WORKSHEETS
Students make a booklet to tell a story.
Students draw a picture of the day sky and a picture of the night sky.
Have your students play pictionary with questions about the planets.
Try a printable science activity that focuses on designing one's own space suit.
LESSON PLANS
Using their own shadows and the shadow of a paper child on a globe, students learn through a simulation how the sun's…
The teacher mixes the ingredients of a comet to simulate the real thing for students.
EDITOR'S COLLECTIONS
Students will learn about space, stars, planets, weather, and more through experiments and hands-on activities. All of…
ACTIVITIES
Children integrate their sky and moon observations with literature and creative writing.
Students construct a model to illustrate how the position of Earth, the sun, and the moon affect the tides. Assesses…
Students conceptualize the enormous differences in size among four categories of stars. Assesses their understanding of…
Parents and children can learn about the sky from their own backyard.
Students and teachers take astronomy to the streets.
Using storytelling as a tool for learning astronomy.
Students take an overnight visit to the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) and perform research using a 40-ft.…
Develop student science skills with an activity that focuses on temperature comparisons.
Encourage your students to catch a glimpse of the space station in the night sky.
Encourage elementary students to learn more about the space sciences with the activities and discussion questions in…
Help your class discover astronomy and climatology, with this printable book of worksheets and lessons. Students will…
Interesting facts and fun activities related to Sally Ride, the first woman on the space shuttle.
Interesting facts and fun activities related to the Martian moon Phobos.
Interesting facts and fun activities related to two-way satellite communication.
Interesting facts and fun activities related to Star Trek.
Teach children about the winter solstice with these activities.
In this activity, children draw a diagram to explain what happens during the winter solstice.
