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- 9th - 12th
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Students view a variety of sculptures analyzing how space and mass interact, and how sculptors make choices about mass and space to express meaning in their art. They make small three-dimensional sketches experimenting with mass and space. Full Review »
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- 4th - 5th
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Students participate in a science lesson that integrates connections between health issues on Earth and how those issues are related to studies conducted on the International Space Station. T Full Review »
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- 5th - 6th
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Students explore careers in space and experience how math and science concepts are applied in the space program through an interactive video and cooperative group activities. Full Review »
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- 1st
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Students examine space in this unit of lessons. They create a KWL chart and write in their journals about space. They also examine the phases of the moon and identify the constellations. Full Review »
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- 5th - 9th
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Students use the internet to gather information about the solar system. They create a table organizing all of the data and a travel brochure for space. They also research the Apollo missions. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students examine and list the characteristics of the variety of foods used in space travel. Using the internet, research the foods and discover what is used to make them. They present their information to the class using the descriptions of food and an explanation on why they chose the foods they did to research. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students study the nomenclature, operation and purpose of America's Space Transportation system. They demonstrate how water can be broken down into its component gases of hydrogen and oxygen by electrolysis. They construct and use the apparatus to test for the presence of the gas carbon dioxide (C02). Full Review »
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- 12th
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Students discover how astronomers learn indirectly about objects in space without seeing them. They research one specific astronomical discovery using an exploratory device such as a space probe, and analyze how the data provide information to define and understand objects in space. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students view pictures of the space station and discuss their feelings about living in a space station. They discuss the materials needed to build a space station and its various needs for operation. They read the NASA contest rules for designing a space station. They complete a student worksheet for designing a space station. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students list and describe the different ways space is explored and compare early exploration to today's way of space exploration. They hypothesize the way space may be explored in the future as well as identify the physical characteristics of the Earth. Full Review »

