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The Red Album

In this student activity, from Xpeditions, students are assigned the task of helping NASA plan its next missions to Mars--a great frontier in modern....

Destination: Mars - Cargo Lists

This printable handout, from an EconEdLink lesson, has students decide what items to select for their space exploration. Click "Display Full Record"....

Destination: Mars - Game Cards

These reproducible game cards, from an EconEdLink lesson, allow students to increase or decrease points toward a successful space exploration. Click....

Travel in the Solar System: Unit Overview

This unit, from Illuminations, affords students the opportunity to think about two aspects of the time required to complete space travel within the solar....

Travel in the Solar System: Lesson 2

In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students consider the amount of time that space travelers need to travel to the four terrestrial....

Travel in the Solar System: Lesson 1

In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students consider the amount of time that space travelers must spend on their journey. Students....

The Space Shuttle Challenger exploded in 1986.

In 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded, 74 seconds after launching from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. All seven astronauts on board....

Eureka!

In this lesson, from EconEdLink, students look at how inventions such as plastic have changed our lives and how they are changing the future of living in....

Destination: Mars

In this EconEdLink lesson, students imagine living on another planet. They launch an expedition to Mars and imagine all the preparation required in order to....

Exploring the Solar System

The purpose of this lesson, from Science NetLinks, is to introduce students to Earth's moon and the eight other planets in our solar system. Students....


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