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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Activity: Is There Really Life on Mars?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) activity explores the controversy over whether or not there is life on Mars. Part of the Mysteries of Deep Space Program that originally aired in April 1997, the activity includes instructional...
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Math Space Odyssey: How Much Do You Weigh in Outer Space?

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Demonstrate the ability to apply the use of decimals, fractions, ratios and proportions to situations based upon given information about planets in the solar system.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Mn Step: What Sizes Are the Planets and How Do They Move Around the Sun?

For Teachers K - 1st
An outdoor activity where students simulate how planets orbit around the sun using different sizes of balloons.
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Life's Really Big Questions: Planetary Problem Solving

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Explore the possibility of life on planets outside our solar system. Create an extrasolar planet, then make the necessary adaptations for it to be capable of supporting human life.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Beyond the Milky Way

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
When we look at the night sky, we see stars and the nearby planets of our own solar system. Many of those stars are actually distant galaxies and glowing clouds of dust and gases called nebulae. The universe is an immense space with...