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\nMoon Munchies: Human Exploration Project and Engineering Design Challenge\n

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\nNASA and the International Technology and Engineering Educators Association, or ITEEA, present young scientists with a challenge: design and build lunar plant growth chambers so that astronauts can grow edible plants on the moon. Class...\n
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\nAstronomy\n

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\nSpace is the new frontier and astronomers boldly go where no humans have gone before. Guided by Einstein's theories, Kepler's Laws, and knowledgeable narrators, viewers of a 10-video collection explore the Universe and learn about...\n
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\nLearning about Lunar New Year\n

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\nRich in images and information, a teacher's guide to the traditions of Lunar New Year's celebrations in various cultures addresses celebrations of Buddhism and Daoism. It includes background information about the origins of the...\n
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\nSettlement Exploration: Then and Now\n

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\nNASA has crafted an imaginative and memorable series of lessons, \"NASA and Jamestown Education Module.\" This lesson is one of the five components. In it, middle schoolers connect history and science by comparing the settlement of...\n
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\nLunar Plant Growth Chamber\n

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\nWould astronauts be able to grow their food on the Moon? Teams research plant growth in order to design and build a growth chamber that will function on the lunar surface. They narrow down plant choices based upon their...\n
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\nEngineering Design for Human Exploration\n

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\nWhat would it take to live on the lunar surface? Small groups build model rockets in order to simulate launching a habitat into space and rebuilding it. Divide the class into groups to design and build a model of a lunar habitat. The...\n
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\nLunar Eclipses\n

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\nA lunar eclipse or the red moon? This is the focus question of a captivating video hosted by the knowledgable and energetic Jessi and her mouse sidekick Squeaks. Here, the two examine the what, why, and how of lunar eclipses and...\n
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\nStudent Exploration: 2D Eclipse\n

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\nIn this earthquake exploration worksheet, students complete 2 prior knowledge questions, then use \"2D Eclipse Gizmo\" to conduct several activities, completing short answer questions when finished.\n
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\nExploring the Solar System: All About Spacecraft/Spaceflight\n

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\nRarely do you find resources that reach high school astronomy learners. Here is something at their level! The physics of flyby missions is explained via several examples. Landing, penetrating, and roving spacecraft are examined. Diagrams...\n
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\nLunar Colonization\n

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\nA five-lesson unit challenges teams to design a complex to allow people to colonize the Moon. The teams first work in order to understand the challenge before becoming experts. Expert teams learn about different aspects needed to survive...\n
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\nLunar Myths\n

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\nFourth graders explore the phases of the moon. For this moon lesson, 4th graders research myths regarding the moon and create a PowerPoint presentation to share their findings.\n
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\nA Colony for Lunar Living\n

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\nTwo lessons explore the possibility of living on the moon. First, scholars read various scenarios to identify which careers would best transfer to life in space. Finally, pupils examine a website to locate items made for outer space,...\n
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\nThe Solar System and Beyond\n

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\nSurvey the solar system by viewing this PowerPoint. Amateur astronomers discover that gravity is responsible for Earth's orbit around the sun and the moon's orbit around Earth. They explore the moon's phases and Earth's seasons. This...\n
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\nKorea Lunar New Year\n

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\nStudents explore Korean Lunar New Year traditions, examine Korean culture, practice saying \"Happy Lunar New Year\" and other greetings in Korean, and discuss common foods, games, and other activities enjoyed by Koreans on Lunar New Year....\n
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\nLunar Meteorite Impact Risks\n

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\nIn this lunar meteorite impact worksheet, students read about the dangers of meteorite impacts while exploring the moon. Students solve 7 problems including finding the area of the side of the moon that faces the Earth, calculating the...\n
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\nLRO Explores Lunar Surface Cratering\n

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\nIn this lunar surface worksheet, students use an image taken by the LRO satellite to investigate the size of craters on the moon's surface, to determine the crater density and to find the average distance between the craters.\n
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\nObserving and Sketching the Lunar Surface\n

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\nLearners explore space science by conducting an illustration activity. In this lunar instructional activity, students discuss what the moon is and the role it plays for our environment on Earth. Learners view images of the moon and...\n
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\nSun and Moon Autumnal Equinox Activities\n

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\nTwo hands-on activities celebrate the sun and moon autumnal equinox. First, scholars create a cairn using a shoebox, flashlight, and drawing tools to view the sun's progression. Second, learners take to the kitchen to bake mooncakes...\n
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\nCreating a Space Exploration Infrastructure\n

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\nWhat will it take to explore space? Teams of pupils determine the needs of a lunar outpost and research the required systems. The pupils then learn about the past space exploration vehicles. The third and final lesson challenges project...\n
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\nEclipse Classroom Activities: Cultural Significance Project\n

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\nWhat better way to celebrate eclipses than across cultures? Explore myths of solar and lunar eclipses from ancient cultures like the Chinese, Ancient Greek, Mesoamerican, Incan, Egyptian, Ancient Babylonian, and Middle Eastern. Learners...\n
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\nWhat We Learned by Putting Cars on the Moon\n

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\nSpace transportation usually means rockets, but cars play a huge role in exploring the moon. A useful video from the SciShow Space series explains the reason for lunar rovers and many of the discoveries made thanks to these cars. Reid...\n
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\nLanding a Man on the Moon: President Nixon and the Apollo Program\n

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\nTake the small step for man and giant leap for mankind with the Apollo astronauts using primary sources. Young historians explore the documents related to the American space program up through the lunar landing, including presidential...\n
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\nAre scholars in the dark about eclipses? Shed some light on the subject! Learners explore the sun-moon-Earth system with an interactive lesson from PBS's Space series. Teaching materials include a printable passage, discussion questions,...\n
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\nCultural Diplomacy and Propaganda During the Cold War\n

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\nThere's a fine line between diplomacy and propaganda. Young historians consider that boundary by examining documents from the Cold War, including memorandum about the lunar program and Peace Corps in addition to a propaganda film. Using...\n
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