Science, Technology, and Society: Heat-Resistant Ceramic Students learn about the incredible attributes of ceramics, and how the space program takes...		Two-Way Satellite Communication Interesting facts and fun activities related to two-way satellite communication.
Science, Technology, and Society: The Greatest Telescope in the World Students read about discoveries made by the Hubble telescope, and answer questions about light,...		Earth Photographed from the Moon Interesting facts and fun activities related to lunar photographs of Earth.
Science, Technology, and Society: The Truth About Meteors Students learn about famous meteor craters on Earth.		Star Trek Interesting facts and fun activities related to Star Trek.
Exploring the Universe: Vocabulary Use this vocabulary worksheet when studying about the Universe.		War of the Worlds Interesting facts and fun activities related to Orson Welles's War of the Worlds...
Science Skill: Experimenting with Shadows Students write a hypothesis and design an experiment to test it.		First Dog in Space Interesting facts and fun activities related to Kudryavka, the first dog in outer space.
Explore Activity: Making a Model of the Solar System Students use posterboard, markers, and scissors to make a model of the solar system. Materials...		The Discovery of a Supernova Interesting facts and fun activities related to the first discovery of a supernova.
Explore Activity: Exploring Lunar Eclipses Students make a model of a lunar eclipse and observe the effect of the movement of the Earth on...		Explaining the Winter Solstice In this activity, children draw a diagram to explain what happens during the winter solstice.
Halley's Comet Some interesting facts and fun activities related to Halley's Comet.		Planetary Features Students work in groups to research features of the planets of the solar system and present...
The First Man in Space Interesting facts and fun activities related to Yuri Alekseivich Gagarin, the first human ever...		Controversy of Earth's Position Students learn about Galileo's proof of a Heliocentric solar system.
The Moons of Mars Interesting facts and fun activities related to the Martian moon Phobos.		Phases of Venus Flipbook Students make a flipbook depicting the changing phases of Venus.