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Elementary astronomy rubrics for GATE
Solar Eclipse 2024 Project Based Learning Activity For 3rd, 4th, and 5th STEM
This PBL activity is perfect for the next Solar Eclipse! Your students will learn about and apply research skills, writing skill, science skills and more during this PBL. It includes text about solar eclipses and 5-10 days of activities. One STEM activity included (building a solar eclipse viewer). I suggest allowing for at least 5 days to complete this project-based learning activity.Driving Question: D.Q.: How can I plan a solar eclipse viewing party that is fun, but also teaches students abou
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3rd - 5th
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Planet Report: The Solar System Inner and Outer Planets
Encourage your students to delve into our solar system's 8 planets. This planet report is an easy way to incorporate writing and art into your science lesson. During this project, students will be required to create an artistic representation of one of the planets in our Solar System (excluding Earth) and research different aspects of the planet to present in a written report. All of these items will be easily graded with the included rubric. The report will cover these topics:Planet NamePositi
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3rd - 6th
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Stars STEM: Types of Stars
This STEM project explores how STARS can appear different in the night sky based on how far they are from the Earth! You provide materials for students to design and try their own stars in a 1/2 hour time limit. This STEM's goal is to explore properties of stars, their brilliance, and how this is affected by their distance from the Earth. All the materials you need for documenting student progress are found inside! Look What's Inside the Types of Stars STEM! For the Teacher• Notes for the Tea
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3rd - 6th
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Earth, Sun, And Moon Interactions Choice Board Project
This project is available as a Microsoft Word download for easy editing and differentiation. The project covers the Earth, Sun, and Moon interactions including Eclipses, Different Seasons, and Changing Tides. Download includes a Rubric and Accountability Sheet to notify parents of the project at the time it is assigned.
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4th - 7th
Solar System Project Rubric
This is a simple rubric to send home with criteria and suggestions for a solar system model. It is also used for grading the final product.
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2nd - 5th
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Asteroid, meteor, meteorite, and comet poster activity with rubric
Asteroid, meteor, meteorite, and comet poster activity with rubric Includes all the basic requirements for a poster.Students must draw the Earth, the atmosphere, and space. Then correctly place, label, and define each of the 4 on the poster. Grading point system is premade for easy expectations and grading. On a word document so you can edit any parts you would like to. Simple easy activity that most students enjoy Used in my middle school classroom, see thumbnail previews for some of my 6th g
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5th - 10th
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Planet for Sale Poster Project
This is a great project to include in a Solar System unit. Students are required to select a planet and complete research on it. They then present their project in poster form as a realtor. I have used this project with 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th graders.
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1st - 6th
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Solar System Brochure Activity - Space Creative Writing Science Activity
This Space Science is a project where students will design a brochure on our Solar System! This astronomy activity makes for a great exploratory, review or substitute ready-to-go printable. It includes directions with clear and concise criteria (1 page), a two-page editable template (both in Microsoft Word and PowerPoint) and a student-friendly rubric. This product is included in my Astronomy Unit 2: Solar System!Students will demonstrate their understanding of the following:Geocentric System v
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4th - 10th
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Also included in: Solar System Planets Curriculum Bundle - Space Science Unit
Space and Sky Science Digital Hyperdoc Unit
It’s time to explore the universe with this ENTIRE UNIT on Space and Sky Science! Featuring a full colour and interactive digital document, it is perfect for distance learning or classroom use. The document functions as a digital textbook and is split into seven topic sections (missions) with questions for the students to work through. Students will be guided through these questions with links to videos, websites, and other digital tools where they can learn from experts and fully appreciate th
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5th - 8th
Astronaut Space Research Project Gifted Students Enrichment PBL
Are you looking for a student-driven project for your gifted (AIG) students? In this resource, students will research 6 prominent astronauts. They will then create a project demonstrating what they learned. This resource includes ideas for online resources students can use but you can easily use your own resources for students to use.This resource is perfect for your AIG and/or gifted students as it includes broad ideas, openness, and student choice. What is included?Teacher & Student Instru
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4th - 6th
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Space Research Project
I designed this project for students to complete during our Solar System Unit. Students will research a topic related to space, write an informational paper and then create a poster or model of their topic.
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1 Information/directions page
2 Research organizers (one for objects and one for people)
1 Resource page for books and websites used for research
3 Grading rubrics (one for the poster, one for the model and one for the information paper)
1 sheet of 30 research topics
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2nd - 12th
Logic Puzzles Outer Space Science
Extend your outer space - astronomy lesson plans with these three (3) table logic puzzles.Geared for 3rd and 4th grade students with an interest in outer space, these logic puzzle brainteasers are a fun way to boost learning and explore more about:Lunar LandingSpace ProbesEarly Rocketry DevelopmentWe've taken critical thinking activities to a whole new level by integrating content-area facts with fun brain teasers. Whether you need a time filler, a homework assignment, an activity for an early f
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2nd - 5th
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5th Grade Next Generation Science Unit Space Systems: Gravity
Includes: Unit Teacher Guide (materials needed, explanation, standards), Student Packet (all experiment components, all argumentative essay components), Assessment Rubrics
This unit is designed to lead students through the Next Generation Science Standards for 5th grade. This packet focuses on Space Systems: Stars and the Solar System and The Next Generation Science Standard:
5-PS2-1. Support an argument that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed down.
Students w
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5th
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Eclipses and the Founding Fathers: Revolutionary War Eclipse Perspectives - DBQ
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A Document-Based Question Unit on Eclipses and the Founding Fathers - Revolutionary War Eclipse Perspectives.
With the upcoming SOLAR ECLIPSE on Monday, August 21, 2017 in the U.S.A., it is prudent to discover that this is not the first in our history. In the midst of the Revolutionary War, George Washington and Thomas Jefferson took time out of their busy and important schedules to acknowledge two eclipses in the U.S. In this assignment, discover in t
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5th - 8th
5th Grade Next Generation Science Unit Space Systems: Star Luminosity
Includes: Unit Teacher Guide (materials needed, explanation, standards), Student Packet (all experiment components, all argumentative essay components), Assessment Rubrics
This unit is designed to lead students through the Next Generation Science Standards for 5th grade. This packet focuses on Space Systems: Stars and the Solar System and The Next Generation Science Standard:
5-ESS1-1. Support an argument that differences in the apparent brightness of the sun compared to other stars is due t
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5th
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Women's History Month - Female Astronauts
30 investigations of female astronauts: Christina Koch, Sally Ride, Mae Jemison, Valentina Tereshkova, Stephanie Wilson, Eileen Collins, Joan Higginbotham, Kathryn Sullivan, Shannon Lucid, Judith Resnik, Anna Lee Fisher, Margaret Rhea Seddon, Peggy Whitson, Svetlana Savitskaya, Ellen Ochoa, Kalpana Ochoa, Tracy Caldwell Dyson, Samantha Christoforetti, Christa McAuliffe, Catherine Coleman, Helen Sharman, Laurel Clark, Anousheh Ansari, Roberta Bondar, Anne McClain, Yi So-yeon, Liu Yang, Naoko Yama
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4th - 12th
Also included in: Space BUNDLE
Total Solar Eclipse 2024 STEM Challenge | Build a Pinhole Projector Activity
April 8, 2024 is almost here, and your teacher life just got a little busier with total solar eclipse activities you need to plan. Celebrate and learn more about the Great North American Total Solar Eclipse with my Total Solar Eclipse 2024 STEM Challenge | Build a Pinhole Projector Activity. Use Total Solar Eclipse STEM activities to cover standards and give your students super fun Great American Solar Eclipse activities they will love. This ready to go Build a Pinhole Projector Activity is just
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2nd - 5th
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Also included in: Total Solar Eclipse 2024 Activities Bundle | STEM Challenge and more
Writing Science Fiction
Take your students on a fantastic writing journey into the world of science fiction. This unit contains detailed lesson plans, graphic organizers, anchor charts and everything you need to complete the unit in 3-4 weeks. What's in this Packet? Everything You Need. Just print and go.•“A Note to the Teacher”•Tips and Tricks•Suggested Readings and mentor texts•Outline of lessons and materials needed•“Kid Watching Notes” graphic organizer•8 Visualization Anchor Charts: “Where Might You Go?”, “How Wou
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3rd - 6th
Invent an alien: learning about the solar system & systems of the body
This project gives students the opportunity to demonstrate their knowledge of the solar system, systems of the human body, and adaptations. Students will be given the opportunity to research a planet (it's atmosphere, weather, composition, etc.), then invent an alien that would be able to survive on the planet. While inventing their alien, students need to create systems of the alien's body that will allow it to survive on the assigned planet. Students also need to ensure that the alien's bod
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3rd - 9th
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Constellation Research Project
Constellation Research Project provides students with an outline, ways to research using cards and graphic organizers, and paragraph writing. Rubric included.
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4th - 6th
Hacked!: Learning Why We Have Seasons by Changing the Earth-Sun Relationship
This 7-day project is a fun way for students to learn about the Earth-Sun relationship and the reasons why we experience seasons on Earth. Instead of passively consuming information about why we have seasons, students participating in this project will become members of a geo-hacking company that develops and presents plans to change the seasons on Earth by changing the Earth-Sun relationship. The idea of geo-hacking (changing the Earth or the Earth's processes through technology) is introduced
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5th - 8th
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Our Class is Out of the This World- Planet Project
This is a project that I created to go along with our space unit in a fifth grade classroom. It can be adapted for other grade levels as well. In this project students are to investigate the planets in our solar system. Students are divided into partners to complete research on a particular planet, provide detailed information on a large poster/travel brochure, create a commercial, and present their findings to the class.
This kit includes: Project instructions/guidelines for the students,
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3rd - 6th
NGSS 5-ESS1-1 Bundle
NGSS aligned study guide and test with answer doc and rubric.
5-ESS1-1 Support an argument that differences in the apparent brightness of the sun compared to other stars is due to their relative distances from the Earth.
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5th
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FREE: Planet Research Project/Rubric
Enjoy this simple, FREE Planet Research Project Slides for students to use as a template when researching a planet. Compatible with any Planet they choose to research.Customizable Rubric for grading is included for students and teacher use. The rubric also includes external links for students to find research as well as a teacher made example of a finished project.Rubric includes:- Facts about the Planet- Video component- Alien Vacation AdvertisementThere are blank slides for students to complet
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5th - 8th
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