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Kid's Stuff Space Quiz

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this online interactive space quiz worksheet, students respond to 5 multiple choice questions. Students may check their answers for accuracy.
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Pictures from Hubble Space Telescope

For Teachers 5th - 11th
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...
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Space Travel Timeline

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners use the Internet to find events in space history to include in a timeline. They recognize the cause and effect relationships between events that happened in the exploration of space. They see how to use the TimeLiner software.
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Guys From Space Word Search Puzzle

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this language arts activity, students examine 10 words in a word bank which are somewhat related to space exploration (two of the words in the word bank are "scary" and "switches.") Students locate the words in the word search puzzle.
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Spaceship Earth

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students study the earth as a system, and the fragility of that system when population, and pollution, are considered as interactive parts of earth.
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Science Crossword Puzzles: The Eye

For Students 5th - 8th
The focus of this crossword puzzle is the anatomy of the eye. Using 9 clues, puzzlers fill in the spaces provided. If your class is working on the eye, this could be used as a quick in-class or homework review on anatomy. Answers are not...
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California Academy of Science

Kinesthetic Astronomy: Birthday Stars

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Space explorers take a virtual trip around the sun right within your classroom! They stand in a circle facing away from the "sun" (a lamp) in the center of the room. As they move according to your instructions, they view different...
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Deep Convective Clouds

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students observe clouds. In this deep convective clouds lesson, students analyze cloud data recorded over one month and draw conclusions based on results.  Students predict "Thunderstorm Season" and prepare to defend their decision...
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My Weather Station

For Teachers K - 3rd
A printable weather station that will blow you away, this includes tools that little meteorologists can use to display their observations of daily weather conditions. There is a gauge where they can slide a pointer to show the...
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Texas State Energy Conservation Office

Investigation: Conservation of Energy

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
By rolling marbles down a six-foot length of track, physical scientists determine how much energy is lost to heat. It is recommended that you opt for the foam pipe insulation track because more friction slows the marble, allowing...
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SeaWorld

How Big is a Blue?

For Teachers Pre-K - 3rd
Whales are all big, but some are larger than others! Kids will love sorting the 10 whale species by size at their desk (whale cut-outs provided). Next, use a whale rope to visualize how long each of these whales actually is. A large...
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Cell Vocabulary Review Game

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Can science scholars describe a nucleus without mentioning DNA, or a chloroplast without mentioning the color green? Test their organelle understanding through an exciting card game. Groups take turns guessing the correct organelle or...
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Space Vocabulary Quiz

For Students 4th - 5th
In this space vocabulary worksheet, learners draw lines to match 14 vocabulary words pertaining to space with their definitions.
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Space Cryptogram Worksheet

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this space words worksheet, students unscramble the letters to write 9 words that pertain to space science. Using the numbered boxes, students decode the cryptogram to answer a riddle.
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Space Word Chop Worksheet

For Students 4th - 6th
In this space vocabulary activity, students analyze a table with 16 words about space. The words have been chopped in half. Students match the pieces and write the words on the lines.
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Space Ship Coloring Page

For Students 1st
In this space science learning exercise, 1st graders color the picture of the spaceship while creating their own designs. They could cut out the ship as an extension activity.
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People and Space

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students explore space travel.  In this space science lesson, students define "dehydration" and explain why dehydrated foods are necessary for space survival.  Students prepare and eat a meal that includes a variety of...
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Life In Space: The International Space Station

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students learn about the International Space Station. In this space lesson plan, students learn about the structure, operations, and experiments that go on in the International Space Station.
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Space Scramble

For Students 7th - 9th
In this Space Science activity, students practice unscrambling 15 different words. The answers are available by activating the button at the bottom of the page.
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Living On The Moon

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students evaluate what life would be like living on the moon or another planet in our solar system.  For this science lesson, students create a colony that they would use to live in on the moon using Legos. 
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Milestones of Flight

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Discover seven of the most historic aircraft and spacecraft in the collections of the National Air and Space Museum. By research into the major milestones of aviation history your young scholars will recognize features that enable...
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Ripening of Fruits and Vegetables

For Teachers 5th - 8th
How long do fresh foods last in space at the International Space Station? Which foods perish quicker than others? How can astronauts preserve their foods to make them last longer in space? Young scientists test the rates at which...
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University of Colorado

Happy Landings: A Splash or a Splat?

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Huygens spacecraft landed on Saturn's moon Titan in 2005, making it the farthest landing from Earth ever made by a spacecraft. In this hands-on activity, the 12th installment of 22, groups explore how density affects speed. To do this,...
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Voyage Solar System

Round and Round We Go — Exploring Orbits in the Solar System

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
Math and science come together in this cross-curricular astronomy lesson plan on planetary motion. Starting off with a hands-on activity that engages the class in exploring the geometry of circles and ellipses, this lesson...

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