Learners examine the cargo load that is needed during the simulation of a space rescue mission. They brainstorm in order to think of possible things needed onboard in storage. Then students create an inventory list that includes water...

Young scholars explore the planetarium. In this space science lesson, students identify the different constellations in the sky. They make their own map of the constellations.

Eighth graders examine the relationship between speed, time and distance.  In this motion lesson students complete a lab activity that allows them to calculate average speed. 

First graders keep track of time throughout the day by recording the time and what activity they are doing at that particular hour. They keep both analog and digital time.

Students practice the concept of moving in clockwise and counterclockwise directions to tell time using addition and subtraction.

Students use the Internet to broaden their knowledge and understanding of the Hubble Space Telescope by participating in an Internet scavenger hunt, searching for information about the objectives, past successes and repair of the telescope.

Students download NASA Hubble Space Telescope images of the Martian polar ice caps in summer and winter, and measure and compare various images of the changing Martian and Earth polar ice caps.

Students play a musical movement game in order to explore self space and general space using a variety of locomotor movements.

Students identify the strengths and weakness in their community. They take a community walk and take pictures of people interacting with the environment and the "green spaces" in their community. They then write a persuasive essay...

Students explore the challenges of living in space by designing a facility that can provide everything required to support humans and can protect them from the harsh environment of space.

In this addition worksheet, young scholars complete a five minute addition frenzy sheet. They complete 4 charts finding the sums of the columns and rows in each space. They have five minutes to finish each chart with 98% accuracy.

Students work to improve reading fluency. They complete one-minute timed readings with a partner--one student reads and the other times him using a stopwatch. They reverse roles several times and then repeat, documenting their progress.

Middle schoolers explore the use of floor paths on the stage. For this floor paths lesson, students evaluate choreography for use of the floor space on the stage. Middle schoolers design a short choreography piece that exhibits an...

This PowerPoint provides a game board similar to Jeopardy filled with questions and answers related to science. The categories from which the teams choose are weather, water cycle, clouds, and space.

In this creative scenario worksheet, students pretend they are in charge of a local museum. Students view four objects from Viking times and justify which two they plan on putting on display.

In this capillary action worksheet, students follow directions to see the ability of liquids being drawn up into small spaces using beakers, paper, rulers, food coloring and more. Students follow 8 sets of directions and write a...

Pupils explore space science by utilizing education software. In this moon cycles lesson, students discuss the importance of the moon and the different phases we observe from earth. Pupils demonstrate the earth's orbit by creating a...

Third graders evaluate the attributes of cones. In this space shapes lesson plan, 3rd graders analyze three-dimensional shapes. Students explore the faces and edges of a cone.

In this planets worksheet, students fill out a chart where they fill in the distance each planet is from the Earth, and how much travel time in years and hours it would take to get there. Students do this for 8 planets.

In this ELL grammar worksheet, students ask a different classmate each of 9 questions while writing down their answers. They choose three of six time expressions and tell a classmate where they were. There are teachers' notes that...

In this vocabulary worksheet, students complete the sentences by writing the correct word or word phrase in the blank space. There are 6 sentences to complete.

In this past time vocabulary skills worksheet, students read 8 sentences and fill in the blanks in each of the sentences with the appropriate words from the word bank.

Students investigate the volume of a solid.  In this calculus lesson, students use integration to find the volume of a solid generated by a region, the Orion crew module. 

In this orbital period worksheet, students solve 2 problems about satellites and their orbits. They determine how many days it takes for two satellites to be in "opposition", they find the least common factor between their orbit periods...