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100th Day News!

For Students Pre-K - 5th
Can you believe there have already been 100 days in the school year? Help your learners document their time in your class with a newspaper format. They write about the 100 Day celebrations, as well as drawing what they will...
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Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics

Space Travel Guide

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
Looking to take a trip? Why not go to space? Here, scholars take on the role as travel agent to create a guide to their favorite planet including travel tips and sightseeing recommendations. 
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Facing History and Ourselves

Envisioning Our Classroom Space

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Wouldn't it be lovely if we all had a space where we were seen, heard, and valued? As part of creating a safe, respectful classroom community, participants envision such a space and then generate a classroom contract that will establish...
Interactive
Curated OER

Breaking News English: Space Station

For Students 5th - 10th
In this space station worksheet, students read the article, answer true and false questions, complete synonym matching, complete phrase matching, complete a gap fill, answer short answer questions, answer discussion questions, write, and...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Personal Space

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students explore the meaning of personal space. In this social skills lesson, students are taught to respect others personal space by discovering their own personal space, and reading a story to identify when that personal space was...
Unit Plan
New York City Department of Education

Grade 5 Literacy in English Language Arts: Should the School Day Be Longer?

For Teachers 5th Standards
Scholars read newspaper articles relating to a longer school day and complete note-taking organizers as they read. They then form opinions and complete outlines before writing essays supporting their point of view. 
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Curated OER

The Trash We Pass

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Where does our garbage go? What is the difference between a recyclable and non-recyclable item? Pose these important, but often overlooked, questions to your class and invite them to consider the lasting and damaging effects of the...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

A Day on the Space Station

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders discover what it would be like to live in space. For this technological advancements lesson, 5th graders discuss how space life would be different from Earth life. Students also identify how technology has made life in...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Valentine's Day Themed Math Word Problems

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this Valentine's math problems worksheet, students read the word problems and use the work space provided to find the solutions. There are 2 problems on this worksheet and they have a Valentine's Day theme.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Space Shuttle Mission STS-128

For Students 6th - 9th
In this space science instructional activity, students read about the space shuttle mission and answer 6 short answer questions about life of astronauts in space stations.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Space Travel Timeline

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students use the Internet to find events in space history to include in a timeline. They recognize the cause and effect relationships between events that happened in the exploration of space. They see how to use the TimeLiner software.
Lesson Plan
National First Ladies' Library

The Space Race

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers investigate the historical events that have surrounded The Space Race. They conduct research using a variety of resources and focus upon the progress between Russia and The United States. Students describe the events that...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

What Makes Day and Night? The Earth's Rotation

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students discover that the Earth rotates on its axis in a cyclical fashion. They examine how this rotation results in day and night.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Day and Night

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders view a classroom simulation that demonstrates how the Earth's rotation creates day and night.
Organizer
Curated OER

What Day Is Missing?

For Students 1st
In this days of the week worksheet, 1st graders cut out 7 cards with the days of the week and paste them in the proper space in a chart.
Activity
CTAE Resource Network

Holiday Newsletter

For Teachers 4th - 8th Standards
There are so many holidays celebrated around winter that it can be difficult to keep track. Consider having your class members design a newsletter highlighting a particular holiday, such as Christmas, Hanukkah, Martin Luther King Jr....
Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Three-Dimensional Space

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
How do 2-D properties relate in 3-D? Lead the class in a discussion on how to draw and see relationships of lines and planes in three dimensions. The ability to see these relationships is critical to the further study of volume and...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Earth in Space

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students use computer images to explain why the Earth has seasons and examine the phases of the moon. They create 3-D images and present them to the class. They answer a series of questions at the end of the instructional activity.
Writing
Education.com

All About Acrostics

For Students K - 2nd
Spell out your first day excitement with S-C-H-O-O-L! Use a worksheet to fill in words for each letter to create a unique acrostics poem.
Writing
K-5 Math Teaching Resources

Math Center Reflection Sheets

For Students 1st - 5th
Take time for young mathematicians to reflect on their learning with this series of simple writing prompts. With three different variations to choose from, the worksheets provide children with sentence frames that support them...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Space Science: Phases of the Moon

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Looking for a terrific instructional activity on the phases of the moon that has lots of good worksheets? With two excellent websites are embedded in the plan, the activity is sure to spark some interest in your astronomy unit. Some...
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PHET

Measuring the Interplanetary Magnetic Field

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Scientists need to figure out how to measure interplanetary magnetic fields, but the magnetic field of the spacecraft is interfering with their readings. Scholars attempt to solve the problem that has perplexed NASA scientists for years.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Valentine's Day Themed Math Word Problems

For Students 2nd
In this Valentine's Day subtraction and addition worksheet, 2nd graders work out and solve 2 word problems involving subtraction and addition.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Columbus Day-Activity Center

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars participate in various Columbus Day activities. In this holiday lesson, students construct paper boats and read various books about Columbus. Young scholars are shown an educational video about Columbus to reinforce...