Students investigate their environment by growing plants in class.  In this botany instructional activity, students discuss the lifespan of plants and animals and how they must be cared for continuously over time.  Students...

Young scholars explore physics by conducting a class experiment. In this gravitational force lesson, students define several scientific terms associated with force. Young scholars utilize a styrofoam cup and marbles to simulate a...

Students brainstorm about what they know about the solar system. They study a planetary fact sheet and create a Venn Diagram with the information. They work in groups to examine the names of the planets and information regarding each of...

Students play the role of weather personalities by making five day forecasts based on data gathered from observations, weather instruments, and weather maps. Each day a small group makes a class forecast for the next day and reviews the...

Students explore what the sky looks like at different times. They identify objects in the sky and recognize changes over time. Students observe the sky and look for objects that are common in both the daytime and the nighttime sky.

Students will draw the moon's shape for each evening on a calendar and then determine the pattern in the shapes over several weeks. Students' understandings should be confined to observations, descriptions, and finding patterns.

Second graders participate in a variety of activities to explore the Solar System in this unit.

Students read myths and legends about celestial bodies, compare cultural perceptions of celestial personalities, represent "character" of sun, moon, clouds, or stars, and invent their own stories about their chosen celestial characters.

Students engage in a lesson plan that covers the concept of different phases of the moon. They name the cycles of the phases of the moon while using flashlights to simulate the light of the sun. They research information about several...

In this solar system activity, students read about the planets, asteroids, meteoroids, comets, and the moon. Then students complete 25 multiple choice, 4 true or false, and 3 short answer questions.

First graders listen to the book, 1, 2, 3, To The Zoo, and focus on the one-to-one correspondence while counting the animals and other objects in the story. They create page number four in their number books.

Students explore the rotation of the Earth and observe the shapes of constellations. After discussing how the Earth moves. volunteers use a flashlight and globe to model the movement of the sun-Earth system. Using Digitalis technology,...

Students explore our universe. In this solar system lesson, students gain knowledge about the solar system, galaxy, the universe and the Big Bang Theory. Students watch videos and view a slideshow.

First graders explore the day and night sky and complete a page for the number 9 for their counting book.

In this matter activity, middle schoolers review the states of matter, including plasma. Students read about where plasma is found and then complete 3 short answer questions.

Learners determine how to form a simple topic sentence in order to summarize a reading passage to increase comprehension. They apply the strategy to reading a passage from a textbook by writing a topic sentence for paragraphs about the...

In this space science learning exercise, middle schoolers use the sites listed on the Solar System and Planets page of the Kid Zone to locate the names of the people credited with each discovery. They identify and name 26 different...

In this space worksheet, students, with a partner, answer five questions about the universe and read and discuss ten questions regarding astronomy.

Young scholars examine the different types of asteroids and how they enter the atmosphere.  In this space lesson plan students use mashed potatoes to create an asteroid they can eat.

First graders listen to the story, Olivia Counts, and demonstrate counting to ten. They make predictions, and recognize the day and night sky. They add page number 2 to their counting books.

Young scholars study the Aurora Borealis lights known commonly as the Northern and Southern lights. In this space science lesson plan, students study pictures of the Auroras for Jupiter and Saturn. Young scholars visit the given website...

Students infer the galaxy shape.  For this structure of the galaxy lesson students observe the distribution of objects in the sky and answer questions.

In this English idioms about nature worksheet, students interpret sayings about nature and complete sentences using them correctly.

In this planets worksheet, 3rd graders use clues from a son "Eight Planets" write planet names under clues and visit a web link to complete a planet game. Link to song not given.