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In this activity, learners make "solar cookies," edible models of the Sun's outer layers using sugar cookies and toppings.

In this activity, learners create their own constellations and star patterns and write a short, descriptive story explaining the significance of their star pattern/constellation.

In this activity, learners build a sled kite that models a type of airfoil called a parawing.

In this activity (on pages 13-16 of the PDF) learners investigate three mystery samples to see which one contains life. The three samples are sand, sand and yeast, and sand and antacid.

In this activity (on pages 22-24 of the PDF), learners match extreme enviroments with life forms they support.

This demonstration activity models how Venus appears from Earth.

In this activity, learners craft their own model of a comet on a stick to make it fly around the room.

In this activity, learners investigate parallax, a method used to measure distances to stars and planets in the solar system.

In this activity, learners make flipbooks of drawings showing the progression of a Total Solar Eclipse.

This fun and simple hands-on astronomy activity demonstrates the shadow of the Earth as it rises as a dark blue shadow above the eastern horizon.

This activity (on pages 10-12 of the PDF) encourages learners to consider what makes living things different from non-living things.

Use this Moon Map Guide to help learners identify features on the Moon, while looking through a telescope.

In this activity (on pages 19-21 of the PDF) learners observe mold growing on potatoes. Preparation for this activity has to start a week before, to allow time for the mold to grow on the potatoes.

In this activity, learners construct a simple air pressure launcher for paper rockets.

In this activity about the solar system, learners use various light sources to examine ice with different components to understand how NASA studies planets and moons from space.

In this activity, learners explore the relative size of the Sun and Earth as well as the distance between them.

In this activity, learners build models of comets, using edible materials, to learn about comets' structure.

Using information from the My Place in Space lithograph, learners write and/or draw a postcard to friends and family as if they had gone beyond the interstellar boundary of our Solar System, into the

In this activity, learners build water-propelled engines from soft drink cans.

In this sunny day, outdoor activity, learners observe changes in shadows over time. The activity also helps to develop a sense of the Earth's motion.