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Students research a topic related to the Apollo 13 mission. They choose from five options such as the space race or the astronauts then they create a Powerpoint presentation on the topic prior to watching the movie, "Apollo 13".
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Students read "Team Moon: How 400,000 People Landed Apollo 11 on the Moon," by Catherine Thimmesh. They watch portions of the movie "Apollo 13." Students use the internet and the attached study guide to discover specific information about the Apollo 11 Mission.
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- 5th - 9th Grade
Students examine history and importance of Apollo Program, explore how Cold War helped create and sustain Apollo Program, and investigate how and why archaeologists and historians are attempting to preserve Apollo landing sites on moon.
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- 6th - 12th Grade
Students explore the significance of the Apollo 11 lunar landing by interviewing an adult for memories of the mission. They incorporate their interviews into news articles as 'journalists' in July 1969 to document this historic 'step for mankind.'
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- 6th Grade
Students investigate the historical even surrounding the Apollo Mission to the Moon. They conduct research specifically to find information about the astronauts on the mission. The students conduct class discussion about the importance of the moon landing in history.
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- 6th - 12th Grade
Students examine the Apollo lunar landings and past theories about the creation and structure of the Earth's Moon as a springboard for investigating missions and milestones in space exploration since the creation of NASA in 1958.
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- 7th - 8th Grade
Students are introduced to rockets and the space shuttle program. After viewing a 1960s show, they examine the role and history of NASA and how it evolved into having a space shuttle program. In groups, they create their own model rocket and see if it launches.
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- 5th - 8th Grade
Students determine the actual distance to the Sun and the Moon and develop a better understanding of the great distances in the Earth-Sun-Moon system. They determine the distance to the Sun and the Moon using a pinhole tube and a model of the Moon. With models and similar triangles they then explore the Earth-Sun-Moon system.
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- 3rd - 5th Grade
Students actively listen to a lecture lesson about the moon. In this moon lesson, students explore the moon's surface and human exploration of the moon. They also learn about the inventions created by engineers to help us learn more about the moon.
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- 6th Grade
Students participate in a teacher led lesson in which they examine vowel digraphs that have two pronunciations and add to words lists that show example of this type of word. In the text comprehension instruction section students read "Apollo and Daphne" while marking the text when they find word that are difficult to read and those that contain vowel digraphs. They find the keywords and determine if the selection is poetry or prose.
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