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Heavy-Lifting Lesson
Teams of students build and launch a rocket to send the greatest number of paper clips to space (the ceiling).
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Principles of Flight: Kites →
In this lesson, students use hands-on activities involving kites and windsocks to learn that wind is a force that can be used to do work.
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Paper Bag Mask
Students make masks to demonstrate Bernoulli's principle.
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'Go With the Flow' →
Teach students about ocean currents and how salt water is different from fresh water. Then let them use their new knowledge to play a game.
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Cleaning Water Activity
This lesson challenges students to create and test a water filtering system. The materials are available in English and Spanish.
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Cloud Poems →
Students plan and conduct a series of weather observations and then write a poem about the clouds they've observed.
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Watering Your Plants
Students sketch a diagram of a watering system and then build it.
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Sun-Earth Day Lessons for Grades K-5 →
Bring the Sun-Earth connection into your classroom with this collection of lessons and activities.
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Scale Model of Sun and Earth →
Students can discover the relative size of the sun and Earth, as well as the distance between them.
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I Want to Hold Your Hand
In this activity, students construct a robotlike hand to demonstrate how data are collected when using robotic technology.
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Finding the Center of Gravity Using Rulers
Teach young students the concept of center of gravity by using a paper cutout of an airplane and a ruler.
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Super Sound Cone →
Teach students about sound waves with this easy-to-make sound cone that turns up the volume on sounds.
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Asteroid Modeling Activity →
In this hands-on activity, students use clay and other objects to make simple asteroids.
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Healthy New Year With Mission X →
Teach good health in 2013 with this six-week international challenge that helps students train like an astronaut by focusing on fitness and nutrition.
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Star Child Teacher Resources →
Find games, activities and information about astronomy geared for younger students.
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Throw a LandSat Launch Party! →
Landsat's 40-year legacy continues on Feb.11, 2013, with the next mission. Plan a party with these resources and watch the launch on NASA TV.
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The Courage to Soar Educator Guide
From the simple kite to the supersonic Hyper-X, students will learn about the history and science of aviation.
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Roving on Mars
Students develop computer mouse skills to move a rover through a maze.
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Using Scrapbooks in Science
The activities in this educator guide encourage students to see the science all around them and to realize its relevancy in their lives.
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Kids Zone 3: International Space Station →
Find out more about the space station with this fun, interactive website!