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Planet Magic Number

For Students 4th - 8th
This is a terrific worksheet!Ā  Wow! Lots of great learning going on here. Not only do your pupils have to do a bunch of research in order to fill in the planetary table, they have to do some math as well, which will tell them if their...
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Planets Beyond

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students recognize basic geometric shapes. They research the positions of planets in our solar system and find information on early theories about the location of planets and the sun. Students visualize planets as they might appear in an...
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Curated OER

Email From Another Planet

For Students 4th - 6th
In this article about emails and plants worksheet, students read short descriptions about 8 planets in the solar system and then imagine they are visiting one of the planets and send an email to a family member describing their...
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Making Models of the Solar System

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Young scholars make several models of the solar system to learn the positions of the planets in the solar system as well as relative distances and sizes. Creation of these models will help them identify the planets by size, shape, color,...
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Planet Vacation

For Teachers 5th - 10th
In this planets worksheet, students fill out a chart where they fill in the distance each planet is from the Earth, and how much travel time in years and hours it would take to get there. Students do this for 8 planets.
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California Academy of Science

Moons in Comparison

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
Just how big is Earth's moon? With a hands-on simulation, scholars use Play-Doh to model the sizes of the planets Earth, Mars, Jupiter, and their moons. They make predictions as a class, work together to make their models, and discuss...
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Metallic Galactic Mobile

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students create 3-dimensional models of their own imaginary galaxies of newly discovered planets. They write fictional accounts of their experiences visiting each new planet. Students writing includes a recognizable beginning, middle,...
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Scale Models to Planet Size

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students consider the comparative sizes of the planets in the solar system. In this scale lesson plan, students select balls of different sizes to represent the planets in the solar system.
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Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics

Where Are We Going?

For Teachers 2nd - 6th Standards
Come take a ride on the space bus! Scholars go on an imaginary trip to pick up their peers from the inner and outer planets while reinforcing math skills. First, learners round decimals to identifyĀ each planets' distance from Earth....
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Space Circles

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders calculate the diameters and radius of planets as a book is read to them. For this diameter and radius lesson plan, 5th graders read the book Space Circles and calculate the measurements based on the information in this book.
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Polygon Jigsaw Puzzle

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this polygons instructional activity, students put a polygon jigsaw puzzle back together to form the planet Earth. Students put 10 polygons together.
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Groundwater Foundation

How Wet Is Our Planet?

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Here's a powerful demonstration that makes the point that it is everyone's responsibility to conserve water and protect the earth's limited supply of fresh water.
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NASA

Marsbound! Mission to the Red Planet

For Teachers 3rd - 12th Standards
Changing one aspect of a mission impacts all the others. Learners consider a list of criteria as they develop their own science questions related to Mars and design a solution while considering all the important systems: computer,...
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To Half or Half Not

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Jump into equivalent fractions using these fun scenarios for mathematicians to solve. First, they use geoboards to find different ways to divide a rectangle in half. Then, an alien from the planet Fractional is after one half of their...
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Education Outside

Our Water Planet

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
Fresh water is a precious resource. Most kids don't realize how little of the water on Earth is actually drinkable. This lesson plan will help to illuminate them on this important topic. They discus the ratio of water to land, where most...
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Exploring Scale And Ratio

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students measure the actual size and distance of the solar system using scale and ratio. They watch and discuss a video, create a distance-scale solar system model, and compare the scale sizes of planets to their actual sizes.
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My Angle on Cooling

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore how the angle and distance of an object can change it's temperature. After reviewing how the position of the Earth affects the temperature of the planet, student groups design and perform an experiment to test how...
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PBS

Population Simulation with M&M's

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
Math and M&MsĀ® go great together when introducing a modeling activity. Allow your learners to simulate population growth and decay of fish in a pond and share their reasoning for the change in fish. With such an impact we have on our...
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Measure the Earth's Circumference

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students explore geometry by conducting a science experiment. In this circumference measurement activity, students review the Greek geographer Eratosthenes who first discovered the circumference of our planet. Students utilize...
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Interactive
New Mexico State University

Agrinautica

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
Individuals play a computer game to terraform planets. Learners add plants, animals, fungi, and minerals to the planet surface by creating numerical expressions that represent the objects. After playing the game for a while, the class...
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Yummy Math

Curiosity Landed on Mars

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
Out of this world math and science are mixed together on a activity that would be a great enrichment activity classrooms that are studying our solar system. The information presented is best suited toward middle school math, and...
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Interactive
Arcademics

Ratio Blaster

For Students 3rd - 6th Standards
Shoot the equivalence before it gets you. Individuals practice determining equivalent ratios in six levels in an online interactive. Scholars shoot down the invaders before they reach the planet by identifying an equivalent ratio to the...
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NASA

Lava Layering: Making and Mapping a Volcano

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
Looking for an out-of-this-world volcanic activity? Geologists study Earth's volcanic history and the neighboring planet Mars by modeling volcanic eruptions, lava flows, and building a shield volcano. Participants use graph paper and...
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Space Tiling with Captain Planet

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders Apply the symmetry and angle properties of polygons, using symmetry and angle properties of polygons to solve practical problems. They study tessellates and explain why a shape tessellates.

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