NGSS Earth and Space Science Lesson Plans MEGA BUNDLE: 50+ Turnkey Lesson Plans

This Mega Bundle is a NGSS-designed Earth and Space Science curriculum.

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This curriculum meets the NGSS High School Earth and Space Science performance expectations and covers the NGSS High School Earth and Space Science disciplinary core ideas in ESS1: Earth’s Place in the Universe.

The curriculum includes a space science textbook (astronomy textbook), Test Bank with more than 1,000 questions (including 720 multiple-choice questions), 20 PowerPoint presentations, space science and astronomy labs, active learning projects.

The textbook’s content is presented in the form of a set of science literacy activities so that it can be easily customized to help you meet your teaching objectives.

The science literacy activities include more than 500 pages of professionally designed reading materials that cover the same content as large publishers' NGSS-aligned space science and astronomy textbooks for high schools. After you purchase a licence to use this curriculum in your classroom, you will be permitted to print a copy of the textbook, lab assignments and active learning projects for EACH student in your classroom. That is, you will access and use a comprehensive set of educational resources at a small fraction of the cost of the same type of educational resources from major publishers.

All the educational resources in the curriculum come with integrated assessments, answer keys, and 61 turnkey lesson plans aligned with the NGSS High School Earth and Space Science performance expectations and disciplinary core ideas in ESS1: Earth’s Place in the Universe.

(For semester-long or shorter courses in space science and astronomy, please take a look at NGSS Earth and Space Science Astronomy Lesson Plans BUNDLE.)

The lesson plans cover all topics and content for high school NGSS space science and astronomy. Each lesson plan comes with a summary, list of resources, learning outcomes, the NGSS alignment for the lesson, lesson procedures, recommended discussion questions and sample responses, assessment questions and answer key, computational problems and their solutions.

The lesson plans include 53 science literacy activities, 20 PowerPoint presentations, 4 astronomy labs and 4 active learning projects. (The PowerPoint presentations are included with lesson plans # 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 16, 18, 20, 21, 29, 30, 32, 41, 42 and 48.)

In the active learning projects, students assume the roles of Martian scientists, astronauts, space tourists. Enhanced with interesting information, images, videos, check-your-understanding questions and scavenger hunt activities, the PowerPoint presentations will make your lectures interactive and help you engage your students in the learning process.

The curriculum fully articulates the vision of the NGSS so students can achieve the levels of mastery expected of them. This truly NGSS-designed curriculum demonstrates three features:

1. Providing coherence across each individual unit and between units - This curriculum is designed to provide a coherent sequence of student learning experiences that help students meet the NGSS performance expectations. In the curriculum, there is coherence from one lesson to the next lesson within a unit, from one unit to the next unit over the course of one academic year, because this is how student knowledge and skills are integrated in the vision of the NGSS.

2. Engaging students in scientific investigations and helping students build their skills in order to perform scientific and engineering tasks proficiently - The curriculum includes questions and problems, laboratory activities and active learning projects that help students learn how science and engineering are about investigation, developing and testing scientific models, prototyping. Lab assignments and active learning projects provide opportunities for students to engage in the work as scientists and to learn through the challenges provided.

3. Providing teachers with resources, tools and strategies needed in NGSS instruction - The curriculum supports the role of educators under NGSS as facilitators of active student learning.

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Please take a look at other collections of educational resources that I offer:

Earth & Space Science Astronomy PowerPoints & Scavenger Hunt Activities BUNDLE 1

Earth & Space Science Astronomy Labs & Active Learning Projects Bundle

If you are looking for low-cost educational resources, then please take a look at:

Astronomy Activity #1 The Birth of Astronomy

Astronomy Activity #2 Space Telescopes and Astronomy

Astronomy Activity #3 Astronomy in Our Lives

Astronomy Activity #4 The Scientific Method

Astronomy Activity #5 Scientific Models

This MEGA BUNDLE is divided into five units of study (you can also purchase them as separate lesson plans bundles):

UNIT 1. ASTRONOMY AS A SCIENCE

UNIT 2. THE SUN AND THE SOLAR SYSTEM

UNIT 3. THE UNIVERSE AND ITS STARS

UNIT 4. THE EARTH AND THE SOLAR SYSTEM (including the orbital motion in the Solar System)

UNIT 5. THE HISTORY OF PLANET EARTH

UNIT 1 Astronomy as a Science

Lesson Plan 1. Astronomy and Its Practical Applications (with Science Literacy Activity #1 - Astronomy and Its Practical Applications)

Lesson Plan 2. Astronomy and the Scientific Method (with Science Literacy Activity #2 - Astronomy and the Scientific Method)

Lesson Plan 3. Astronomy vs. Astrology (with Science Literacy Activity #3 - Astronomy vs. Astrology)

Lesson Plan 4. Measuring Distances in the Solar System and Beyond (with Science Literacy Activity #4 - Measuring Distances in the Solar System and Beyond)

Lesson Plan 54. Parallax and Distances to Asteroids (with Earth & Space Science Astronomy Lab #1 - Parallax and Distances to Asteroids)

Lesson Plan 59. Cosmic Scale and Our Cosmic Address (with Earth & Space Science Astronomy Active Learning Project #1 - Cosmic Scale and Our Cosmic Address)

UNIT 2 The Sun and the Solar System

Lesson Plan 5. The Sun and the Solar System (with Science Literacy Activity #5 - The Sun and the Solar System)

Lesson Plan 57. Mercury, Venus and Mars (with Earth and Space Science Astronomy Active Learning Project #3 - Mercury, Venus and Mars)

Lesson Plan 58. Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune (with Earth and Space Science Astronomy Active Learning Project #4 - Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune)

Lesson Plan 6. Solar Energy Transfer Mechanisms between the Sun and the Earth (with Science Literacy Activity #6 - The Biggest Powerhouse of the Solar System)

Lesson Plan 7. Nuclear Fusion in the Sun and the Sun’s Stability (with Science Literacy Activity #7 - Nuclear Fusion in the Sun and the Sun’s Stability)

Lesson Plan 61. Nuclear Fusion in the Sun and Solar Neutrinos (with Space Science Astronomy Lab #4 - Nuclear Fusion in the Sun and Solar Neutrinos)

Lesson Plan 8. The Sun’s Structure and Energy Transfer Mechanisms inside the Sun (with Science Literacy Activity #8 - Journey from the Center of the Sun)

Lesson Plan 60. The Sun, Its Structure and the Standard Solar Model (with Space Science Astronomy Lab #3 -The Sun, Its Structure and the Standard Solar Model)

Lesson Plan 9. Solar Flares and Coronal Mass Ejections (with Science Literacy Activity #9 - Our Stormy Sun and Space Weather)

Lesson Plan 10. The Sun’s Magnetic Field, Sunspot Cycles and Solar Activity (with Science Literacy Activity #10 - Can the Sun Change Its Spots?)

Lesson Plan 11. Space Weather and Variations in Solar Activity (with Science Literacy Activity #11 - Mystery of the Young Sun)

Lesson Plan 12. Space Weather and Its Effects on the Earth’s Weather and Climate (with Science Literacy Activity #12 - How Solar Cycles Affect Our Planet)

Lesson Plan 13. The Sun, Space Weather and the Earth’s Atmosphere (with Science Literacy Activity #13 - How the Sun Affects Our Atmosphere)

Lesson Plan 14. Space Weather and the Earth’s Magnetosphere (with Science Literacy Activity #14 - How the Sun Turns the Northern and Southern Light On)

UNIT 3 The Universe and Its Stars

Lesson Plan 15. Masses and Life Spans of the Sun and Other Stars (with Science Literacy Activity #15 - Masses and Life Spans of the Sun and Other Stars)

Lesson Plan 16. Stellar Nucleosynthesis and Life Span of the Sun and Other Stars (with Science Literacy Activity #16 - Stellar Nucleosynthesis)

Lesson Plan 17. Supernovae (with Science Literacy Activity #17 - Supernovae)

Lesson Plan 18. Masses and Life Spans of the Sun and Other Stars (with Science Literacy Activity #18 - Stellar Evolution and Chemical Composition of the Universe)

Lesson Plan 53. Parallax: Measuring Distances in Astronomy (with Science Literacy Activity #53 - Parallax: Measuring Distances in Astronomy)

Lesson Plan 56. Parallax and Distances to Stars (with Earth and Space Science Astronomy Lab #2 - Parallax and Distances to Stars)

Lesson Plan 19. Stellar Explosions and the Earth (with Science Literacy Activity #19 - Stellar Explosions and the Earth)

Lesson Plan 20. Radiation Laws and the Properties of Stars (Science Literacy Activity #20 - Radiation Laws and the Properties of Stars)

Lesson Plan 21. Spectral Analysis and the Spectra of the Sun and Other Stars (with Science Literacy Activity #21 - Spectral Analysis and the Spectra of the Sun and Other Stars)

Lesson Plan 22. Kirchhoff’s Laws of Spectroscopy and the Studies of the Sun and Other Stars (Science Literacy Activity #22 - Kirchhoff’s Laws of Spectroscopy)

Lesson Plan 23. Spectroscopy and Chemical Composition of Stars (Science Literacy Activity #23 - Spectroscopy and Chemical Composition of Stars)

Lesson Plan 24. Spectroscopy and the Doppler Effect (Science Literacy Activity #24 - Spectroscopy and the Doppler Effect)

Lesson Plan 25. The Hubble Law (with Science Literacy Activity #25 - The Hubble Law)

Lesson Plan 26. Dark Matter and Dark Energy (Science Literacy Activity #26 - Dark Matter and Dark Energy)

UNIT 4 The Earth and the Solar System (including the orbital motion in the Solar System)

Lesson Plan 27. Kepler’s First Law of Planetary Motion and the Orbital Motion of the Earth (with Science Literacy Activity #27 - The Starship Earth)

Lesson Plan 28. Retrograde Motion of Planets and the Geocentric Model (with Science Literacy Activity #28 - The Geocentric Model)

Lesson Plan 29. The Copernican Revolution and the Heliocentric Model (with Science Literacy Activity #29 - The Heliocentric Model)

Lesson Plan 30. Kepler’s Laws of Planetary Motion (with Science Literacy Activity #30 - Kepler’s Laws of Planetary Motion)

Lesson Plan 55. Martians Hunting for Asteroids (with Earth and Space Science Astronomy Active Learning Project #2 - Martians Hunting for Asteroids)

Lesson Plan 31. Galileo’s Telescopic Observations and the Heliocentric Model (with Science Literacy Activity #31 - Galileo and the Heliocentric Model)

Lesson Plan 32. The Universal Law of Gravity, Orbital Motion, Tidal Forces (with Science Literacy Activity #32 - The Universal Law of Gravity, Orbital Motion, Tidal Forces)

Lesson Plan 33. Gravity and the Orbital Motion of Planets, Moons and Satellites (with Science Literacy Activity #33 - Gravity and the Orbital Motion of Planets, Moons and Satellites)

Lesson Plan 34. Newton’s Modified Version of Kepler’s Third Law of Planetary Motion (with Science Literacy Activity #34 - Newton’s Modified Version of Kepler’s Third Law of Planetary Motion)

Lesson Plan 35. The Center of Mass, Orbital Motion and Discovery of Extrasolar Planets (with Science Literacy Activity #35 - The Center of Mass, Orbital Motion and Discovery of Extrasolar Planets)

Lesson Plan 36. Gravity, General Relativity and the Orbit of Mercury (with Science Literacy Activity #36 - Gravity, General Relativity and the Orbit of Mercury)

Lesson Plan 37. Stability of Planetary Orbits (with Science Literacy Activity #37 - What Happens When Planets Refuse to Go in Circles)

Lesson Plan 38. Stability of Planetary Orbits and Extrasolar Planets (with Science Literacy Activity #38 - Stability of Planetary Orbits and Extrasolar Planets)

Lesson Plan 39. Space Rockets and Rocket Propulsion (with Science Literacy Activity #39 - Space Rockets and Rocket Propulsion)

UNIT 5 The History of Planet Earth

Lesson Plan 40. Impact Cratering and the History of the Earth and the Solar System (with Science Literacy Activity #40 - Impact Cratering and the History of the Earth)

Lesson Plan 41. Plate Tectonics and the Age of the Earth’s Surface (with Science Literacy Activity #41 - Plate Tectonics and the Age of the Earth’s Surface)

Lesson Plan 42. Radiometric Dating and the Age of the Earth (with Science Literacy Activity #42 - Radiometric Dating and the Age of the Earth)

Lesson Plan 43. Formation of the Earth (with Science Literacy Activity #43 - Formation of the Earth)

Lesson Plan 44. Gravity Maps and Surface Features of Planets (with Science Literacy Activity #44 - Gravity Maps and Surface Features of Planets)

Lesson Plan 45. Formation of the Moon and Its Effect on the Earth (with Science Literacy Activity #45 - Formation of the Moon and Its Effect on the Earth)

Lesson Plan 46. The History of the Earth’s Rotation (with Science Literacy Activity #46 - The History of the Earth’s Rotation)

Lesson Plan 47. Meteors, Meteorites and the Earth (with Science Literacy Activity #47 - What Meteors and Meteorites Can Do to the Earth)

Lesson Plan 48. Comets, Asteroids and Impact Craters (with Science Literacy Activity #48 - Can a Meteorite Strike Your City or Town?)

Lesson Plan 49. Impact Cratering and the Origin of Water on the Earth (with Science Literacy Activity #49 - Where Does Our Water Come From?)

Lesson Plan 50. Impact Cratering and the Origin of Life on the Earth (with Science Literacy Activity #50 - Could Comets and Asteroids Bring Life to Our Planet?)

Lesson Plan 51. The History of the Earth and Its Atmosphere (with Science Literacy Activity #51 - The History of the Earth and Its Atmosphere)

Lesson Plan 52. Cosmic Events in the History of the Earth (with Science Literacy Activity #52 - Can Our Galaxy Cause Havoc on the Earth?)

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