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

Roving on the Moon
Add to list DetailsIn this design challenge activity, learners build a rubber band-powered rover that can scramble across the room.

Standing in the Shadow of Earth
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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.

Base Station Walk-Back
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In this activity, learners will train to improve lung, heart, and other muscle endurance as they walk a progressive, measured distance.

Mass, Area, Volume
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In this activity (page 18 of PDF), learners will measure the volume of impact craters created by projectiles of different masses.

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

Ancient Observatories: Timeless Knowledge Activities
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This lesson plan provides learners with two activities to explore the connections between events in their lives and the seasons of the year.

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

Getting There!: Navigation and Trajectory
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In this two-part activity, learners map a navigation plan to get from Earth to Mars and back. In activity one, learners represent the orbital paths of Earth through dance and dramatic movement.

Vestibular-Ocular Reflex
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In this activity, learners will perform various investigations to understand the vestibular-ocular reflex and learn about the importance of visual cues in maintaining balance.

Bernoulli and More Bernoulli
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This lesson guide includes six simple and quick activities to help learners better understand Bernoulli's Principle.

The Parachuting Egg
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In this activity, learners work in groups to design a parachute out of household items that keeps an egg secure when dropped from a certain height.

Are Microbes Alive?
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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.

Buzz Lightyear Connect It!: Flight Path Activity
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In this activity, "space cadets" (learners) use writing and sequencing skills in addition to directional words/ordered pairs to guide Buzz Lightyear (from the movie "Toy Story") through a grid to reac

Find Your Way Around Without Visual or Sound Cues
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In this activity, learners play a series of simple games to investigate navigation without visual and sound cues.

Vectoring: Steering a Plane
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In this two part activity, learners work in pairs or individually to discover how vectoring the thrust from a jet engine affects movement of an airplane.

Do a Spacewalk!
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In this activity, learners train to increase muscular strength and improve upper and lower body coordination by performing the “bear crawl” and the "crab walk.” Learners perform the exercises over tim

Crew Strength Training
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In this activity, learners will train to develop upper and lower body strength in their muscles and bones by performing body-weight squats and push-ups.

Lava Layers
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In this activity (on pages 11-12 of PDF) learners create models of lava layers that have formed on the moon.

Jet Propulsion
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In this two-part activity, learners work in pairs to examine the four basic stages of a turbine engine.