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Last reviewed March 15, 2004
"Bring
Space To School"
An Index to Resource Materials
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Essays On the Future of Space
Two essays addressing why human being should live elsewhere in addition
to living on the planet Earth: "Has Space a Future?" and "Our
Future in The Cosmos." 14 pages
Writing and Getting Lesson Plans
This
paper is about creating lesson plans and lists a number of websites
where you can search for lesson plans already written, usually by teachers.
6 pages
Lesson Plan Template
Guide to developing a lesson plan. ©1995 The Regents of the
University of California. 5 pages
Simple
lesson plan with an example
Title: Phases of the Moon
Author: Cynthia Giroux, Carminati Elementary, Tempe, AZ. GradeLevel/Subject:
4-6 Intermediate, Science/Language. 1 page
Five
Common Mistakes in Writing Lesson Plans (and how to avoid them)
Dr. Robert Kizlik. 6 pages
Space Resources
and Web Sites contents
- Human Exploration and Development of Space Enterprise
- Space Projects
- Exploration, Colonization & Development Organizations
- Space Groups and Programs
- Space Travel Web Sites
- Space Transportation Web Sites
- Space and science education sites
- Space science and space travel videos
- Space CD-ROMs
- Paper-based space lessons
- Space Settlement Basics
Space Lessons
and Activities contents
A listing of lesson plans related to space, space technology and living
off the planet. You can print out or copy just one lesson, or use many
of them for yourself or other teachers. You can go to the pages of a lesson
by clicking on the title in the Table of Contents if you look at this
paper in Microsoft Word. Most of these lessons have been copied from the
web site listed and identify the lesson and author of the lesson plan.
Most of the lessons can be easily modified to fit any age group audience.
103 pages
- Science and Technology Timeline
- Glowing Glimpses of our Universe
- Solar Energy Experiment
- Solar Hot Box
- The History of Flight Timeline
- Flying Objects
- Phases of the Moon
- Flight Paths of Orbiting Satellites
- Part I - Orbit Flight Path (To be done with a partner)
- Part II - The Effect of the Earth's Rotation on an Orbiter's Flight Path
- Part III - Plotting the Orbit on a Flat Map
- Astronomy
- Space Shuttle
- Constellations
- The Big Bang Theory
- Once in a Blue Moon
- The Solar System
- The Mystery Constellation
- Stories in the Sky
- Astronomy: A Star Party
- Getting off the Earth
- SatelliteTechnology
- Where to go - Planet Advertisements
- Design Your Own Space
- Astronomy and Astronaut Qualities
- Rocket Science: Balloon Races
- Rocket Science: Rocket Poppers
- Rocket Science!
- Space Shuttle
- Launch Box Episode #5: Space Station Freedom
- The Moon
- All About the Moon
- Crashed on the Moon
- Lunar Life Support (long lesson)
- Air Supply
- Communications
- Electricity
- Food Production
- Recreation
- Temperature Control
- Transportation
- Waste Management
- Water Supply
- About A Virginia Moon Colony
- Phase 1: What is the moon like?
- Phase 2: Preparing to design the moon colony
- Phase 3: Designing the moon colony
- Phase 4: Preparing for the journey
- A set of lessons on the colonization of mars
- Space Colony Webquest
- Interplanetary Distance and Travel Time
- Artificial Gravity
- Activity: SETI and the Search for New Homes in Space
Other Space
Lessons contents
Additional lessons as alternatives to the lessons in the Space Lessons
and Activities paper. The lessons in the paper are either longer in duration
or different in some way from the lessons in the other paper. If you look
at this paper in Microsoft Word, you can get to a lesson by clicking on
the title in the table of contents. 28 pages
- Why Space?
- The Earth, Sun Mood and Stars Unit (Planets too!)
- I.
Initiatory Activities. (Original)
- II.
Introduce Learning Center Activities, Rules, requirements, etc
- III.
Lesson 1. The Earth, Conservation of our Resources
- IV.
Lesson 2. Ideas about the Earth
- V.
Lesson 3. The Earth's Shape and Gravity
- VI.
Lesson 4. Movements of the Earth, Moon, and Sun
- VII.
Lesson 5. The Moon Our Closest Neighbor.
- VIII.
Lesson 6. Solar and Lunar Eclipses
- IX.
Lesson 7. The Sun, our nearest Star
- X.
Lesson 8. Celestial Objects-Black Holes, Galaxies and Nebulas etc
- XI.
Lesson 9. The Stars and Constellations
- XII.
Lesson 10. The Planets.
- XIII.
Culminating Activities: (Original)
- ACTIVITY 1: Building a Solar Oven.
- ACTIVITY 2: MAKE A STAR CLOCK
- ACTIVITY 3: COLOR AND TEMPERATURE
- Elementary month long unit: Lost in Space
- A. The Earth and its place in the solar system
- B. The Moon and its Phases
- C. Space Travel
- D. The Sun and Other Stars
- E. Aliens
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