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Mars Curriculum

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students study Mars and other plants in the night sky. In a planetarium setting using Digitarium planetarium system, students identify the Big Dipper and Polaris. They explore the major differences between the planets and the stars. ...
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We All Need Sleep

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students examine and discuss the importance of getting a good night's sleep everyday. They discuss why we need sleep and develop a class chart of reasons why children need sleep. They complete a sleep worksheet and discuss the answers...
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Counting the Groups of Items 1-9

For Students Pre-K - K
In this lower elementary worksheet, students count the items in each of four groups. They circle the number between 1-9 which are below the group of items. They color in the groups of slippers, socks, bathrobes, and night caps.
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Calendar Challenge

For Students 6th
In this calendar challenge learning exercise, 6th graders identify and complete 20 different problems that include reading a calendar illustrated on the sheet. First, they identify the days of the week. Then, they determine the days for...
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What is Retrograde Motion

For Students 8th - 10th
In this retrograde motion worksheet, students draw a diagram of the night sky by connecting dots to show retrograde motion. They compare retrograde motion to an optical illusion and answer questions about both.
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The Solar System

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students describe the different bodies that make up our solar system, explain the place of our solar system within the Milky Way Galaxy and the universe, explain day and night and the Earth's movement, and describe the relationship...
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Bat Activities and games

For Teachers 1st
First graders read the book Stelluna by Janell Cannon. In this bat lesson plan, 1st graders use their sense of smell to identify objects, learn and recite a rhyme, and differentiate between the words night and day.
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Rebuild Your Community

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the Gulf Coast disaster and what it took to rebuild the community surrounding it. In this economic development lesson, students watch a video from the Nightly Business Report and explore what all it takes to make up a...
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The Earth's Rotation

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students see a model of a globe to watch the Earth rotate. In this Earth lesson, students rotate the globe and shine a flashlight to see where the sun shines and how it rises and sets. They create a diagram and explain day and night in...
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High Frequency and Spelling Words Practice

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this high frequency and spelling words practice instructional activity, students complete a variety of activities using the following words: came, could, god, happy, made, night, say, were, shop, shot, shut, rush, wish, fish, for,...
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The War of the Worlds

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars discover the concept of media based on literature. In this War of the Worlds lesson, students read the novel The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells and listen to the 1938 radio broadcast adaptation by Orson Welles. Young...
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Science: Daily and Seasonal Cycles

For Teachers 1st
First graders use their observations to describe daily and seasonal cycles. through a demonstration using a suspended ball and flashlight, they determine the time of day in various locations. Next, 1st graders participate in a...
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Space: Stars and Planets

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students observe and report that the moon can be seen sometimes at night and sometimes during the day. They describe how changes to a model can help predict how the real thing can be altered. Students explain the essential fact of the...
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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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Dream Journal

For Students 8th - 12th
In this dream journal worksheet, student describe the dreams they have each night in as much detail as possible in the space provided.
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Constellations

For Students 6th - 10th
For this constellations worksheet, learners read about the different constellations and how to locate them in the night sky. Then students complete 4 multiple choice and 7 short answer questions.
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Messenger Education

Snow Goggles and Limiting Sunlight

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
Why would someone need contact lenses that offer UV protection? With a 28-page packet full of instruction and worksheets, students discuss solar radiation and its potential harm to eyes. They make snow goggles similar...
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Observing Mars in the Night Sky

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students compare and contrast the orbits of Earth and Mars, locate the planet Mars, and diagram its retrograde motion.
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Science: Day and Night

For Teachers K - 4th
Students listen to the Sky Tellers Native American story, "Ant Dances for Light," and illustrate it. They observe how Earth's rotation results in periods of darkness and light. Students investigate how day length varies throughout the...
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Building Words: Henry and Mudge and the Starry Night

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this making words learning exercise, students use the letter tiles to help rewrite the words according the instructions. Students write the new words in the boxes.
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The Edmund Fitzgerald-Vanished in the Night

For Teachers K
Students explore shipping on the Great Lakes. In this social studies lesson plan, students read Edmund Fitzgerald: Song of the Bell. Students draw pictures of freighters on rough waters and explore iron ore.
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Fly-by-Night News

For Teachers 4th - 5th
In this verb usage worksheet, students circle each verb in the sentence and write the past tense form of the verb on each line.
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A My Name is Alice

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
How many daisies did we sell? A classic jump rope rhyme provides the framework for an activity that asks kids to rewrite the rhyme, record their names on the provided pages, illustrate their story, and build a mini-book. 
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Learning to Live

Attributes of a Civil Society

For Teachers 9th Standards
What makes a society civil? High school freshmen search for examples of justice, kindness, peace, and tolerance in news media and brainstorm how they can promote these attributes in their schools, communities, and world. The well-rounded...

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