In this letter Mm printing practice activity, students trace the uppercase and lowercase letters. Students then practice printing the uppercase and lowercase letters independently on the lines provided. Students may also color...

Students explore outer space through various activities. In this outer space lesson, students read the book Outer Space and The Mice on the Moon. Students work in groups to build their own space ships.

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

Story elements: the problem and the solution. Help your youngsters identify these elements by reading Bringing Down the Moon, by Jonathan Emmett. After a class discussion and chart creation discussing problems and solutions from past...

The story Once in a Blue Moon by Nicola Morgan is full of figurative language. Second graders choose one idiom from the story and create an illustration of its meaning. Handouts and structured vocabulary practice is included...

Students explore planetary research and become familiar with the planets and their characteristics. They compare and contrasts planets and moons.

Students gain understanding of the relationship of Earth within the Solar System. They increase knowlegde of the planets, sun, moon, meteoroids, asteroids and comets.

Students compare and contrast the process of dehydration with the processes of freezing and canning. They predict energy sources that may be accessible in the future in different environments such as the moon and planets, most notably Mars.

Young scholars begin the lesson by researching the history of City Point, Connecticut. Using a map, they color areas they were asked to find and discuss why the areas are important to the community. As a class, they are shown recent...

This is an integrated lesson that incorporates Social Studies, Science, and Mathematics. In Social Studies, 7th graders complete an online interview and complete an online worksheet about latitude of sites on the Anza trail. In Science...

Young scholars discover the six steps to use when reading to help know what is important. They then listen to the book, Tambourine Moon focusing on the important information and discarding unnecessary or repeating information. They then...

Students analyze the theories of the formation of the universe and solar system. Students analyze planetary motion and the physical laws that explain that motion: Rotation, Revolution, Apparent diurnal motions of the stars, sun, and...

Fifth graders are introduced to the various planets, stars and moons in our solar system. Using photographs, they place the planets into the correct order from the sun. In groups, they research one planet, create a fact sheet and make...

For this gradient operator and gradient fields worksheet, students determine if two vectors are gradient fields. They solve for the appropriate scalar functions of a vector variable. Students show that the gravitation al force exerted on...

In this holiday worksheet, 2nd graders are provided with a Halloween picture to color. Students will use color to fill in a haunted house with trees, a ghost, and a full moon.

In this "M" words puzzle, learners identify words the begin with the letter "m." Examples include words such as meet, moon, and mother. A list of 18 words is provided to assist students in their search. Words range in length from...

In this reading worksheet, students respond to the book It Begins with an A by completing an activity card at home with a parent. Students cut out the 4 pictures and paste them in the correct space with the riddle clue. Example: It...

In this quilts and patterns learning exercise, 2nd graders look over a quilt that Rosa and her grandmother have started and then answer 2 short answer questions. Students draw moons and stars where requested on the quilt.

In this connecting the dots worksheet, students practice connecting the dots 1-10 to finish forming a flying bat next to a moon.

In this grammar activity, 2nd graders insert the missing diphthongs in 6 words. They work with the oo or ou diphthongs in words such as house, food, book and moon.

Students explore the future of "orbital vacations" and create fanciful tours of the Milky Way Galaxy. Students respond to the following prompt in their journals "Entrepreneurs are currently designing concepts for accommodating tourists...

Students complete a WebQuest in order to better explain solar and lunar eclipses. They observe images and videos of eclipses from around the world.

In this tides worksheet, students compare spring tides and neap tides by writing in the causes and effects of these different tides. This worksheet is a graphic organizer.

Students are introduced to remote sensing equipment used to gather information about the moon. They learn basic facts about the moon such as size, landforms, temperature and gravitational influence on the earth's tides.