K-2 (Elementary)
Eye on the Sky
Posted November 17th, 2009 by adminUnits of lesson plans:
Our Star the Sun
Changing Weather
School-to-School - connect with other classrooms using this moderated and sage web-based communication tool for young students read more »
Resource Guide to the Moon for Educators
Posted November 2nd, 2009 by adminResource Guide to the Moon for Educators
Available from the Astronomical Society of the Pacific read more »
Exploring Ice in the Solar System
Posted February 2nd, 2009 by adminA set of lessons exploring ice in the Solar System:
Inquiry Icebreaker: An Ice Experience
1. Melting and Freezing
2. Ice has Structure
3. Ice is a Mineral
4. Ice Floats
5. Ice Flows read more »
International Year of Astronomy Guides
Posted November 4th, 2008 by admin- K-2 (Elementary)
- 3-5 (Elementary)
- 5-8 (Middle School)
- 9-12 (High School)
- Families
- Adult/General Audience
- IYA
- General Astronomy
- Astronomy as a Career
- Black Holes and Relativity
- Comets, Asteroids, and Meteors
- Cosmology
- Galaxies
- Planets
- Space Exploration
- Stars and Stellar Evolution
- Telescopes and Instruments
- The Search for Life
- The Solar System
- The Sun
- Hands-on Activity
- International Year of Astronomy
IYA Discovery Guides read more »
Wall-E Learns About Proportion Video – Grades K-8
Posted October 31st, 2008 by adminWall-E Learns About Proportion Video – Grades K-8
A fun short video clip.
Students calculate the diameter of the moon with the help of Wall-E the mischievous robot. read more »
Mars Activities
Posted July 24th, 2008 by adminA set of 24 hands-on activities for various age levels.
Earth Matters
Posted July 22nd, 2008 by adminClassification activities that will lead students from simple sorting of familiar objects to classifying materials into liquids, gases, and solids. read more »
Modeling the Orbits of the Planets; Where Are We Going?
Posted July 22nd, 2008 by admin1. Where Are We Going? read more »
Charting the Progress of New Horizons
Posted July 21st, 2008 by adminFour lessons for grades 2-5 from the New Horizons Mission to Pluto:
1. Charting the Progress of New Horizons read more »
Solar System Exploration
Posted January 28th, 2008 by adminTeaching with Story and Song
Grades K-7
Teach about comets blending myth, story, song and hands-on activities
Make a Comet and Eat It
Grades 2-10 read more »
