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This FREE mini packet includes two readers to help your students understand facts about the Moon.
The first 11 page student reader tells studen...
The "My Space Book: What I Learned" book includes facts sheets for: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, Sun, ...
This file contains 15 different songs to use in the classroom when teaching and learning about outer space. Research has shown that repetitive r...
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The Solar System Diagram provides a way for students to learn the classification, order and significant features of the eight main planets plus t...
These moon phase diagrams are designed to display the moon in relationship with the earth and sun in each of its eight phases.
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This activity truly reaches out to that kinesthetic learner by having them identify, cut, place, and paste! It is printed on legal landscape (14 ...
This PDF includes 28 full pages of various flippables, graphic organizers and activities for an Interactive Science Notebook to be used during a ...
This is a 45 question review I created last year for my 5th graders. I made it to go over with my students before STAAR state test.I will tell yo...
This is a great and effective way to explore the planets in our solar system. Students research a given planet and fill in the scientific inform...
This 4 page Lesson Plan contains the following 22 vocabulary words and definitions related to Space, Earth and Celestial Objects Unit in Earth Sc...
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These eight handouts cover the sun, parts of stars, life cycle of stars, types of stars, our galaxy, constellations, comets, asteroids, and meteo...
This is a song I created for students to remember facts about each of our planets. Sing to the tune of farmer in the dell.
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This is a 6 panel brochure that makes it easy to assess student understanding. Can be used at the end of your Earth, Sun, and Moon Unit or have t...
This fun rap about Earth's seasons and axis is set to the catchy tune of "Ridin' Dirty". It's sure to have your students out of their seats and h...
(10 pages) In this activity students will identify and label important surface features of the moon. This is a great prerequisite activity to ob...
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(16 pages) This activity explores the constellations that can be seen all year 'round in much of the U.S. - the circumpolar constellations. If yo...
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El Sistema Solar. Vocabulario. Sol. Estrella. Planeta. Planetas Terrestres. Planetas Gaseosos. Satélite. Eje. Rotación. Órbita. Luna. Fases De...
I'm pretty proud of this one. Your students are guaranteed to be engrossed with this vivid and engaging PowerPoint about the life cycle of stars....
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(6 pages) Two activities that compare the relative sizes of the moon, the Earth, and the Sun, as well as the distances between them
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This Venn diagram interactive notes page is designed to teach students the different characteristics of the Earth, Moon and Sun. After students ...
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This inquiry based investigation includes dynamic online resources that will build student background knowledge so that they can understand the...
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This is a 20 question test that could also be used as a quiz over the solar system and it also includes questions about stars, constellations, mo...
The frontier is a term that has been used to describe an area on the outer edge of civilization and knowledge. For Columbus, the frontier lay ju...
Gravity explained in a 2 page handout! Information on History, gravity of everyday objects, How gravity affects planets and moons, centripetal f...
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The International Space Station is a large satellite that orbits the Earth at an altitude of between 300 and 460 km. It travels at a speed of 27,...
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One of the most difficult tasks I had as a new second grade teacher in Georgia was trying to figure out how to teach star brightness. This simple...
Students read about Light years, Astronomical Units (AU) and how the Earth is moving right now. Included are some comprehension questions and bas...
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This document is a collection of 20 short notes to students from "Melvin the Martian." Each note contains a fun fact about the Solar System. I us...
(22 pages) Our students have always been keenly interested in black holes, and this activity will provide students with a glimpse of the way in w...
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This is a moon tracker that students can use to observe the moon for a week. This download includes the moon tracker itself and an instruction p...
Notes that cover the planets and their new classification. These notes define what is a planet and what is a dwarf planet as well as common chara...
This resource packet of notes and questions is designed to guide students towards an understanding of the motion of the planets in the solar syst...
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This item goes with the other items listed in the constellation unit.
Construct a life-size model of the Keck telescope's primary mirror. Keck's revolutionary primary mirror design called for 36 individual hexagonal...
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As students watch the powerpoint they can fill in the answers and draw using the same dot-to dot pictures. The last page is the powerpoint quiz,...
This document is a list of facts for each of the planets in the Solar System (Pluto is included, however, you can leave it out easily depending o...
These labels pair perfectly with student-created models of the solar system. Students must match the distances from the sun listed at the bottom ...
I like to use this activity when I am teaching students about the moon. I typically assign it as homework, but it can be done in class as an acti...
The Planets: 25 terms on planet features and characteristics and other celestial bodies in our solar system such as meteors, comets and asteroids...
This is a fact sheet that is made up of multiple choice questions, true and false and fill in the blank. There are ten questions that can be used...
International Space Station Crossword Puzzle with Key. Applicable to science, Earth science, astronomy, space exploration, history of spaceflight...
The Secrets of the Sun video questions in the Universe Series Season 1 focuses on the energy, layers phenomena and life cycle of the sun. The vid...
Use this 1 page fill-in-the-blank or "cloze" worksheet to help students review and reinforce their knowledge of the nervous system. This is both...
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Print and laminate these cards and have your students demonstrate their understanding of the Earth, Moon and Sun.
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This freebie includes a print and go template for making the Phases of the Moon Foldable, along instructions on how to use it in the classroom.
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Have students explore there solar neighborhood with this mini-book.
It will help them answer the question, "Where do I really live?"
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This product is a note guide I hand out to students when we study the Earth and Moon. It covers information on the terms rotation, revolution, le...
International Space Station Wordsearch with Key. Applicable to science, Earth science, astronomy, space exploration, history of spaceflight.Good ...
The life cycle of a star in flowchart format. This flowchart shows the three main sizes of stars and their life cycles.
