constellations and stars in the night sky. They make star pictures and write a class report about the night sky including a title, complete sentences and a cited reference. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 7th
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Students read The Yellow Star by Carmen Agra Deedy and Number the Stars by Lois Lowry. They compare and contrast these two tales of life in Denmark during World War II with their previous knowledge about the war. They create their own fictional journal entries based on the story of King Christian X and the events that transpired. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 2nd - 8th
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Students explore the night sky. Using a local map, they predict the best local observing locations. While viewing the night sky, they draw a chart of what they see and compare their drawing with the star chart. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd
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Students observe and describe that there are more stars inthe sky than anyone can easily count, but they are not scattered evenly. They are asked to go outside with their parents/guardians or an older subling and observe the stars in the night sky. Students discuss what they observed in the night sky the evening before. They are instructed to recreate what they saw in the sky on the construction paper with the toothpick and glue. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 5th - 8th
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Students write down a list of significant events in their lives. They sequence those events from birth before writing an autobiographical narrative of their lives. They design a mobile made of stars that highlight each of those important events. Full Review »
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Students observe a star emulator to identify the North Star. They are told that astronomers can recognize stars in the sky at night. Students discuss how the stars seem to change position at night, it is because the Earth is revolving around the sun. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students select a favorite constellation to depict on a wire frame. They tape the Saran Wrap to the diamond frame and paint a constellaion that illustrates various characteristics of stars. Students discuss the difference in brightness and color as it relates to distance. Full Review »
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