Astronomy Poetry: Combining Poetry With the Content Areas
ReadWriteThink | Lesson Plan | 6-8
Students’ responses to this lesson will be out of this world after they’ve researched astronomy to write poetry and compile a poetry book.

Blast Off! Vocabulary Instruction Using a Virtual Moon Trip
ReadWriteThink | Lesson Plan | K-2
3, 2, 1... Blast off! Students learn new vocabulary by taking a virtual field trip to the moon, read-alouds, creating a picture dictionary, and completing a final writing activity.

Celebrating Space Exploration Collection Page
Science NetLinks | Resource Collection | K-12
A special collection of space exploration resources for the classroom.

Galileo and the Inevitability of Ideas
EDSITEment | Lesson Plan | 9-12
Galileo has long stood as an emblem of intellectual freedom and the triumph of scientific truth over superstition. Yet his achievements can also help students recognize the contingency of even the most inevitable-seeming historical developments and how the consequences of historic turning-points extend into our lives today.

GeoHunter
Science NetLinks | Lesson Plan | 6-8
This lesson explores the geological history of Mercury and the other terrestrial planets, Venus, Earth, and Mars and to form hypotheses about them. (This lesson includes an interactive, see Interactives section)

Make a Mission
Science NetLinks | Lesson Plan | 6-8
This lesson revolves around the MESSENGER spacecraft mission to Mercury. Students explore the purpose and constraints of technology by preparing a spacecraft for a mission. (This lesson includes an interactive, see Interactives section)

MESSENGER: A Mission to Mercury Collection Page
Science NetLinks | Resource Collection | K-12
A special collection of space science resources for the classroom.

GeoHunter Science
NetLinks | Interactive | 6-8
This interactive tool can be used to provide students with data about the geological structure of the planet Mercury.

Gravity Launch
Science NetLinks | Interactive | 3-8
This interactive allows students to virtually launch a rocket into space to see how the force of gravity can pull an object toward the earth and moon.

Make a Mission
Science NetLinks | Interactive | 6-12
This interactive tool can be used to explore the purpose and constraints of technology by preparing a spacecraft for a mission to Mercury.

Blast Off to Learn New Words
ReadWriteThink | Afterschool Activity | K-2
Boost vocabulary by taking an imaginary trip into space. After a lunar “landing,” children return to Earth with a galaxy of new words.

Exploring the Sky
History Explorer | Activity | K-4
In this set of activities, children and adults can enjoy exploring history together through children's literature, everyday objects, and hands-on activities is focused around Maria's Comet, about a young girl who longs to study the stars. 


In 1969, the first human walked on the moon.
ReadWriteThink | Activity | 9-12
As a class, students discuss Neil Armstrong's famous quote when he landed on the moon and explore the difference that one word can make, as well as the gendered language that Armstrong uses.

Space-Related Wonders of the Day
Wonderopoils | Resources | K-5
When it comes to the Sun, the Moon and the stars, your imagination is as limitless as the universe. Put on your spacesuit and blast off to cyberspace to explore Wonderopolis' galaxy full of astronomical Wonders of the Day:

• Wonder of the Day #11: What Causes A Shooting Star?
• Wonder of the Day #19: What Would You Pack For A Trip To Outer Space?
• Wonder of the Day #68: Is There Life On Other Planets?
• Wonder of the Day #73: Why Is Pluto No Longer A Planet?
• Wonder of the Day #76: What Does The Moon Do?
• Wonder of the Day #94: What Is A Supernova?
• Wonder of the Day #128: How Much Do You Weigh On The Moon?

Spotlight: Space Exploration
Science NetLinks | Podcast | 6-12
This collection of audio podcasts from Science Update offers students the opportunity to hear from NASA and its partners, as they explore worlds both near and far.

Wildest Weather in the Solar System
Xpeditions | Resource | 2-8
What is the weather like on other planets? How do scientists measure it? What is a space probe? Teach the solar system in a new and exciting ways with activities from National Geographic. The resources, including interactive whiteboard content, have been designed to complement a new, large-format film called Wildest Weather in the Solar System.