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Astrology: Fact Or Fiction?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the concept of astrology and how it evolved from history. They use the Zodiac in order to find the location of constellations in the night sky. The differences between astrology and astronomy are compared and any...
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What's Up?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students compare and contrast the various heavenly bodies found in the sky at night. They identify the moon and stars in the sky as well as how the stars form pictures called constellations. Students also experiment with reflection and...
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Star Gazers

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students research stars, constellations, planets and galaxies including names, shapes, sizes, colors, patterns and ages. They suspend the stars and planets from the ceiling and change monthy to display the various constellations. As a...
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Starlight, Star Bright

For Teachers 1st
First graders read books and use the Internet to identify several constellations and stars in the night sky. They make star pictures and write a class report about the night sky including a title, complete sentences and a cited reference.
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Our Sky: Home of Stars and Planets

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students discover that astronomy is a branch of science that includes the study of planets, stars, and constellations.
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Native American and Greek Myths

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders identify seven different constellations and explain a myth that accompanies it. As a class, they listen to myths associated with the Greek and Native American cultures. To end the lesson, they write their own myth related...
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How Do We Know?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers investigate the history of astronomy and how the study of constellations has evolved since the dawn of ancient civilization. They conduct research using a variety of resources. The teacher uses demonstrations to model how...
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How Do We Know...?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers identify and explain how various inventions and astronomers have improved our appreciation of the universe. Students identify at least two constellations in the sky and discuss how they were used in ancient times to tell...
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Ride the Road to Freedom

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders discover that people can connect the dots of the stars to make pictures in the sky and have been doing so for thousands of years. They understand that throughout the United States people worked together to plan an escape...
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Planets, Constellations, and Stars

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this space science worksheet, students find the answers to the research questions that focus on the stars, planets, and constellations.
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Following the Stars - Polynesian Navigation

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore star lines and constellations that ancient Hawaiians used for navigation, and create star charts.
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Starring...Bears!

For Teachers K - 4th
Students illustrate a First Nations' legend.  For this legend of bears lesson, students read several legends which involve bears and groups of stars or constellations. After reading, students illustrate portions of the stories.  Also,...
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Size of Stars

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders draw constellations in the sky and use the brightness levels of stars to show how big they are. In this constellations lesson plan, 5th graders describe what they see in the night sky by discussing the star's distances.
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Constellation Projections

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students draw constellations. In this astronomy lesson, students create constellations from star groupings projected on a chalk board. Students connect the "stars" to create a pattern on the board. Student can create new groupings of...
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Gazing At Cosmic Pinballs

For Teachers K - 1st
Students explore the world of stars. They see that the color of a star tells how hot or cold it is, that stars come in different sizes. and that stars are moving through space. They draw lines connecting start to star.
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Space Awareness

Navigation in the Ancient Mediterranean and Beyond

For Teachers 9th - 11th Standards
Ancient texts, like Homer's Odyssey, mentions navigating ships by observing constellations. Pupils learn about the link between history and astronomy as they relate to navigation in the Bronze Age. Scholars complete two hands-on...
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Stories in the Sky

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students discover the concept of combining constellations and tall tales. In this tall tale lesson plan, students compare constellations to tale tales. They create their own tall tale and constellation.
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Star Patterns

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders create constellation maps and record their own legends of how constellations came into existence. After observing the sky at night, 3rd graders discuss star maps, read previously recorded legends on the origin of stars. ...
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Palm use in Astronomy

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers identify and recall common constellations by using a palm pilot with astronomy software. Students will use their Palm to assist them in correctly identifying constellations using a telescope.
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Myths and Legends

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders write a myth about a constellation that is seen from the night sky in South Carolina. They draw a picture of their constellation to attach to their myth. They scan their pictures and type their stories into a web page...
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Stellar Lunar Curriculum

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Pupils engage in a lesson about the moon and three different constellations. They conduct research using a variety of resources. The teacher leads the class with demonstrations and discussion groups. The research is also guided using...
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A Star Party

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the parts and function of a telescope.  In this investigative instructional activity students gain an understanding of a telescope and identify planets and constellations. 
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Mars: Off the Charts--Until You Put It There

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore the night sky and make illustrations which are shared in class the next day. Distinctions are made between the stars and the planets and views of the constellations for the season are made available. The work of early...
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Shadow Know-How

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
In this fill in the blank worksheet, pupils identify the names of fourteen constellations by analyzing their outlines in shadow pictures.

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