In this addition worksheet, 2nd graders find the sums in 43 problems that include two or three addends. They color all of the spaces that have the number 6 in the answer to help the alien find his way to his spaceship in the puzzle...

In this addition worksheet, students solve a total of 22 addition problems, then color squares with the number 6 to help the alien get to his spaceship.

Students review key locomotor skills and the rules of the spaceship commander tag. They choose 3 students to be Space Commanders and the rest of the students are aliens. The game is played using different locomotor movements

In this multiplication instructional activity, students solve each three digit multiplication equations. Then, students color all of the squares that have a number 6 in the answer to help the alien get to his spaceship.

First graders identify combinations and patterns in this lesson plan. They manipulate an alien picture with 10 arms - 5 red and 5 blue. They use an individual alien picture to identify as many combinations as possible. Students compare...

In this creative writing worksheet, students write a story about the clip art picture of a green alien in a space vehicle which is pictured at the top of the page. They concentrate on including adjectives to make the story as interesting...

Students write a variety of space travel poems that will be used to compile a class book and draw their own rocket and half fill it with words associated with space travel and add design and color.

What is an alien's favorite game? All-star baseball! Scholars start defining living and non-living. Then, they conduct experiments to research if life exists, keeping in mind that life could be in many forms, not just human. 

The video clip that comprises the warm up is not available, but the related article from The New York Times and the movie trailer for Aliens of the Deep are, leaving enough material to make this a fascinating lesson on deep-sea...

In this comprehension worksheet, pupils review the vocabulary word "speculation," then answer a set of 11 comprehension questions about chapter 20.

As part of a study of immigrant bias, high schoolers investigate the language used in blogs, readings, media reports, and current legislation whose language perpetuates xenophobia. They then consider ways they can get involved in...

Students come up with ideas to help friendly, superintelligent space aliens adapt to this environment.

The spacecraft is drifting too far off course! Two games help explain how a spacecraft can use its thrusters to maintain its position. The games have pupils be the components of vectors in order to create and counteract the...

Arctic sea ice reflects 80 percent of sunlight, striking it back into space; with sea ice melting, the world's oceans become warmer, which furthers global warming. These activities explore how humans are impacting ecosystems around the...

In this matching learning exercise, students draw lines from pictures of aliens to their "shadows." There are 5 aliens total, with matching black shadows.

In this subtraction instructional activity, 2nd graders solve the 22 subtraction problems. Students then color all of the squares that have a number 8 in their answer to help the alien get to his spaceship.

Pupils participate in a gross motor and locomotor game of tag. A group of students, spaceship commanders, work together to capture all of the "aliens" in the class while wearing hula hoops and practicing a variety of locomotor movements.

In this space science worksheet, students collect data that includes information in a chart or graph to display in a group. They identify and describe various planet features of a specific planet of choice. Students write notes and the...

Scholars keep meteors from hitting their alien's spaceship by choosing the multiplication problem that correlates to the number displayed.

In this planets worksheet, students read information about Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn and then complete 21 multiple choice, 1 true or false, and 2 fill in the blank questions.

In this adjectives practice worksheet, students use the 8 adjectives in the word bank to fill in the blanks in 3 paragraphs in order to make the descriptions more interesting.

Students play math detectives and solve a series of story problems or word problems in order to finish an adventure. The activity connects math and reading while reinforcing critical thinking and problem-solving skills

Students review provisions of Bill of Rights and First Amendment, choose five rights they would like to preserve, support their choices and ideas with reasoned arguments, and discuss consequences of keeping or losing particular rights.

Students, working in groups, research planets in terms of the size, temperature, number of moons, and potential for life. They use packets and worksheets as guides for their research. Students may role-play as aliens visiting their...