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Beginning Critical Reading - The Sun
In these critical reading worksheets, students read the short story about the sun. Students then answer 3 critical reading questions about the passage.
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Space Vocabulary Quiz
In this space vocabulary worksheet, students draw lines to match 14 vocabulary words pertaining to space with their definitions.
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2001: A Space Odyssey Activity Sheet and Progress Test
In this 2001: A Space Odyssey activity and progress test worksheet, students respond to a total of 13 multiple choice, matching and fill in the blank questions about 2001: A Space Odyssey in order to better understand the novel.
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Sun
Young scholars study how the sun is at the center of the solar system. In this solar lesson students measure the altitude of the sun and its size.
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Sculpt-a-Planet
Students study the moon and the planets. They create a painted, paper mache moon or planet sculpture.
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Christmas Holiday
In this holiday worksheet, students solve a crossword puzzle related to Christmas. For example, "This type of song is sung in church at Christmas."
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Day and Night
Students using experiments try to demonstrate how observations can be affected by the cycles of night and day.
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An Eclipsing Binary System with a Precessing Accretion Disk
Students work together to complete an experiment over binary sources. They determine values for the orbital period of certain objects and interpret intensity changes. They also calculate a value for the period of precession of an...
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Moons
Students practice rote counting to 20. After a lecture about the planets and the moons that surround them, they identify the number of moons surrounding various planets. Students compare and contrast the quantity of moons surrounding...
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Observing Bursts from an X-ray Burster
Students study the use of X-ray data to make size and energy estimates of the source and the processes occurring there. They use XTE observations of the object GRO 1744-28 to determine whether bursts occur periodically and the duration...
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Holidays, Christmas-Part 2
In this foreign language worksheet, learners select the correct word from a pair of given alternatives. All of the 10 sentences are about Christmas. Students are directed to select the most natural sounding choice.