Take 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...

Second graders read a short informational text passage about the moon and answer a series of questions based on what they read.

Learners explore the Earth. In this space lesson, students view the " Earth and Moon Viewer" web site and complete a related worksheet.

Students describe the phases of the moon and play a game with moon phase cards.

Students view an applet to study the phases of the Moon in relation to the orientation of the sun, moon, and Earth.

Aspiring astronauts construct a space vehicle using cylinders, cones, spheres, and rectangular prisms. This is an engaging method of learning about three-dimensional shapes. Note that the word cylinder is constantly misspelled in the...