Pupils investigate the historical events that have surrounded The Space Race. They conduct research using a variety of resources and focus upon the progress between Russia and The United States. Students describe the events that led up...

Students demonstrate personal space in a gym. In this physical education instructional activity, students move creatively by using their spot markers. Students jump side to side and back to front.

Students explore space. In this current events activity, students visit selected websites to learn about NASA, Mars, the Seti Institute, and space exploration terminology. Students make space glossaries and their own telescopes.

Students view "Men in Space: From Goddard to Armstrong," taking a examine the the extraordinary lives of the men who conquered space.

Learners use the internet to gather informatino about the solar system and space. In groups, they create a slideshow in which they use illustrations from the internet and include their own text. They complete the lesson by going on a...

Young scholars research space flight exploration and technology. In small groups, they research a significant event from early time until the start of the space age. A class time line is created from the research groups.

In this space science worksheet, students read about the space shuttle mission and answer 6 short answer questions about life of astronauts in space stations.

Students complete four tasks with certain restrictions. In this astronomy lesson, students explore different ways that astronauts can anchor and maneuver in space. They recognize the challenges they face from day to day.

Seventh graders trace and analyze the life of Doctor Mae C. Jemison and the circumstances that enabled Dr. Jemison to achieve her goal of becoming an astronaut. They explore the role of NASA in the development of America's Space Shuttle...

Eighth graders examine the ways that NASA could create space farms,  In this space farms instructional activity students complete an experiment where they grow several plants. 

Students read and complete language arts activities about the International Space Station. In this International Space Station lesson plan, students read about the space station, and complete language arts activities that include...

Students visit web sites with information on space fiction and collect information for their stories.

High schoolers design and build one of three engineering problems dealing with living and working in space.

Students work together to create a 3D coordinate system. They plot points that are given to them and asked to find these points in space. They discover how engineers use coordinates in their careers.

Students create their own Top 10 Facts about any topic related to space.  For this space lesson, students work in groups to produce a Top Ten List of facts about space and share with their classmates.  Groups choose a fact to...

Students analyze three dimensional art that uses a variety of materials and is part of Minimalist art. In this art analysis instructional activity, students explore artists' choices for materials and their use of space. Students complete...

Students design and construct a spacecraft. In this space voyage lesson plan, students read Regards to the Man in the Moon by Ezra Jack Keats and gather materials before constructing their own spacecraft.

Students examine the work of NASA. In this space exploration activity, students watch "1958: Project Mercury Begins." Students then view a PowerPoint presentation about the history of NASA and research each of the manned space...

Young scholars research and identify important events in the history of space exploration. They work in groups of three to four in order to research an important astronaut and record their finding on a poster board and present to the class.

Students observe pictures taken by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. From a given website, students observe images of the Einstein Cross, Black Eye Galaxy, Hoag's Object, merging and interacting galaxies and more. This lesson plan gives a...

In this space worksheet, students, with a partner, answer five questions about the universe and read and discuss ten questions regarding astronomy.

Everyone loves to learn about outer space. This space exploration passage has 10 questions relating to Voyager 1 and 2. There are both comprehension and vocabulary questions. The activity could be used with upper elementary or ESL students.

In this time, space, and measurement worksheet, students use their math knowledge to respond to 17 short answer questions pertaining to time, space, and measurement.

Learners explore the Space Race and Arms Race. In this Cold War lesson plan, students watch video clips and read information about how the Cold War was fought. Learners complete a writing activity based on the information presented.