Astronomy and Space There are 158 items.

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  Strange New Planet

  4 Review(s)

  In this simulation of space exploration, participants plan and carry out five missions to a “planet” and communicate their discoveries to their family or a friend. 26016
  
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  How-to Video Teacher's Guide Provides classroom connections, key concepts, connections to science standards, and additional resources.

  Content Area 

  • Astronomy and Space

  Age Group 

  • Family
  • Early Elementary
  • Upper Elementary
  • Tweens (9-12)

  Time to Complete Activity 

  • 40 minutes to 1 hour

  Cost associated with Activity Materials 

  • $10-$20
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  Trip to Mars

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  Participants play a game that steps through a human mission to Mars, to learn about the variety of people on the ground supporting missions, and the factors that can affect a mission outcome. 21136
  
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  How-to Video Teacher's Guide Provides classroom connections, key concepts, connections to science standards, and additional resources.

  Content Area 

  • Astronomy and Space
  • Engineering

  Age Group 

  • Family
  • Early Elementary
  • Upper Elementary
  • Tweens (9-12)

  Time to Complete Activity 

  • 10-20 minutes
  • 20-40 minutes

  Cost associated with Activity Materials 

  • $5-$10

  Difficulty Level (by content) 

  • Medium
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  Find Micrometeorites

  Patrons learn about micrometeorites and search for them in debris using magnets. 0
  
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  Content Area 

  • Earth Science
  • Astronomy and Space

  Age Group 

  • Family
  • Upper Elementary
  • Tweens (9-12)
  • Teens

  Time to Complete Activity 

  • 1-2 hours

  Cost associated with Activity Materials 

  • $10-$20

  Difficulty Level (by content) 

  • Easy
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  Kinesthetic Astronomy

  Modern everyday association with time involves watches, clocks, and calendars instead of the astronomical motions that were the original bases for time keeping. 0
  
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  How-to Video

  Content Area 

  • Astronomy and Space

  Age Group 

  • Family
  • Tweens (9-12)
  • Teens
  • Adults

  Time to Complete Activity 

  • 2-4 hours

  Cost associated with Activity Materials 

  • $0 ("found" items)

  Difficulty Level (by content) 

  • Easy
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  Big Sun, Small Moon?

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  If you’ve ever seen a picture of a solar eclipse, you may have noticed that the Moon comes very close to covering the entire Sun. 1813
  
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  How-to Video

  Content Area 

  • Astronomy and Space

  Age Group 

  • Family
  • Early Elementary
  • Upper Elementary
  • Tweens (9-12)

  Time to Complete Activity 

  • Under 10 minutes

  Difficulty Level (by content) 

  • Easy
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  Design Your Own Solar Cupcakes

  Learners will explore aspects of the Sun and solar activity by modeling them as solar cupcakes. 0
  
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  Content Area 

  • Astronomy and Space

  Age Group 

  • Family
  • Early Elementary
  • Upper Elementary
  • Tweens (9-12)
  • Adults

  Time to Complete Activity 

  • 40 minutes to 1 hour

  Difficulty Level (by content) 

  • Easy
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  Sun Cookies

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  Learners will use candy pieces and a cookie to make an accurate model of the Sun that they can eat. 2920
  
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  Content Area 

  • Astronomy and Space

  Age Group 

  • Family
  • Early Elementary
  • Upper Elementary
  • Tweens (9-12)
  • Adults

  Time to Complete Activity 

  • 10-20 minutes

  Difficulty Level (by content) 

  • Easy
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  Scale Model of Sun and Earth

  In this activity, participants use scaled cut-out models of the Sun and Earth to learn about the difference in size and distance between the two celestial bodies. 0
  
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  Content Area 

  • Astronomy and Space

  Time to Complete Activity 

  • Under 10 minutes

  Difficulty Level (by content) 

  • Easy
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  Making a Solar Eclipse Book

  This is an activity about how to model and label a solar eclipse. 0
  
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  Content Area 

  • Astronomy and Space

  Age Group 

  • Early Elementary
  • Upper Elementary

  Time to Complete Activity 

  • 1-2 hours

  Difficulty Level (by content) 

  • Easy
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  How Can the Little Moon Hide the Giant Sun?

  This is an activity exploring the concept that distance affects how we perceive an object's size, specifically pertaining to the size of the Sun and the Moon as seen from Earth. 0
  
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  Content Area 

  • Astronomy and Space

  Age Group 

  • Early Elementary
  • Upper Elementary

  Time to Complete Activity 

  • 40 minutes to 1 hour

  Difficulty Level (by content) 

  • Easy
• Toolkit Activity

  Sorting Games: How Big? How Far? How Hot?

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  This NASA@ My Library Activity Guide will help library staff facilitate these sorting activities in large or small groups, with patrons from Pre-K to adult. 29595
  
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  How-to Video

  Content Area 

  • Astronomy and Space

  Age Group 

  • Family
  • Pre-K
  • Early Elementary
  • Upper Elementary
  • Tweens (9-12)
  • Teens
  • Adults

  Time to Complete Activity 

  • 10-20 minutes

  Difficulty Level (by content) 

  • Medium
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  Moon Mythbusters

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  This is an activity about the Moon's influence on Earth. 4358
  
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  Content Area 

  • Astronomy and Space

  Age Group 

  • Family
  • Early Elementary
  • Upper Elementary
  • Tweens (9-12)

  Time to Complete Activity 

  • 10-20 minutes
  • 20-40 minutes

  Difficulty Level (by content) 

  • Easy