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- 3rd - 5th
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Students participate in a simulation as astronauts launching an expedition to Mars. They work in groups to select resources they need for space travel. Scarcity is discussed and directly relates to their choices. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students read and discuss an account of everyday life in a Nazi concentration camp during WWII. They assume the point of view of a prisoner and write a postcard to their families and then share the cards in class. 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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- 9th - 12th
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Students examine and identify the seven different types of food available for consumption in space. In groups, they create a space food tray using all seven types of food and different utensils used by astronauts. They also discover the different ways space food is processed. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students explore our sun, moon, plants, asteroids, comets and other objects in space. They participate in group discussions, create PowerPoint presentations, construct graphs, charts, poetry, creative writing stories, and art projects. Full Review »
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- 2nd - 3rd
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Students discuss aspects of living and working in space as astronauts, as well as other careers in space science. They demonstrate their understanding of the food guide pyramid by designing a healthy food tray for an astronaunt. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students comprehension widens on the subject of the Holocaust by focusing on two different, yet related, experiences of Jews in Europe during the Holocaust. Those being death camps and life in major ghettos. They trace both commonalities and differences between these types of experience. Students view the Holocaust from individual viewpoints. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Kindergarten - 1st
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Students investigate and research what it would be like to be an astronaut. They create an iPhoto and iMovie from the research they find to demonstrate what they have discovered. Students research NASA and simulate being in a real space shuttle. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students complete a variety of activities surrounding their study of space and space travel. They build model rockets and research the Space Shuttle. They participate in a simulated (scripted) Space Shuttle mission. Full Review »
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- 1st
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Students perform a pantomime for their classmates. After a discussion of the items needed to go on a camping trip, each student selects one of the items to pantomime for the rest of the class. The remaining class members guess what object is being mimed. Full Review »

