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Higher education astronomy activities
Crash Course Astronomy Worksheets Complete Series Set Full Bundle Collection
This ZIP file contains Microsoft Word document worksheets (along with PDF versions) for each of the forty-six episodes of Crash Course Astronomy hosted by Phil Plait.Worksheets contain a combination of fill-in-the-blank and short answer questions. Each worksheet is accompanied with an answer key and relevant images.By purchasing this file, you agree not to make it publicly available (on external websites, etc.) or to share with any other teachers. It is intended for classroom use only. You *are*
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Solar System Word Search - Hard for Grades 5 to Adult
This Solar System Word Search is Hard. This No Prep puzzle is great for morning work, early finishers, vocabulary practice and substitute folders. The 38 space related words are hidden across, down, backwards, and diagonally.Space related vocabulary words in this puzzle include: astronomer, atmosphere, comets, debris, dwarf planet, Earth, Eris, Europa, gas giant, heliosphere, ice giant, Io, Jupiter, Kuiper Belt, Mars, Mercury, meteroid, moon, Neptune, Oort cloud, orbit, planets, Pluto, revolut
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Hidden Figures Movie Guide/Worksheet | NASAMathmetician African American Women
I used this worksheet to accompany viewing the movie Hidden Figures with my middle schoolers. Questions follow along with the story, hitting major plot points and raises issues of the Civil Rights Movement around the 1960's. Perfect to culminate a unit on space science, and the space race. Cross curricular topics including a historical look at women in the workplace, and struggles of people of color in the south mid-century. This is a perfect fit for showing during Black History Month/African-Am
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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MS-PS2-4
, MS-PS2-2
, MS-PS2-5
, MS-PS2-1
Post-Total Solar Eclipse 2024 Bundle (Reading Packet, Coloring options, & more)
✨ Continue to Engage Your Students in the Spectacle of the 2024 Solar Eclipse with this great post-eclipse activity bundle! Some fun to do to follow up and complete after the awesome event✨Designed to review the recent 2024 solar eclipse! Dive into the wonders of celestial phenomena with ease using our meticulously crafted resources.This bundles is designed to accommodate areas that witnessed both totality and partial eclipse viewingThis bundle features: Teacher Presentation (Google Slides): Sea
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Water Bottle Rocket Launch Bundle
Want your students to study and launch water bottle rockets but need guidance? Well, I am here to help. The PowerPoint in this bundle will take your students through key vocabulary such as drag, ballast, thrust and discuss how Newton’s Three Laws affect the launch of a rocket. Day 1, students will work through the PowerPoint individually and design a water bottle rocket. Students will then join with a partner who also has a plan and merge their ideas into one design plan that they will build.
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5th - 12th, Higher Education
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Planisphere Lab Activity: A Star Wheel for Constellation Exploration
Inexpensive and ingenious! Planispheres are a unique tool for learning astronomy: a make-it-yourself star map, adjustable for any time of night in any month of the year. They are designed to show the position of prominent constellations in the night sky. It's a low-tech way for Ss to learn the location (and thus give meaning to key vocabulary terms) of the horizon, zenith, meridian, ecliptic and celestial equator on the celestial sphere. This lab includes two types of planispheres: one for stan
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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HS-ESS1-4
, 5-ESS1-2
, MS-ESS1-1
Also included in: StayGiant Earth Science Bundle: Astronomy (space exploration)
History of Astronomy- Famous Astronomers, Geocentric, Heliocentric
This PowerPoint is an updated version of the old power point, it has all of the same information, but goes into more depth with 67 more slides of information, activities, assessments, and small projects to do during the unit. This should now take a good couple of weeks to cover in depth and to complete all of the activities. It not only details the major events in the history of astronomy, examining the famous astronomers, such as Ptolemy, Copernicus, Brahe, Keppler, Galileo, It covers the ma
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
The Space Race Timeline
This is the timeline to be used with the PowerPoint "The Space Race". It covers the years from the launching of Sputnik in 1957 to the 1969 landing on the moon. The timeline focuses on the Soviet accomplishments and the American accomplishments on the way to the moon.
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Eclipse - Solar and Lunar - Lab Station Activity
This fully editable Lab Station Activity on Solar and Lunar Eclipses is meant to get your students out of their seats and engaged in the content. Each station not only offers a unique opportunity to test your student's knowledge (offer an opinion, answer questions based on a video or reading, draw, etc.), but also provides a fantastic learning opportunity where your kids are learning through assessment. Each station comes with a description card while some also contain more detailed instructions
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5th - 10th, Higher Education
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Also included in: Space Mega Bundle - Grade 6 - 10 Lessons, Activities, Assessments
Lab Activity Effect of Sunspots on Satellites (Claims Evidence Reasoning Task)
A short lab activity for astronomy or earth space science. Students make a double line graph of the number of sunspots and the number of crashed satellites in a given year. Then they look for patterns and write a science conclusion utilizing claim, evidence, reasoning scaffolding framework.
Grading rubric and sample student responses are included
This lab activity blends well into a unit on electromagnetic waves, planetary mechanics, or the Sun's influence on Earth.
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
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HR Diagram Google Slides
This product is an excellent resource for your students to practice reading different versions of the H-R Diagram. This activity is aligned with science TEKS 8.8A. Your students will be able to exercise their knowledge of luminosity/brightness, spectral class, and temperature of stars using the H-R Diagram. The following activities are included in this download.Activity 1: Students will focus on writing definitions of vocabulary words.Activity 2: Students will observe the 4 quadrants on the H-R
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4th - 12th, Higher Education
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Also included in: Earth and Space Bundle
Mass, Weight & Gravity Foldable for Interactive Notebooks
In this one page foldable graphic organizer students will learn the difference between mass and weight.
Students will also convert their weights into their mass and use it to calculate how much they will weight in outer space and 11 different celestial bodies.
There are three types of foldables included. One for students who are advanced, like to write and are self driven. One with fill in the blank for students who struggle and the teacher key.
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Astronomy: Planets, Stars, Satellites Word Wall Coloring Sheets (16 pgs)
Coloring pages have recently become a huge hit all over the world. In my new series of word wall coloring pages, you can bring the excitement of coloring into your middle school and high school science classrooms.This set includes the words: Earth, Mercury, Mars, Venus, Uranus, Jupiter, Pluto, Neptune, Saturn, star, asteroid, comet, black hole, satellite, meteor, and Galilean moons. Word Walls are an instructional tool used primarily in an elementary classroom. While teaching in Texas my adminis
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Echinoderm Coloring Packet
Looking for an alternative to a dissection or a makeup assignment for a student who missed a dissection? Just want your students to learn some of the general anatomy of sea stars, sea urchins, and crinoids without messing with smelly, potentially hazardous chemicals? Look no further! This packet will walk students through the anatomy of three groups of echinoderms as they reinforce the concept by labeling and coloring diagrams of the animals. This assignment is very easy to grade: just check the
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Measuring the Speed of Light: Marshmallows and Microwaves
This is an activity that has been around a while, but without a lab write up, it isn't much help. I've written an introduction to microwaves and how they work along with data collection, a percent error calculation and a conclusion.
Students will measure the speed of light to a surprising decree of precision using a layer of marshmallows in a microwave oven. The rotating table is removed and each group heats their marshmallows 15-30 seconds. The marshmallows will rise and then sink, turning
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
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Our Solar System - 7 Engaging Lab Station Activities
This fully editable Lab Station Activity on Our Solar System and its Production is meant to get your students out of their seats and engaged in the content. Each station not only offers a unique opportunity to test your students knowledge (offer an opinion, answer questions based on a video or reading, draw, etc.), but also provides a fantastic learning opportunity where your kids are learning through assessment. Each station comes with a description card while some also contain more detailed in
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5th - 10th, Higher Education
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Also included in: Space Mega Bundle - Grade 6 - 10 Lessons, Activities, Assessments
FREE SOLAR ECLIPSE FREEBIE! blanks and keys Printable
2024 is the year of the Great American Solar Eclipse and another won't come to the contiguous United States until 2045!Help your students understand this amazing event with this FREE detailed foldable. Blanks and Keys.Enjoy!Melanie
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Solar Eclipse April 8th, 2024:Hard Word Search & Maze with 48 Words Find Puzzles
Solar Eclipse April 8th, 2024: Word Search & Maze with 48 Words Find PuzzlesDiscover the wonders of the universe with our Solar Eclipse Word Search and Maze! Dive into the word search to uncover 48 terms related to eclipses, then navigate the maze’s twists and turns to reach the ultimate destination. Test your knowledge and navigation skills in this stellar adventure! Formats Included:PDFEditable PowerPointJPEGPNGAll these digital files are in a zip folder.My products:Safe Eclipse Viewing Gu
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Bundle: Crash Course Astronomy Google Forms™ NO-PREP Video Quizzes
Unlock the cosmos with our comprehensive Video Quiz Crash Course in Astronomy! Designed for high school students and lifelong learners alike, this engaging resource offers an immersive journey through the wonders of the universe.Each video quiz is meticulously crafted to challenge and captivate learners, covering essential topics such as the solar system, stars, galaxies, and beyond. With clear explanations and stunning visuals, students will deepen their understanding of celestial phenomena and
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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OREO COOKIE PHASES OF THE MOON FOOD LAB
A popular lab, with a competitive twist! Educators, your students will have tons of fun learning/reviewing the phases of the moon with this engaging activity. Instead of simply cutting the cream out of each cookie, students will be tasked with a challenge (against their peers) for each of the 8 phases of the moon. I've also included a student version of the slides so that they can insert a photo of each phase they create. Why? Well, we all know that those cookies will not last very long at the e
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2nd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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MS-ESS1-1
The Farthest: Voyager In Space Video Viewing Guide Editable
If you haven't watched The Farthest: Voyager In Space yet, I highly recommend you do so! It is a wonderful documentary that covers the scientific and cultural significance behind the Voyager spacecraft.
I developed this viewing guide to use with my physics students while showing this video. It asks questions not only relevant to the planets and the mission of Voyager, but also about the scientists who worked on the project, the cultural significance, as well as the Golden Record.
I believe t
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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Understanding Parallax
This lab makes understanding parallax simple. Students use real world examples and draw so that parallax can be visualized. The concept is reinforced throughout. A summary YouTube video is included. My students completely understood the concept after this lab!You may edit this lab, the answer key is provided.Educating the World Together!Get Science
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8th - 12th, Higher Education
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Also included in: Astronomy Lab Bundle
Introduction to Spectroscopy & Atomic Emission Spectra Activity
Introduction:This three-part introduction to spectroscopy / atomic spectra is designed to help students: • conceptually connect electron energy levels to atomic emission spectra • understand why each element has a unique emission spectra • perform simple spectroscopy tasks and understand the reasoning underlying such tasksThis lesson was originally designed for 9th grade students taking part in an introduction to chemistry and forensic science unit and for 12th grade students i
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Astronomy/Earth Science Lab Series - Using Star Charts to find Constellations
New from No More Boring Science - How to use star charts! The focus of this lab is to help students gain confidence using star charts to find constellations. There are two activities in this lab: using a polar star chart map to find constellations on a blank section of the sky, and then translating constellations from a polar projection map to a mercator projection map. The first activity is more advanced than the second, but all maps and charts are included. Keys are included as well!
If you l
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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