Star Wars in the Classroom
Star Wars Geography Unit
What kind of animals live on an ice planet like Hoth? How would the habitat on Tatooine allow different organisms to thrive? Connect social studies, science, and Star Wars in one engaging activity that focuses on the ecosystems...
NASA
Star Brightness
In this brightness of stars worksheet, high schoolers answer 7 questions about the apparent magnitudes of stars, the sun, and the moon. They compare the brightness of stars, galaxies, astronomical objects and the sun.
California Academy of Science
Paper Cup Planetarium
Bring the night sky to your classroom! Using simple materials, learners create flashlight constellations on the wall. They then use their imaginations to create their own star patterns that tell a story.
Kelly's Kindergarten
August Daily Activities
You'll feel more than prepared for the start of the school year with this collection of daily activities for the month of August! From filling in numbers on a calendar or coloring patterns to solving addition and reading...
Texas Education Agency (TEA)
Archetypes, Motifs, and Plot in Drama (English II Reading)
The second interactive in a series of 10 introduces young scholars to character archetypes, archetypal plot patterns, and archetypal motifs, including the use of color. Learners read passages explaining the term and study examples from...
Curated OER
Jones Soda Project - Photography as a Vehicle (For Marketing)
Students create a marketing campaign using digital photographs. In this digital marketing lesson, students perform online research to determine the attitude that a soda company is attempting to portray with its marketing. They take...
John Lentine
Butterflies and Bugs
Symmetry, line, shape, art, and math are all connected through a fun hands-on craft. Included are instructions to a classic activity, where learners create butterflies to show symmetry in nature and then discuss symmetry in math. It is...
Curated OER
Make A Crystal Snowflake!
Students make a crystal snowflake decoration out of string, pipe cleaners, food coloring, boiling water, and more. In this snowflake lesson plan, students let it dry over night and see crystals in the morning.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Changing Constellations
Do you like to look up into the night sky? There are so many stars, it can be mind boggling. Some ancient people marked time by the changes in star patterns. We still use changes in constellation patterns to mark astronomical time. This...
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Figure This: Seeing Stars
Can you draw a picture of the stars on an American flag?
Maths Challenge
Maths challenge.net: Shading Pattern
A "one star" geometry problem that requires finding the visual pattern and applying logic with basic math skills to solve.
Maths Challenge
Maths challenge.net: Perimeter Sequence
A "one star" geometry problem that requires finding the visual pattern and applying logic with basic math skills to find the perimeter from the sequence.
Maths Challenge
Maths challenge.net: Counting Triangles Again
A "one star" geometry problem that requires finding the visual pattern and applying logic with basic math skills to find triangles in a pattern.
Maths Challenge
Maths challenge.net: Kitchen Floor
A "one star" geometry problem that requires finding the visual pattern and applying logic with basic math skills to solve how many tiles are needed to complete the kitchen floor pattern.
Maths Challenge
Maths challenge.net: Shaded Grid
A "one star" geometry problem that requires finding the visual pattern and applying logic with basic math skills to find the patterns.
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Nrich: Round and Round the Circle
Learn multiplication with this dial star exercise. Predict what shapes you will get with different numbers.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: From Here to There Applications of the Distance Formula
In this activity, students' will use a pair of motion detectors to record the cartesian coordinates of a rod moving in a star-shaped pattern and calculate the distances moved between the vertices of the star. They also compare these...
Scholastic
Scholastic: Max's Math Adventures: Max's Fantastical Zoo
Use this rhyming description of Max's Fantastical Zoo to make some amazing animals from geometric shapes. There is a teacher's guide for easy lesson planning.
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Nrich: Star Find
This one page website offers two interesting tiling problems. The solution is provided here as well.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Do It Yourself Patchwork Gifts
Students will sharpen their geometry skills when they make these holiday gifts. This site offers hands-on activities with geometry skills interwoven.
Maths Challenge
Maths challenge.net: Beam of Light
A "one star" geometry problem that requires finding the visual pattern and applying and pattern extensions to solve the beam of light problem.
Maths Challenge
Maths challenge.net: False Ceilings
A "one star" geometry problem that requires finding the visual pattern and applying and pattern extensions to solve the false ceiling problem.
Maths Challenge
Maths challenge.net: Counting Triangles
A "one star" geometry problem that requires finding the visual pattern and applying logic with pattern recognition to solve this number of triangles problem.
Maths Challenge
Maths challenge.net: Lines of Symmetry
A "one star" geometry problem that requires finding the visual pattern and applying logic with pattern recognition to find the lines of reflective symmetry.