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Astronomy Common Core W.6.1b resources
Space! Inquiry-Based, Hands-On, Interdisciplinary Unit Plan
Tired of seatwork? Want to engage your students using hands-on activities that will actually promote higher learning and skill practice?This unit includes ten lesson plans complete with inquiry-based activities, diverse formative assessment tools, discussion prompts, and answer keys. These activities are meant to get students up and moving while exploring complex topics through inquiry.This unit is interdisciplinary and explores space through the lens of math, language arts, visual arts, and sci
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3rd - 5th
Crater | Movie Guide + Questions | Social Emotional Activities Digital Printable
Have you ever wanted to include a film, educational video, or movie into your lesson, but needed some questions, activities, and/or deeper thinking work to go with it to help create a more robust and impactful learning experience? Well I certainly have, and I originally created this movie guide and question set for the movie Crater to use in my own classroom for that exact reason!This resource is designed to turn a single movie into (potentially) a full week of reflective learning and expression
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3rd - 8th
36 Guided Writing Tasks: Space and Astronomy
We offer you a complete set of 36 guided writing tasks focused on the topic of the space and astronomy. It covers planets, stars, comets, moons, the SolarSystem, and more. There are a wide variety of writing tasks covering persuasive, informational, explanatory, and narrative writing. This includes tasks for writing essays, reports, opinion pieces, short stories, personal narratives, and poems. It also includes tasks for creating timelines, flyers, and posters. Each writing task begins with a w
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3rd - 6th
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Facts and Opinions - Neil deGrasse Tyson
15 printable or digital pages exploring Facts and Opinions while learning about Neil deGrasse Tyson:his parents and siblings, colleges he attended, his favorite subject as a child, awards he has earned, books he has written, telescopes, astronomy vs astrology, becoming a scientist, global warming, Earth facts, how to learn, the survival of humans, and more... Take a look at the Preview to see sample pages.
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4th - 8th
Also included in: September Back to School BUNDLE
Space Argumentative Writing Activity Philosophical Chairs | Space Notebook
This product is an argumentative discussion where students choose a claim based on the following statement: "Another solar system like ours does exist in our universe." Students will choose a side, write evidence to support their claim, and then by guided on carrying out a mutually respectful argumentative discussion (there is no right or wrong answer). Watch how engaged your students become just like mine! This product is part of my Space Unit 3- Stars, Galaxy, and the Universe.Get this all eve
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5th - 10th
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What Factor Causes the Seasons - Comparing Distance to the Sun & the Sun's Angle
One common student misconception about the cause of the seasons is that Earth’s distance from the Sun is the main factor. This activity directly relates to this misconception. Students should understand direct and indirect light and its role in temperature in order to successfully complete this lesson. Students are asked to compare and contrast 3 graphs, a common synthesizing task in many standardized tests. Students create the graphs, showing the monthly averages of Earth’s distance to the Sun,
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6th - 8th
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MS-ESS1-1
Shadow Investigation - Exploring the Relationship Between the Sun & Shadows
The first lesson in a series of lessons that explores how people began and continue to tell time on Earth. In this lesson, students build a simple gnoman, the piece of a sundial that creates a shadow. Throughout the day, students track the changes in length and direction of the shadow. After students analyze the relationship, they are asked to build an argument from evidence for how the Sun moves through the sky based on their investigation. This lesson can be done in a variety of ways. I’ve inc
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4th - 8th
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5-ESS1-2
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Exploring Direct and Indirect Light - An Investigation Using Temperature
Understanding the relationship between the Earth’s tilt and the seasons requires students to understand how the angle of light affects the temperature of a place. This lesson aims to begin that understanding. This investigation can be easily done at home with only a few supplies. Using lamps and thermometers, students find the difference between initial and final temperatures from two lamps: one demonstrating direct light and another demonstrating indirect light. From there, the lesson provides
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5th - 8th
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MS-ESS1-1
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